Bus Seating Planner, Furniture & Operations Unit

Job Summary

To be considered for this position candidate must be serving permanently in the title of City Planner, or be reachable on the civil service list.

Transportation Planning and Management (TPM) is responsible for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods on the City’s streets, supporting the larger goals of economic and social vitality for people living, working, and doing business in New York City. The Division’s responsibilities include planning, street design, technical analysis, signs, transit development, freight mobility and markings, ensuring the safety of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists.

The Office of Livable Streets (OLS) is tasked with prioritizing strategic planning, community engagement, research, policy, design, implementation, and long‑term management. Their goal is to create streets that are livable, supporting safety, accessibility, inclusion, resiliency, active modes, community cohesion, and economic vitality citywide. They aim to enhance New York City’s pedestrian, bicycle, and micromobility networks, providing comfortable, connected, green, and reliable transportation options across the five boroughs.

They place special emphasis on Priority Investment Areas, mode shift, and reimagining streets. The office also develops innovative new programs, design typologies, project delivery, and analysis tools to meet the demands of a rapidly changing population with evolving needs and technologies.

The NYC DOT Transportation Planning and Management Division (TPM), Office of Livable Streets (OLS), is seeking a City Planner to serve as a Bus Seating Planner within Furniture and Operations. The Furniture and Operations Unit manages contract management, design, planning, installation, and maintenance of bike parking, benches, leaning bars, way finding signage, curb extensions, and safety devices for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders throughout New York City.

• Plan locations for benches and leaning bars for NYC DOT’s Universal Bus Stop Seating Initiative.
• Supervise the analysis of existing bus stop conditions to determine suitability for seating.
• Prepare seating installation site plans consisting of diagrams, drawings and/or graphics with the aid of junior staff.
• Plan the locations of seating elements within capital projects.
• Produce grant reports, maintain grant deadlines, and ensure compliance with federal funding regulations.
• Provide authoritative interpretation of complex problems related to siting evaluation of seating assets to resolve planning and technical issues.
• Keep accurate records in a Microsoft Access database and make timely progress reports.
• Coordinate within Furniture and Operations and other units within NYC DOT.
• Review fabrication and installation budget proposals.
• Provide technical assistance and training to junior staff in the preparation of seating installation site plans.
• Inspect installations of seating elements with the aid of junior staff.
• Make recommendations on seating policies and procedures.
• Speak to other DOT staff and/or third‑party installers.
• Liaise with business improvement districts, sibling agencies, cultural institutions, elected officials, Community Boards, conservancies and other community groups.
• Willingness to work on‑site in all seasons, traveling by biking, walking, and using mass transit.

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of satisfactory full‑time experience in city planning; or
• A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience that is equivalent to the above. Graduate education in city planning, urban planning, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, transportation engineering, public administration, economic development or related fields may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. All candidates must have a baccalaureate degree.

A high degree of fluency in Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, Excel, Access, Word, and Teams. Ideal candidates are creative team players with a…