Job Alert: Policy Associate – Transportation for America @ Washington, DC

June 8, 2015 at 10:21 pm

Transportation for America is seeking a highly skilled and proactive team member with knowledge and interest in local, state and federal transportation policy to serve as Policy Associate. This person will report directly to the Policy Director and work closely with Transportation for America Consulting — a mission based consulting service — as well as with our members and stakeholders to help achieve progress on our priorities at all levels of government.

Transportation for America is an alliance of elected, business and civic leaders from communities across the country who are united to ensure that states and the federal government step up to invest in smart, homegrown, locally-driven transportation solutions. We advocate for transportation reforms including increased local control of transportation planning and increased investments in infrastructure that boost long-term regional prosperity, and policies that improve the performance of the transportation system. This includes collaboration and support for local elected officials, chambers of commerce, businesses, and regional leaders in providing the tools and resources to allow them to complete their transportation priorities.

Responsibilities:

  • Present and discuss transportation policies and local implications with stakeholders including mayors, state representatives, state DOTs, regional chambers of commerce, transportation planners, businesses and equity advocates.
  • Represent Transportation for America and our key transportation policies before local councils, state legislatures, and on Capitol Hill.
  • Prepare legislative and policy documents related to local, state and federal transportation decisions.
  • Manage transportation policy programs to deliver resources and tools to elected officials and transportation practitioners throughout the country.

Qualifications:

  • Proactive, team-player
  • Excellent interpersonal communication and writing skills
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • At least two years of experience in legislative advocacy
  • Experience with state and/or local transportation policy
  • Experience with federal regulations and Congress is a plus, but not required.

Transportation for America offers a competitive salary commensurate with skills and experience plus excellent benefits. This position is located in Washington, D.C. To apply, send a resume and cover letter to Joe McAndrew atjoe.mcandrew@t4america.org with the subject line “Policy Associate application”

Equal opportunity and having a diverse staff are fundamental principles at Transportation for America. Employment and promotional opportunities are based upon individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation/preference, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as established under law.

Transportation for America also prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities and will reasonably accommodate applicants with a disability, upon request, and will also ensure reasonable accommodation for employees with a disability.

Transportation for America’s Public Health and Safety Webinar Wrap

May 6, 2009 at 6:21 pm

Transportation for America hosted the fourth webinar in the ongoing series last Thursday, April 30. More than 270 people signed up to hear from health, safety and active transportation experts on the effects of our transportation policy on public health and safety.

 Following up on the webinar, we’ve released the 5th in a series of policy papers, focusing on public health and safety.

Our current transportation system puts our health and safety in jeopardy by contributing to sedentary behaviors, hazardous pollution levels, difficult access to health care, and preventable injuries and deaths.

As the panelists demonstrated, we need federal leadership to help make the critical link between health, safety, and transportation policies and create communities that promote active living, reduce pollution levels, increase accessibility, and ensure safety for all transportation users.  Panelists also addressed the transportation needs among older Americans, minorities, low-income residents, and people who live in both rural and metropolitan areas — all of whom deserve safe transportation that improves health outcomes.

Click here to learn more about the panelsist’s views.

TransportGooru Headline News Aggregator Dispatch – April 25, 2009

April 24, 2009 at 11:32 pm

LA Transportation Blog – Transportation Headlines for Friday April 24, 2009 b

Streetsblog – Today’s Headlines by 

Transportation for America – Today’s Headlines — 4/24/09by 

  • An ironic beginning to legislative efforts to tackle the nation’s transportation woes. (Associated Press)
  • LaHood is the stimulus package’s biggest Republican fan. (Washington Post)
  • DOT has the highest profile in decades — is this more to do with the times than with the new administration? (Politico)
  • NY Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith has proposed a $1 surcharge on NYC taxi fares to help close the MTA’s budget gap, as well as to pay for highway and bridge improvements upstate. (Crain’s New York Business)

The Infrastructrist -The Daily Dig – High Speed Rail Edition

Posted on Friday April 24th by Jebediah Reed

 

 

TransportGooru Headline News Aggregator Dispatch – April 9, 2009

April 9, 2009 at 11:06 pm

LA Transportation Blog – Transportation Headlines for April 9, 2009

Streetsblog – Transportation Headlines for April 9, 2009

  • Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill Two Women in Separate Incidents Wednesday Night (News)
  • Obama Appoints Federal Transit Administrator (TOW via Streetsblog.net)
  • Tom Friedman Wants a National Carbon Tax Instead of Cap-and-Trade (NYT)
  • The Economist Has Some Questions About High-Speed Rail in the U.S.
  • Brooklyn Paper: Bay Ridge Sidewalk Parking Epidemic Due to ‘Lack of Parking’ 
  • Study: 21 Percent of NYC Cyclist Fatalities Linked to Alcohol (City Room)
  • Sprawl Development Shouldn’t Qualify as ‘Green Building’ (City of Lakes via Switchboard)
  • Jeff Mapes on America’s Bike Renaissance (Infrastructurist)
  • Beijing Extends Car Restrictions Another Year (AP via Planetizen)
  • MTA Gets in the Blogging Game (Metro via 2nd Ave Sagas)

AASHTO Daily Transportation Update – April 9, 2008

Note:  TransportGooru thanks all the authors for contributing to this headline news summary. This dispatch is made possible by integrating the headline news feeds from the above mentioned sources.  At times, you may encounter a repeat of the same headline news  since they are captured by various individuals working at different organizations.   Please visit the respective source websites if you have any trouble viewing the articles behind the URLs. 

