Cycling Infrastructure Hardening Program Manager, C&M Unit

Transportation Planning and Management (TPM) is responsible for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods on the City's streets. The Office of Livable Streets (OLS) prioritizes strategic planning, community engagement, research, policy, design, implementation, and long-term management. The Cycling & Micromobility Unit is responsible for the nation's largest network of on-street bicycle facilities (1,200+ lane-miles). Reporting to senior staff in the Cycling & Micromobility Unit, the Cycling Infrastructure Hardening Program Manager will lead a citywide program to strengthen protection for cycling and micromobility infrastructure and improve safety and comfort for people biking throughout New York City's five boroughs.

Responsibilities

Lead a citywide program to strengthen protection for cycling and micromobility infrastructure; expand physical protection along existing bicycle facilities; incorporate hardening treatments into new and resurfacing projects; identify and prioritize locations for additional protection; test new barrier types, treatments, and approaches; lead development of design guidance, standards, and implementation strategies for bicycle facility and intersection hardening; coordinate with project teams to advance implementation; support crash and other data analyses to prioritize hardening locations; research best practices and emerging approaches; oversee installation, repair, maintenance, and replacement of hardening treatments and barriers; conduct routine field inspections and coordinate repairs or replacements; track recurring maintenance and implementation needs; advance policies and strategies related to cycling infrastructure hardening; evaluate the effectiveness, performance, durability, and maintenance needs of new and existing treatments; collaborate with OLS's Director of Administration and other DOT Units on procurement, contract management, budgeting, and administrative functions; respond to public inquiries and service requests related to damaged or missing bicycle facility protection

Requirements

Master's degree in transportation engineering, mathematics, urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban studies, or related physical and social science fields; OR baccalaureate degree in engineering from an accredited college and one year of full-time satisfactory experience performing technical work on roadway transportation and traffic studies and area-wide traffic programs; OR baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of full-time satisfactory experience as described above; OR associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described above; OR four-year high school diploma or educational equivalent and six years of full-time satisfactory experience as described above; Assignment Level II requires one additional year of experience; Assignment Level III requires two additional years of experience