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Impromptu Musical Immersion During Your Commute? Better Move to New York City. A Not So Dull Moment on the Ever Entertaining NYC Subway

January 5, 2012 at 5:15 pm

(Source: YouTube)

Oh , how I wish our boring commutes are as fun as this one. New Yorkers are a bunch of lucky ba**ards! What a marked and striking contrast from the violent London transportation system. A little investigation by enthusiastic Redditors revealed that the singer is Jessica Latshaw. Here is Jessica blogging about her Subway jammin’ experience on her blog.

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Job (s) Alert: 1). Senior Sustainability Analyst and 2). Sustainability Analyst – MTA @ New York City

November 28, 2011 at 3:28 pm

Reports To: Chief Officer, Environmental Sustainability
Authority:      TA/OA/MTA Bus
Location:     2 Broadway, Manhattan
Application Deadline:  12/12/11     

SUMMARY:
Under general supervision and with significant latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, the incumbent will assist in the development, collection, analysis, organization and presentation of data and information related to Sustainability in all aspects of Bus Operations (including fuels, vehicles, facilities, training and recycling).  In addition, the incumbent will support and manage projects and will assist in the development and implementation of an enterprise asset management system. Assignments will require the incumbent to work at all NYCT Department of Buses and MTA Bus Company facility locations throughout the five boroughs, and Yonkers.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Develop and apply systems (i.e., tools/software, job aides and protocols) to facilitate data collection and analysis on a continuing basis; train others to use these systems.
  • Implement multiple projects simultaneously and be accountable to ensure that all projects are advancing as required to meet targets.
  • Interface with staff from Operations, Maintenance, Capital Programs, and other MTA Units and outside parties on sustainability issues, programs and initiatives.

DESIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

  • General knowledge of and demonstrated interest in environmental sustainability concepts and approaches.
  • Experience in Microsoft Office, Access and Powerpoint, ESRI ArcGIS and other relevant programs.
  • Good database and data management skills
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills.
  • Highly developed customer service skills, including listening and inquiry skills.
  • Demonstrated interest in new technologies and their application.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

  • A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with a major in one or more of the following: information systems, operations research, finance, accounting, economics, business, public administration, engineering, science or a related field.
  • Three (3) years of satisfactory full time experience; or
  • A satisfactory equivalent of education and successful experience.

Qualified candidates need to send or e-mail a cover letter and resume quoting Reference Number 11-31 to:

jobs@mtabusco.com
MTA Bus Company
3320 Hutchinson Avenue
Bronx, NY 10475 

MTA Bus Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Job Alert: Director of Electronic Toll Collection – MTA Bridges and Tunnels – New York, NY

July 26, 2011 at 7:22 pm
Control Code: P999U/R920
Resume Due Date: August 12, 2011
Job Title: Director of Electronic Toll Collection
Department/Division: Tolling Initiatives
Work Location: 2 Broadway, New York, NY
Earnings Potential : Commensurate with salary history and experience (Actual salary offers are made subject to the salary administration policy and are made considering a number of factors including, but not limited to, the selected candidate’s salary and work history.)
Hay Points: 800
Overtime Eligibility: Not eligible for paid overtime in accordance with FLSA

Job Description:
Manages the planning, engineering, design, acquisition and installation of state of the art electronic toll collection technologies and systems, including research and testing; manage consultants and contractors as necessary; administer capital projects budgets; work collaboratively with all functional areas to address operational, customer service and other needs; reports to the Senior Director of New Toll Initiatives.

Specialized Knowledge:

At least 10 years experience working in the toll industry at a level that has included detailed technical knowledge of state of the art toll collection technologies and systems obtained through a technical degree and in field experience, experience with systems engineering through classroom work or practical application on multiple projects and extensive project management skills. Excellent communicatons skills and ability to work as part of a team

Education:

Undergraduate technical degree, master’s degree preferred

How to Apply

To be considered for this vacancy, follow these four easy steps:

1 – Place the Control Code found below in the upper right hand corner of your resume.

2 – Ensure that this office receives your resume by the Due Date provided above.