TransportGooru Headline News Aggregator Dispatch – April 8, 2009

April 8, 2009 at 7:33 pm

LA Transportation Blog – Transportation Headlines for April 8, 2009

Streetsblog – Transportation Headlines for April 8, 2009

Transportation for America – Transportation Headlines for April 8, 2009

  • Low bids for construction projects are allowing Maryland to get the bang for its buck through the stimulus. (Washington Post)
  • A new study indicates that transportation spending and investment in green jobs brings a huge economic boost. (Oregonian)
  • Without have access to adequate public transportation, Alzheimer’s patients face a tough road aheadwhen they give up driving. (Associated Press)
  • GM looks to the PUMA vehicle – a self-balancing, two-wheeled scooter – to help solve its business woes. (Wall Street Journal)
  • U.S. PIRG looks at the a few of the potential dangers of privatizing roads.

Note:  TransportGooru thanks all the authors for contributing to this headline news summary. This dispatch is made possible by integrating the headline news feeds from the above mentioned sources.  At times, you may encounter a repeat of the same headline news  since they are captured by various individuals working at different organizations.    Please visit the respective source websites if you have any trouble viewing the articles behind the URLs.  

 

TransportGooru Headline News Aggregator Dispatch – April 2, 2009

April 2, 2009 at 5:29 pm

LA Taansportation Blog – Transportation Headlines for Thursday April 2, 2009

StreetsBlog – Headline News for April 2, 2009

 

Note:  TransportGooru thanks all the authors for contributing to this headline news summary. This dispatch is made possible by integrating the headline news feeds from the above mentioned sources.  At times, you may encounter a repeat of the same headline news  since they are captured by various individuals working at different organizations.    Please visit the respective source websites if you have any trouble viewing the articles behind the URLs.  

TransportGooru Headline News Aggregator Dispatch – April 1, 2009

April 2, 2009 at 12:07 am

LA Transportation Blog – Headlines for Wednesday April 1, 2009

TransportGooru wishes Happy 16th birthday for Metro!
  • MTA Rescue Talks in Chaos as Suburban Senate Dems Balk at Payroll Tax (NYTNewsNY1)
  • 50-Cent Cab Surcharge Was on the Table (NewsPost)
  • Tom Robbins Skewers Comrades Kruger and Espada (Voice)
  • Bill Hammond: Beware an MTA Plan From Three Men in a Room (News)
  • Bike Theft in NYC: How Widespread Is It? Don’t Ask NYPD (City Room)
  • NJ Turnpike Widening a Total Waste of Money (MTR)
  • House Dems From NYC Aren’t Taking the Metro to Work (News)
  • Conservatives Who Bike (Utne)
  • The New Haven BRT Line That Might Have Been (DNH via Streetsblog.net)
  • 60 Years of Transportation Investment Collapse in Giant Ponzi Scheme (Faking Places)
  • Obama Hands TransAlt Critical Task of Rebranding American Car Models

Transportation for America – Headlines for April 1, 2009

  •  Bay Area transit officials are ready to declare that the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency is in a state of “fiscal emergency.”
  • Paratransit riders in Phoenix face tough times. (USA Today)
  • Greenwire looks at the details on emissions standards in the proposed climate bill. (Via New York Times)

Note:  TransportGooru thanks all the authors for contributing to this headline news summary. This dispatch is made possible by integrating the headline news feeds from the above mentioned sources.  At times, you may encounter a repeat of the same headline news  since they are captured by various individuals working at different organizations.    Please visit the respective source websites if you have any trouble viewing the articles behind the URLs. 

 

Transportation for America’s Policy Brief on Transportation and Social Equity

March 31, 2009 at 4:00 pm

(Source: Transportation for America)

Transportation for America’s first webinar in a series of them was held earlier this week, and it was a great success. Nearly 100 advocates and supporters signed up for a session on Transportation and Social Equity.

Our transportation system should provide everyone — regardless of age, income, race or disability — with viable transportation options. So there are significant issues with a system that doesn’t extend opportunity to everyone in the same manner.

Judith Bell, president of PolicyLink, led an informative discussion about ways in which transportation policies and programs affect low income, minority, and other often marginalized populations.

