Transportation Planner - Bus Rapid Transit

Play a key part in the growth of the GoRaleigh Public Transportation System and become a member of the City of Raleigh’s Transit Division. The Transportation Planner will provide technical and project management support to long-range transit planning initiatives focused on implementing Raleigh’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) program of projects.

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with a multi-departmental team on Bus Rapid Transit, GoRaleigh’s largest capital infrastructure program. This role includes: implementing transportation solutions that expand multi-mobile options for transit users, participating in plan development promoting transit supportive land use, and collaborating with community members through various public outreach efforts. This position will provide support for the BRT projects including the planning, design and engineering of BRT.

This role will lead community engagement for BRT and support coordination with internal and external stakeholders about project decisions. This position reports to the Transit Planning Manager overseeing the Wake BRT program of projects.

We’re looking for a passionate public transit or planning professional to join the Transit Division. In this role, you’ll leverage your knowledge of transit services, planning, and operations to guide the planning, design, and implementation of transit capital infrastructure. If you are looking to make a difference in delivering public transportation options to the community, this role is for you!

• Effective communications: Strong written and verbal skills, including public speaking to explain complex technical details to residents and transit users
• Design and detail oriented: An eye for designing multimodal solutions with transit users in mind and detail oriented to provide key technical guidance to design and engineering consultants
• Strategic planning: Can look at the big picture and chart a path forward to implementing meaningful and effective projects
• Experience riding transit: Practice what you preach, having experience in being a transit user provides the best opportunity to understand challenges and develop solutions
• Research ability: Proactively researching project elements to ensure the best decisions are made throughout project design

The City of Raleigh’s Transit Division seeks to provide quality public transportation to Raleigh and surrounding Wake County municipalities. Our goal is to increase mobility options and access for all users of the transit system. The Transit Division is within the larger Transportation Department and works alongside partner groups such as:
Mobility, Strategy and Infrastructure;
Vision Zero;
Signs and Markings; and Traffic Signals to provide safe and effective transportation solutions for Raleigh. The City of Raleigh is a member of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), and as an employee you will have access to member forums, webinars, and resources provided by NACTO.

Join our team of over 30 passionate public transit professionals keen on making an impact in both Raleigh and the greater Triangle region. We foster a collaborative, inclusive work environment, and we value perspectives and ideas from all to enhance the quality of our public transit services.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by employees in this job. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

In this dynamic role, you’ll play a key part in supporting the development of transit capital infrastructure and contribute to a program increasing high-capacity mobility options within the region.

• Support the BRT program including the design and engineering of BRT corridor projects
• Participate in cross departmental teams evaluating first/last mile mobility challenges within the vicinity of the proposed BRT stations
• Deliver effective community engagement through a variety of means designed to meet the public where they are
• Collaborate with other departments,…