3 – Make sure that your resume includes a chronological work history.

4 – Send your resume to this address:

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Job Alert: Senior Manager, Procurement @ New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)

June 22, 2011 at 6:21 pm

The MTA (of NY) seeks a highly skilled and motivated procurement and contracts professional to support the delivery of MTA’s real-time bus tracking and customer information systems. This position participates as an integral part of the implementation team of MTA’s Bus Customer Information Systems (CIS) project, contributing to meeting the CIS project procurement and contract administration objectives and ensuring that the procured CIS system components procured meet the CIS project goal of significantly improving the customer experience with the MTA bus services.

Specifically, the incumbent in this role will understand the broad technical standards and specifications relating to real time bus location information systems, wireless networks, public API’s and Smart Card technology, create procurement vehicles from detailed software and hardware specifications and utilize efficient procurement strategies and contract negotiation skills to get possession of various sub systems of the Bus CIS system.

Critical responsibilities include those necessary to drive the procurement and contracting process around Bus CIS. Qualifications include 7 years of experience in contracting and procurement, including 5 years of experience on technical or systems projects. A Bachelor degree in Business Administration or related field is required, an advanced degree procurement-related fields, project management or related discipline preferred.

To apply, email a resume and cover letter to MTABusCIS@gmail.com AND ALSO visithttp://mta.info/mta/employment/employment_out.html and apply for Job Posting #73589.

MTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Downtown From Behind On Bikes- Aussie Photog Artfully Captures The “Heartbeat of New York City”

November 21, 2010 at 5:03 pm

(Source: New York Times)

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ONE is wearing a couture gown, another just a pair of red underwear. One is lugging a huge bouquet of flowering rhododendrons on his shoulder, another a suckling pig. They are all riding bicycles in the middle of streets downtown, and they are all shown from behind, having passed by, headed toward some unknown destination — a party, a garden, a pig roast.

The photographs are by Bridget Fleming, 30, who moved to the Lower East Side from Australia in 2008. She is halfway through an ambitious project to capture downtown denizens riding on two wheels down each of the approximately 200 streets below 14th Street. She posts some of the photographs on a blog, Downtown From Behind, and hopes the project, which she describes as a glamorous ode to “the heartbeat of New York,” will culminate this spring with a gallery exhibition and Web site.

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Image Courtesy: Downtown from Behind

Click here for more on this story and for the awesome interactive.

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Bold thinking! New York City Studies Hudson River Tunnel Plan To Extend No. 7 Subway Line to New Jersey

November 18, 2010 at 4:08 pm

(Source: Wall Street Journal)

Image Courtesy: WSJ.com

Image Courtesy: WSJ.com

The Bloomberg administration is exploring a plan to build a new tunnel under the Hudson River that would extend the no. 7 subway line to Secaucus, N.J,  building on existing work being done on the no. 7 line, which is undergoing a $2.1 billion extension from Times Square to 34th Street and 11th Avenue.

The plan is an attempt to expand rail capacity and grab some of the $3 billion in federal money that had been set aside for a rail-tunnel project between New Jersey and Manhattan, according to multiple people familiar with discussions over the project. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spiked the rail tunnel three weeks ago due to concerns about cost overruns. Click here to read the full story

The WSJ also has a nice story that looks in to how the subway extension would transform traveling options (at least in the region) for the commuting public.

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Surfing while riding the rails – #NYC subway gets Wi-Fi

August 26, 2010 at 10:54 am

If the centuries old New York City Subway can do this, why not in DC’s relatively new and modern subway system? That would make many commutes productive and possibly serve as an incentive for region’s drivers to shed the cars and take the trains to work. I can’t imagine a better town than DC for adopting this technology, because on any given day we have more folks commuting with their Laptops, iPods, iPads, e-readers, etc. It is a shame that we still can’t get the cellphones to work inside the tunnels for more than one carrier.

With the days of paid Wi-Fi clearly numbered, what business models are there for transit agencies and wireless service provider partners to consider? In the first part of several installments, this week we’ll look at Transit Wireless LLC, which is rolling out wireless networks in New York’s extensive subway system.

