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Thursday Job Market
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Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Looking for a job? Here are the current listings: Development Director, Transportation Alternatives, New York, NY The Development Director will lead and direct all […]
This Week: Join Streetsblog for a Discussion of BRT in NYC
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On Wednesday, Streetsblog and the New York Transit Museum are hosting a roundtable discussion on Bus Rapid Transit in New York City. Streetsblog Editor-in-Chief Ben Fried will moderate a panel featuring Joan Byron of the Pratt Center for Community Development, Eric Beaton of NYC DOT, and Robert Thompson of New York City Transit. The event is free but registration is […]
This Week: Join Streetsblog at ARTCRANK on Thursday
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Events started trickling onto the Streetsblog calendar last week. Now that we’re past Labor Day, that trickle has turned into a gusher, providing a full slate of events to sate your appetite. On Thursday, be sure to join Streetsblog for ARTCRANK at Brooklyn Brewery in Williamsburg. ARTCRANK is a celebration of bike culture featuring hand-made, […]
This Week: Summer’s Not Over Yet
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You know the summer is over when the community board calendar picks up steam again. We’re not quite there yet, but things are starting to percolate. Here’s what’s happening on the Streetsblog calendar this week: Monday: The Manhattan Community Board 5 transportation committee meets this evening, and on the agenda are two new intercity bus […]
Friday Job Market
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Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Looking for a job? Here are the current listings: Planner, TransLink, New Westminster, British Columbia This position provides transportation planning expertise and leadership to […]
This Week: “Street Design” Book Talk, Car-Free Streets
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This week’s calendar is chockablock with car-free streets events in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. There are two items of immediate interest: John Massengale talks about his new book tonight, and there’s a midnight deadline for Park(ing) Day 2014. Not to mention the debut of TA’s Bicyclists’ Ball. Let’s get to it. Today: Architect […]
Thursday Job Market
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Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Looking for a job? Here are the current listings: Research Analyst, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston, MA The Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s Data Services […]
This Week: Vision Zero Online Deadline, First Summer Streets
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The middle of the week has the important street safety events, with an important deadline to submit ideas to the Vision Zero map coming up on Thursday. Then car-free events season takes over the weekend: Tuesday: Concerned about street safety in Harlem? Come to the Manhattan Community Board 10 Vision Zero Task Force meeting and share […]
This Week: MTA Reinvention Commission Hearings
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The big happening this week is a series of public hearings held by MTA Reinvention Commission, which will inform the agency’s next five-year capital plan and address other long-term issues facing the region’s transit system — if Governor Cuomo adopts its recommendations. The commission will host public hearings at its Midtown headquarters today from 5:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday […]
Friday Job Market
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Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Looking for a job? Here are the current listings: Volunteer Coordinator (part-time), San Francisco Bicycle Coalition The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for managing the […]
This Week: Vision Zero Forums, Tour de Queens
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It’s a light holiday week on the Streetsblog calendar, but there are opportunities to weigh in on street safety in Brooklyn and Queens, get involved in the commuter tax break effort, and tour Queens by bike. Here’s what’s happening: Today: Share your concerns about street safety with DOT and Council Member Carlos Menchaca at a […]
This Week: Get Involved in Woodhaven Boulevard SBS
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On Wednesday, DOT will hold a second workshop on Select Bus Service for Woodhaven Boulevard. The chair of the Community Board 9 transportation committee, Kenichi Wilson, told the Queens Courier last week that he opposes dedicated lanes for Woodhaven Boulevard buses, which he said would impede double parking in front of businesses and “create more congestion.” […]