Nathaniel Smith, Director of Partnerships for Equitable Development at Emory University and Ron Achelpohl, Assistant Director of Transportation for the Mid-America Regional Council, spoke about local actions in Atlanta and Kansas City respectively to make equity considerations a fundamental part of the transportation planning process. Laura Barrett, National Policy Director for theTransportation Equity Network, discussed advocacy efforts at the national level — particularly around equitable stimulus spending.

Don’t miss the first in a series of policy briefs from Transportation for America available for download now, Transportation and Social Equity: Opportunity Follows Mobility, covers three basic ideas:

  1. The current system is failing low income communities
  2. Transportation is at the center of opportunity.
  3. The nation’s transportation investments can be a powerful force for social and economic equity.

Download it now or view the PDF below and feel free to pass it along to friends and colleagues. And be sure to join Transportation for America to help us tell Congress that our transportation investments should extend opportunity to all Americans — regardless of race, class, or gender.

TransportGooru Headline News Aggregator Dispatch – March 31, 2009

March 31, 2009 at 2:31 pm

LA Transportation Blog – Headlines for Tuesday March 31, 2009

 

Streetsblog – Headlines for Tuesday March 31, 2009

  • Albany Attempting to Fund Transit and Avoid Bridge Tolls (NYTPost)
  • Obama Admin Takes Firmer Approach With GM and Chrysler (NYTNYTWSJYglesias)
  • Brooklyn Bridge Face-Lift Headlines List of NYC Stim Projects (NewsPost)
  • Pols ‘Protest’ MTA Doomsday Measures at City Hall (Bklyn Eagle)
  • Without Rescue Package MTA Would Cut 3,000 Positions (News)
  • Rental Housing on the Rise in the Exurbs (WSJ)
  • How Much High-Speed Rail Does $8 Billion Buy? (MSNBC)
  • CA Bill Would Set the Stage for Mileage Tax (Streetsblog SF)
  • WashCycle Wades Into the Bike PR Debate
  • Albuquerque Getting a Bike Bridge Across Rio Grande (Bike ABQ via Streetsblog.net)

 

Transport for America – Headlines for Tuesday March 31, 2009

  • Road work in Baltimore will bring some serious congestion downtown. (Baltimore Sun)
  • Colorado’s stimulus-funded roadwork appears to avoid any serious sprawl. (Colorado Independent)
  • The dismal economy pushes road builders to offer some extraordinarily low bids. (New York Times)
  • As dreams of homeownership slip away for millions, renting moves to the mainstream in far-flung suburbs. (Wall Street Journal)

Note:  TransportGooru thanks all the authors for contributing to this headline news summary. This dispatch is made possible by integrating the headline news feeds from the above mentioned sources.  At times, you may encounter a repeat of the same headline news  since they are captured by various individuals working at different organizations.    Please visit the respective source websites if you have any trouble viewing the articles behind the URLs. 

 

TransportGooru Headline News Aggregator Dispatch – March 30, 2009

March 30, 2009 at 10:43 pm

LA Transportation Blog – Transportation Headlines for Monday March 30, 2009

 

Streetsblog – Transportation Headlines for Monday March 30, 2009

  • Albany Hashing Out MTA Rescue Plan Behind Closed Doors — Tolls Off the Table? (NewsCBSNY1)
  • Van Driver Jumps Curb, Kills Pregnant Woman in Midtown (NYTNews)
  • News Begins Series on Albany Dysfunction (Here’s Part 2)
  • Post: Bloomberg, Not State Senators, Likely to Get Hit With Fallout From MTA Crisis
  • Obama Initiates Next Phase of Carmaker Bailout (NYTWNYC)
  • Are Road Builders Underbidding for Stimulus Projects? (NYT)
  • Some 8th Ave Biz Owners Don’t Want Their Street to Be Safer for Cyclists and Peds (Chelsea Now)
  • The State of Traffic Justice in NYC (Gotham Gazette)
  • China’s Subway Boom Not Keeping Pace With Car Sales and Sprawl (NYT)
  • Bike Corral Spotted in Baltimore (Rebuilding Place via Streetsblog.net)

 

Transportation for America  – Transportation Headlines for Monday March 30 2009

  • Chicago Transit Authority solicits advice from its users on how to improve the quality of its system. (Chicago Tribune)
  • Arizona looks at the exorbitant — and often unnoticed — overall costs of transportation for its residents. (Arizona Republic)
  • A New York City transit user looks at the some of the more hidden costs of bus service cuts. (New York Times)
  • China struggles to match its automobile growth with ambitious new transit construction. (New York Times)

Note:  TransportGooru thanks all the authors for contributing to this headline news summary. This dispatch is made possible by integrating the headline news feeds from the above mentioned sources.  At times, you may encounter a repeat of the same headline news  since they are captured by various individuals working at different organizations.    Please visit the respective source websites if you have any trouble viewing the articles behind the URLs.