Amplify’d from www.masstransitmag.com

In 2007, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) awarded a 10-year communication infrastructure contract to Transit Wireless LLC — a conglomerate of construction and wireless companies — that would bring mobile phone and Wi-Fi service to the 277 stations within the city’s subway system. NYCTA’s parent, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, approved the contract in September 2007 but did not give the official notice to proceed until July this year. The project stalled due to lack of sufficient funding, but was restarted after financing was provided by Broadcast Australia, a Sydney-based multinational that also installed wireless in Hong Kong’s subway. Broadcast Australia, in turn, is controlled by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in a convoluted chain of ownership. Under the terms of the original 2007 deal, the NYCTA would earn in excess of $45 million from an estate lease over the 10-year term; Transit Wireless will cover all network construction costs and generate revenue from mobile carriers such as AT&T, Sprint and Verizon, who would provide cellular service over the Transit Wireless network.

The whole roll-out is expected to cost around $250 million including the payments to the NYCTA; work will commence on the first six stations in Manhattan by September, with live service expected in all six within two years. The remaining 271 stations will be completed within the next six years, although a spokesman for Transit Wireless stated that up to 15 stations a month could be outfitted during the rolling program. Phone and Wi-Fi coverage will be available only in the stations, on platforms and part-way into adjacent tunnels; the contract does not stipulate contiguous coverage throughout the subway system. In addition to consumer services, the Transit Wireless solution will serve public safety organizations by providing the source of a cell phone’s signal within a station, improving incident response times.

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Ice cream vendors are no softies – Tempers flare over parking spot in NYC

August 16, 2010 at 4:50 pm

(Source: DNA Info. via Huffington Post)

What happens when two competing ice cream vendors are fighting over a prized parking spot in New York City? The video shows how things got ugly between two vendors who sell ice creams…

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New York’s LIRR delivers safety message via the Gap Rap – Look Down, Step Over and Watch The Gap!

July 19, 2010 at 1:15 pm

(Source: WSJ)

How do you deliver rail safety message to the General public in the age of twitter and YouTube.  Here is one such effort and it’s called Gap Rap (Warning: Geeky & Corny Video and Lyrics).

The music video, which premiered online Thursday, features LIRR Medical Director John Clarke — an army of fifth graders from Long Beach accompanying him as backup dancers — giving safety tips to railroad riders from Times Square, trains and LIRR stations. Here it is:

Dr. Clarke has a history of public-service raps.  He’s taken on psoriasis (“No one knows the cause or why is brings drama”) and H1N1 (“If you have it stay at home so you don’t spread none”).  The effectiveness of this effort is definitely worth watching in the months to come.

(Transportgooru’s Review: A full 10/10 for the thought to promote safety; 0/10 for the execution.  Summary: Doc, please spend a couple of $$ and find some pros can can really deliver and pls. stick to what you know best – medicine).

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NYC, say hello to the Hoop – Beautiful bike rack adds to City streets’ charm

July 14, 2010 at 4:53 pm

(Source: Cooper Hewitt Design Blog)

Found this interesting article about NYC’s newly designed bike rack called NYC Hoop on the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Design Museum’s blog.

“Residents with an eye for detail will notice that the city’s newly designed bike rack, the NYC Hoop, is starting to make its presence felt on the streets, as the city tests various securing methods to both sidewalks and subway grates. Designers Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve (of Denmark’s Bettlelab) won the 2008 CityRacks Design Competition, coordinated by theNYCDOT in collaboration with the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum,Google, and Transportation Alternatives.”  This beautiful, easy to use dye cast piece of work is not only easy on the eye but also comes with a very small foot print, making it very suitable for a space crammed uber-Urban environment like NYC.

Interestingly enough, the article posted by Laura Forde notes that the Big Apple is moving ahead with wide-spread deployment plans for the Hoop – nearly 3000 of them..  That must be good news for the ever growing biking population of New York, which has seen tremendous jump in biking recently.

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