Data Analyst – Cycling & Micromobility Unit

Job Description

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 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. Additionally, 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 Cycling & Micromobility (C&M) Unit is responsible for the nation’s largest network of on-street bicycle facilities (1,500+ lane-miles), enhancing street safety, and increasing bike ridership in NYC. The team’s primary focus is on innovative redesigning City streets to expand and improve the bike network.

The Cycling & Micromobility (C&M) Unit is seeking to hire a highly motivated, creative, and critical thinker who is passionate about all forms of data and how they can support advancing cycling and micromobility in New York City. Under the direction of senior staff, the selected candidate will be responsible for overseeing existing and new data collection and analysis programs; expanding the automated data collection program; conducting geospatial analysis; planning, designing, maintaining, and supporting the Unit’s internal databases related to bicycle and micromobility counts. The Data Analyst will use programming languages to examine complex and nuanced questions, develop statistical models, and contribute to ongoing data analysis efforts for tracking, prioritizing, and evaluating unit initiatives. Responsibilities also include compliance with the Open Data Law; assisting with the management of grants related to pedestrian and micromobility models; developing and applying post-street improvement project evaluation processes; creating frameworks to evaluate non-Capital Street Improvement Projects (SIPs) for material performance and maintenance; building predictive machine learning models; and conducting research and analysis to inform current and future policy, planning, and programs. This role will conduct research projects with internal and external stakeholders, use data to identify travel patterns, perform safety analyses, and analyze infrastructure investment needs. Duties include preparing technical research reports and public-facing materials, as well as clearly communicating findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.

The ideal candidate must be detail-oriented, accurate, a capable team player, and possess excellent communication skills and a positive attitude. Proficiency in SQL is required, with intermediate skills in Python and GIS preferred. Interested candidates must have experience developing analytical and visualization products, conducting quantitative and/or geospatial research, and working with large, diverse datasets. A strong interest in transportation planning, as well as demonstrated technical capabilities, will be evaluated during the selection process. Under the guidance of senior staff, the candidate will be expected to work collaboratively and inclusively, support their own continued professional development, and engage with all stakeholders effectively. The candidate will also be responsible for adhering to all agency safety protocols and ensuring proper use of required safety equipment in both field and office settings.

The Department of Transportation s (DOT) mission is to provide for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods in the City of New York and to maintain and enhance the transportation infrastructure crucial to the economic vitality and quality of life of our primary customers, City residents. DOT is an equal opportunity employer, committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce in an open and inclusive environment.

Preferred Skills
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