Cycling Infrastructure Hardening Program Manager, C&M Unit
About The Position
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. The program expands physical protection along existing bicycle facilities, incorporates hardening treatments into new and resurfacing projects, identifies and prioritizes locations for additional protection, and tests new barrier types, treatments, and approaches. Reporting to senior staff in the Cycling & Micromobility Unit, the position works with senior staff, project managers, and teams across the agency to develop design guidance, standards, and implementation strategies for bicycle facility and intersection hardening. The manager helps integrate appropriate treatments into projects throughout the bicycle network and coordinates implementation. The role also supports crash and other data analyses, researches best practices and emerging approaches, and uses data, field observations, and project experience to guide program priorities. The manager oversees installation, repair, maintenance, and replacement of treatments and barriers across the bicycle network. This includes conducting routine field inspections, assessing site conditions, coordinating repairs or replacements, and tracking recurring needs. The position advances related policies and strategies and evaluates new and existing treatments, monitoring their safety and comfort outcomes, performance, durability, and maintenance needs to inform future designs, standards, specifications, and investments. The manager collaborates with the OLS Director of Administration and other DOT units on procurement, contract management, budgeting, and program administration, and responds to public inquiries and service requests concerning damaged or missing bicycle facility protection.
Requirements
- Meet the City Planner qualification requirements through one of the stated education and experience pathways: a relevant master’s degree; a bachelor’s degree plus one year of satisfactory full-time city-planning experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, with a bachelor’s degree required.
- Relevant fields include city planning, urban planning, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, transportation engineering, public administration, economic development, or a related field.
- For Assignment Level III placement, have two additional years of professional experience as described in the qualification requirements, after meeting the minimum requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead a citywide program to strengthen protection for cycling and micromobility infrastructure.
- Expand physical protection along existing bicycle facilities and incorporate hardening treatments into new and resurfacing projects.
- Identify and prioritize locations for additional protection, and test new barrier types, treatments, and approaches.
- Develop and advance design guidance, standards, and implementation strategies for bicycle facility and intersection hardening.
- Coordinate with project teams to incorporate treatments into projects and advance implementation throughout the bicycle network.
- Support crash and other data analyses to identify and prioritize locations for hardening.
- Research best practices and emerging approaches, and use data, field observations, and project experience to guide program priorities and implementation.
- Oversee installation, repair, maintenance, and replacement of hardening treatments and barriers throughout the bicycle network.
- Conduct routine field inspections, assess site conditions, coordinate repairs or replacements, and track recurring maintenance and implementation needs.
- Advance policies and strategies related to cycling infrastructure hardening.
- Evaluate new and existing treatments, including their effectiveness, performance, durability, and maintenance needs, and use findings to inform future designs, standards, specifications, and investments.
- Collaborate with the OLS Director of Administration and other DOT units on procurement, contract management, budgeting, and related administrative functions.
- Respond to public inquiries and service requests about damaged or missing bicycle facility protection and coordinate with DOT staff to address them.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
