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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 this week’s listings: Senior Associate, Transportation Policy, Center on Wisconsin Strategy, Madison, WI In 2010 COWS launched the […]
This Week: Hell’s Kitchen Transportation Study Released
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In addition to the city’s ongoing presentations about and demonstrations of its planned bike-share system — check out the schedule here — the big event on this week’s livable streets calendar takes place in Hell’s Kitchen, where the Department of Transportation is presenting findings and recommendations from a major five-year study. Home to major transportation […]
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 this week’s listings: Event Director, Bay Area Bicycle Coalition, San Francisco, CA The Bay Area Bicycle Coalition is […]
This Week: Bike Share Presentations, Summit For New York City
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The extensive public outreach on the city’s proposed bike-share system continues this week, with frequent demonstrations of the system in major public spaces and formal presentations to two more Manhattan community boards. So far, the system has been getting rave reviews at its public demonstrations. Check out the full list of bike-share events here. At […]
Show Your Support for Crucial East Side Greenway Link
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On Wednesday, Manhattan Community Board 6 will host a special meeting regarding a long-awaited proposal to fill the gap in the East Side Greenway — which the board describes as “the alienation of a portion of Robert Moses Playground, creation of replacement park space, and creation of a waterfront esplanade.” This is a popular plan […]
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 this week’s listings: Communications Associate, Tri-State Transportation Campaign, New York, NY The communications associate will manage […]
This Week’s Got It All: Bikes, Buses, and Public Plazas
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There’s a hearing underway this morning in James Vacca’s Transportation Committee about three bills that would add more red tape for bike projects. Yes, while expensive, taxpayer-financed parking boondoggles go belly up and the transit system teeters on a mountain of debt, the City Council is busy considering whether to pass the second law in […]
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. Please note: The window to list your job opening for free is closing fast. Starting Monday, the price for posting a job […]
This Week: CB 4 Considers Extending West Side Bike Lanes to 59th
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This week brings big news for cyclists and pedestrians on Manhattan’s west side. On Wednesday, DOT will present plans to extend the Eighth and Ninth Avenue bike lanes north all the way to 59th Street. Right now, the Ninth Avenue protected lane begins at 30th Street while the Eighth Avenue lane switches from a protected […]
This Week: Election Day and Park(ing) Day
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It’s not on the calendar, but tomorrow is special election and primary day in New York City, with seats in Albany, the City Council, and Congress up for grabs. Expect even lower turnout than usual — just a handful of votes will decide the outcome of the most contested races. Not sure who’s running for […]
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. We’re giving employers free listings, normally a $50 value, through the end of the summer. Looking for a job? Here are this […]
This Week: Turn Out for Complete Streets on the East Side
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The bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements on First and Second Avenues could finally be completed up to 125th Street as promised next year, and this week the project will face two critical community board votes. The transportation committees of the East Harlem and Upper East Side community boards will be discussing whether to extend […]