Bus Seating Planner, Furniture & Operations Unit

City Planner

Transportation Planning and Management (TPM) is responsible for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods on the City's streets, supporting the larger goals of economic and social vitality for people living, working, and doing business in New York City. The Division's responsibilities include planning, street design, technical analysis, signs, transit development, freight mobility and markings, ensuring the safety of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists. The Office of Livable Streets (OLS) is tasked with prioritizing strategic planning, community engagement, research, policy, design, implementation, and long-term management. Their goal is to create streets that are livable, supporting safety, accessibility, inclusion, resiliency, active modes, community cohesion, and economic vitality citywide. Additionally, they aim to enhance New York City's pedestrian, bicycle, and micromobility networks, providing comfortable, connected, green, and reliable transportation options across the five boroughs. They place special emphasis on Priority Investment Areas, mode shift, and reimagining streets. The office also develops innovative new programs, design typologies, project delivery, and analysis tools to meet the demands of a rapidly changing population with evolving needs and technologies.

The NYC DOT Transportation Planning and Management Division (TPM), Office of Livable Streets (OLS), is seeking a City Planner to serve as a Bus Seating Planner within Furniture and Operations. The Furniture and Operations Unit manages contract management, design, planning, installation, and maintenance of bike parking, benches, leaning bars, wayfinding signage, curb extensions, and safety devices for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders throughout New York City. The goal of these programs is to make the city more vibrant, walkable, bikeable, and mass transit accessible, particularly for people who live and work outside. Reporting to the Deputy Director of the Planning team, the Bus Seating Planner, with latitude for independent judgment and initiative, is responsible for planning locations for benches and leaning bars for NYC DOT's Universal Bus Stop Seating Initiative. The Bus Seating Planner will act directly as the long-term manager of the Initiative and play a critical role in DOT's goal to install a bench or leaning bar at every eligible bus stop in New York City in ten years. This will require urban design work of moderate difficulty and responsibility to complete an important community service.

Duties of the successful candidate may include, but are not limited to: supervising the analysis of existing bus stop conditions to determine suitability for seating; preparing seating installation site plans consisting of diagrams, drawings and/or graphics with the aid of junior staff; planning the locations of seating elements within capital projects; producing grant reports, maintaining grant deadlines, ensuring compliance with federal funding regulations; providing authoritative interpretation of complex problems related to siting evaluation of seating assets to resolve planning and technical issues; keeping accurate records in a Microsoft Access database and making timely progress reports; coordinating within Furniture and Operations and other units within NYC DOT; reviewing fabrication and installation budget proposals; providing technical assistance and training to junior staff in the preparation of seating installation site plans; inspecting installations of seating elements with the aid of junior staff; making recommendations on seating policies and procedures; speaking to other DOT staff and/or third party installers; liaising with business improvement districts, sibling agencies, cultural institutions, elected officials, Community Boards, conservancies and other community groups. The candidate should demonstrate a willingness to work on-site in all seasons, traveling by biking, walking, and using mass transit.

The Department of Transportation's (DOT) mission is to provide for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods in the City of New York and to maintain and enhance the transportation infrastructure crucial to the economic vitality and quality of life of our primary customers, City residents. DOT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce in an open and inclusive environment.

Preferred Skills: A high degree of fluency in Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, Excel, Access, Word, and Teams. Ideal candidates are creative team players with a sharp eye for detail and flexibility to adapt as priorities change. Strong communication skills, ability to succinctly explain complex technical issues relating to planning and implementation processes are desired. Some experience with Adobe Creative Suite and ArcGIS preferred.

Work Location: 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041 Hours/Shift: 35 hrs. per week / 9 am -5 pm