We recognize that many of our members are doing awesome work, and love to hear their success stories. Please join us on May 22 for a technical presentation from Grace Baird of URS Corporation, who will be share her story about how she entered the field of catenary engineering. Grace Baird became passionate about transportation [...]
Category: Transit
NYC Job Alert: Director of Community Outreach for MTACC East Side Access
Community Outreach Associate The Community Outreach Associate will be responsible for supporting the Director of Community Outreach in the execution of the Community Outreach program for East Side Access, one of the MTA's major capital projects to connect the Long Island Rail Road's (LIRR) Main and Port Washington lines in Queens to a new LIRR terminal [...]
YPT DC Event Recap: EU Leadership Seminar
On March 19, approximately 70 YPT members and friends gathered at the Delegation of the European Union in Washington, DC for a lively discussion with Dr. Felix Leinemann on the latest transportation initiatives in the European Union, and transatlantic cooperation in transportation. The discussion focused on the European Union's transportation policies and initiatives, followed by [...]
APTA Accepting Applicants for New Early Career Program
The American Public Transportation Association’s Early Career Program is a brand new national program dedicated to providing public and private sector public transportation professionals early in their careers with the skills, knowledge, insights, and networks needed to grow and succeed. The program is geared toward professionals in the public transit field with 3 to 5 [...]
YPT SF Bay Transit Manager Bonanza Event Recap
Hey YPT! Anybody else have a few too many YPTinis last night? Oh yeah? Me too! What a great party YPT SF Bay threw last night. YPTinis aside, thanks to the SF YPT Board and our special guests Michael Scanlon (SamTrans/ Caltrain), Ed Reiskin (SFMTA), Grace Crunican (BART) and Michael Gougherty (WETA) for such a [...]