Bicycle Design Lead, OLS

Overview

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) prioritizes strategic planning, community engagement, research, policy, design, implementation, and long‑term management 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.

Their focus is on priority investment areas, mode shift, and reimagining streets, and they develop innovative new programs, design typologies, project delivery, and analysis tools to meet the demands of a rapidly changing population.

The Cycling & Micromobility Unit seeks to hire an experienced and detail‑oriented Bicycle Design Lead. Under the supervision of a Senior Project Manager of the Cycling & Micromobility Unit, the selected candidate will aid in the design and development of construction‑ready plans for bicycle infrastructure projects across the five boroughs. This position plays a critical role in collaborating with engineers and planners to ensure innovative urban bikeway designs rooted in sound principles are incorporated into street improvement projects that reduce preventable deaths and injuries in support of the NYC Streets Plan.

The candidate will review existing right‑of‑way and develop detailed proposed roadway cross‑section designs that integrate bicycle facilities, pedestrian improvements, and traffic calming to enhance safety for all street users. The candidate will prepare maps and technical drawings using AutoCAD, Illustrator, GIS, and other graphic tools, applying the latest traffic calming techniques and streetscape design concepts. The candidate will create comprehensive AutoCAD drawings showing vehicle and bike lane configurations, intersection treatments, curb alignments, roadway dimensions, signal locations, and pavement markings.

The candidate will coordinate with project managers and engineers to translate conceptual designs into technically accurate construction documents and support project implementation, working directly with operational units and contractors. The candidate will manage multiple concurrent design projects and meet critical deadlines while complying with all city, state, and federal rules and regulations. The candidate will review and quality‑check drawings produced by junior staff, consultants, and other team members, and develop and maintain AutoCAD standards, templates, and best practices for the unit.

Additional responsibilities include community outreach related to bicycle lanes and complete streets design; speaking at public meetings with community boards, public officials, and stakeholders; reviewing traffic studies to assess impacts and convey results; and preparing presentations and materials to communicate proposed improvements. The candidate may also support correspondence, including responses to press inquiries.

The candidate will ensure all designs comply with AASHTO, MUTCD, and NYC DOT standards and will be responsible for adhering to all agency safety rules and regulations to maintain a safe work environment.

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in civil engineering and one year of full‑time satisfactory experience in civil engineering work; or
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and a Master’s degree from an accredited college in civil engineering.

• Advanced AutoCAD proficiency with a minimum of 3–5 years of experience producing…