Aaron Fowler, Senior Transit Planner at the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), presented to a mixture of nearly 30 YPT members and friends on May 4th, 2015. The history of regional transit governance in the Atlanta region goes all the way back to when there were nearly 20 operating streetcar companies in the late 1800’s. In [...]
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NYC Internship Opportunity: Subway Performance Support Aide at MTA
The Performance Analysis Unit (PAU) is an entirely new group with NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). This group was created to improve the performance of the subway system, as a whole, while remaining close to day-to-day operations. PAU specializes in adhoc studies and analyses typically in response to performance problems that the operating divisions cannot [...]
NYC Job Alert: Associate Staff Analyst at MTA New York City Transit, Office of Management and Budget
Join the Office of Management and Budget's Subways Business Planning Unit, a group of financial professionals striving for continual improvement and economic efficiencies at New York City Transit, the largest mass transit system in the Western Hemisphere. The incumbent will evaluate strategies and investment requests with direct analytical support to evaluate available options and make [...]
Baltimore Event Alert: Thu, 7/24 @ 5:30pm Pop-Up Event with Jarrett Walker!
PAYT Pop-Up Event with Jarrett Walker When: Thursday, July 24, 2014 @ 5:30pm Where: Baltimore Metropolitan Council, 1500 Whetstone Way, 3rd Fl., Baltimore, MD 21230 Abundant Access: Public Transit as an Instrument of Freedom Mr. Walker will be presenting on “Abundant Access,” how to design systems to maximize urban freedom. If you are not familiar [...]
NY Job Alert: MTA-NYCT Department of Subways, Capital Programs
MTA-NYCT Department of Subways, Capital Programs is hiring candidates for the following positions: Associate Project Manager, I, II, III Senior Quality Control Spc I, II, III The incumbents will be primarily responsible for providing oversight, tracking of thousands of defects and coordination of work between the Stations and Infrastructure program areas. The incumbents will also [...]