Transit Timing & Bus Priority Engineer

Department of Transportation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Transportation in New York City seeks an Assistant Civil Engineer to support planning, design, and implementation of bus priority street projects, including geometric layouts, bus lanes, curbside regulations, and transit priority treatments.

You will conduct traffic studies, assist with sign/striping layouts, GIS data maintenance, and ensure designs meet NYC standards and Vision Zero principles, collaborating with MTA staff, planners, and field teams.

Qualifications

• A baccalaureate degree in civil engineering and one year of full-time civil engineering experience, or
• A baccalaureate degree in civil engineering and a Master’s degree in civil engineering.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing geometric layouts, bus lanes, curbside regulations, and transit priority street configurations.
• Conduct traffic studies, bus speed assessments, turning movement counts, and safety analyses.
• Prepare CAD drawings, concept plans, signing/striping layouts, and technical exhibits.
• Document existing conditions, verify measurements, assess constraints, and support feasibility evaluations.
• Support analysis and implementation of Transit Signal Priority (TSP), queue jumps, and signal timing adjustments.
• Collaborate with planners, operations teams, borough engineers, MTA staff, utilities, and community stakeholders.
• Assist with shop drawing review, field checks, punch lists, and verification of installed bus priority elements.
• Maintain GIS layers, project databases, and engineering records related to bus lanes and signals.

Skills

Bus priority

Transit operations

Curbside management

Complete Streets

Vision Zero

Traffic modeling

Multimodal design

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering

Master's degree in civil engineering

Job description

The Department of Transportation in New York City seeks an Assistant Civil Engineer to support planning, design, and implementation of bus priority street projects, including geometric layouts, bus lanes, curbside regulations, and transit priority treatments.

You will conduct traffic studies, assist with sign/striping layouts, GIS data maintenance, and ensure designs meet NYC standards and Vision Zero principles, collaborating with MTA staff, planners, and field teams.