Also on the calendar this week:

• Monday: Join Manhattan Community Board 2, local residents and business owners at a roundtable planning workshop to help decide how bike share should work and where stations should be sited in the West Village, Tribeca and and SoHo. Street-savvy participants are needed for this key meeting, which starts at 6 p.m.
• Also tonight: The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 6 will take up the DOT proposal for crosstown bike lanes on East 29th and 30th streets from 1st to 8th avenues, as well as a request from the 13th Precinct for an eastbound left turn lane marking on East 20th Street at 1st Avenue.
• Tuesday: The Manhattan CB 2 transportation committee will discuss how to mitigate “congestion, noise and hazardous conditions from intense vehicular traffic on the Kenmare-Lafayette-Broome Street section of the route from the Williamsburg Bridge to the Holland Tunnel.”
• Thursday:  NYC DOT will present its Classon Avenue traffic calming proposal to Brooklyn Community Board 8. 
• Also Thursday: DOT and electeds will hold a public workshop to discuss the future of Fourth Avenue between 15th and 65th streets.

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• Tuesday: People who live and work on Manhattan’s West Side can help choose where bike-share stations will go in Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea at a workshop hosted by Community Board 4. 6:00 p.m.
• Wednesday: Second Avenues Sagas author Ben Kabak interviews former MTA open data expert Sarah Kaufman about how technology is reshaping public transportation, part of a series at the New York Transit Museum. 6:30 p.m.

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• Tonight: Adolfo Carrión hosts a town hall meeting in the Bronx to discuss the ongoing efforts, funded by the federal government, to promote transit-oriented development around the borough’s Metro-North stations. 6:00 p.m.
• Wednesday: DOT brings its bike-share demonstration to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, showing commuters the new transit option they’ll have access to later this year. 3:00 p.m.
• Friday: Andrew Cuomo hosts his fellow Democratic governors for a conference promoting public-private partnerships in infrastructure construction. 8:00 a.m.
• Saturday: DOT’s bike-share demo moves down to the Lower East Side’s Essex Street Market. 12:00 p.m.

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Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

Membership and Outreach Associate, National Complete Streets Coalition, Washington, DC
The Coalition seeks a motivated full-time Membership and Outreach Associate to coordinate the involvement and activities of Coalition members in pursuit of Complete Streets.

Santa Monica Columnist, Streetsblog Los Angeles
Los Angeles Streetsblog is hiring a writer to contribute a weekly column covering transportation and livability issues in the city of Santa Monica. The winning applicant will have a knowledge of progressive urban planning and transportation policy as well as a familiarity with Santa Monica city government.

Also: Tonight the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 2 will consider a proposal from local residents to stripe a bike lane on Lafayette Avenue, and the city’s extensive public outreach for its bike-share program continues, with discussions in both English and Spanish.

• Today: James Vacca’s City Council Transportation Committee won’t discuss the MTA budget, but will tackle four separate ways to make it more convenient to park illegally. 1:00 p.m.
• Tonight: Brooklyn CB 2′s transportation committee discusses the proposal for a bike lane on Lafayette Avenue, which has 1,400 signatures supporting it. 6:00 p.m.
• Wednesday: Manhattan Community Board 4′s transportation committee discusses both bike-share and bike lanes. 6:30 p.m.
• Thursday: A panel hosted by the Women’s City Club tackles the funding challenges facing the MTA’s capital program. 12:30 p.m.
• Also Thursday: The Department of Transportation continues its bike-share outreach with a Spanish-language presentation at Grand Street Settlement 6:00 p.m.
• Saturday: The Park Slope Civic Council discusses whether, where, and how to bring 20 mph zones to the neighborhood. 11:45 a.m.

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• Tuesday: The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 7 discusses a proposal to turn part of 59th Street one-way, continues debating electric bicycles, and hears a presentation from Streetsblog publisher Mark Gorton on the place of the automobile in New York City. 7:00 p.m.
• Wednesday: To mark the opening of an exhibit on New York City’s plans for bike-share, the American Institute of Architects hosts a conversation between DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Alta Bicycle Share President Alison Cohen. 6:00 p.m.
• Also Wednesday: The Department of Design and Construction gives Manhattan CB 3′s transportation committee an update on the Forsyth Street Plaza planned for the foot of the Manhattan Bridge. 6:30 p.m.
• Thursday: Former Lieutenant Governor and MTA chief Richard Ravitch speaks to the Transportation Research Forum about the economic consequences of underfunding infrastructure. 11:45 a.m.
• Friday to Sunday: Recycle-A-Bicycle hosts the second annual Youth Bike Summit, a national conference that brings young people together to explore “how bicycling can be a legitimate and safe form of transportation for today’s youth.” Rep. Nydia Velazquez will give the conference’s keynote address on Saturday. Friday, 5:00 p.m. Saturday, 8:30 a.m. Sunday, 10:00 a.m.

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Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

Executive Director, Bike Cleveland
Bike Cleveland, a not-for-profit organization (501(c)(3) status pending) formed in September 2011, is seeking an inaugural Executive Director. Bike Cleveland builds livable communities by promoting all forms of cycling and advocating for the rights and equality of the cycling community.

Director of Finance, Transportation Alternatives, New York, NY
Transportation Alternatives is seeking an energetic, organized, and personable individual to work as a full time Director of Finance for a growing non-profit office with an operating budget of $3 million, 30 full and part time staff, and approximately 25 temporary workers annually.

Executive Director, Bike Walk Connecticut, Hartford, CT
Bike Walk Connecticut is changing the culture of transportation through advocacy and education to make bicycling and walking safe, feasible and attractive for a healthier, cleaner Connecticut. The Executive Director is responsible for managing the overall affairs of Bike Walk Connecticut including the implementation of board-approved projects, programs, policies and procedures in fulfillment of its mission and strategic plan.

Youth Programs Manager, Bike New York
Bike New York’s Education department seeks an energetic, organized, and enthusiastic person to manage our growing youth programs. These include Camp Bike New York, Bike New York After School, and Bike to School (Safe Routes to School).

• Wednesday: The Upper East Side continues its discussion of bike-share with representatives of DOT at a meeting of CB 8′s transportation committee. 6:30 p.m.
• Thursday: DOT presents its plans for a new pair of crosstown bike lanes on 29th and 30th Streets to Manhattan CB 5′s transportation committee, which represents Midtown. 6:00 p.m.

Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

Grassroots and Outreach Fellow, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, Anywhere
The Safe Routes to School National Partnership is seeking a Grassroots and Outreach Fellow to grow the Safe Routes to School movement at the local level and engage them in grassroots advocacy.  This opportunity will provide fellows with hands-on experience in coalition-building and grassroots lobbying.

StreetsMedia Development Intern, StreetsMedia, New York City
We are seeking a StreetsMedia Development Intern for Winter-Spring 2012. StreetsMedia is the online advocate for better transportation, smarter cities, and urban sustainability, and includes Streetsblog and Streetfilms. StreetsMedia is currently diversifying our funding strategy and the intern will play an integral part in supporting this effort.

Bicycle Valet Coordinator, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, San Francisco
The SF Bicycle Coalition is looking for a highly motivated, talented individual to manage the Coalition’s world famous Valet Bicycle Parking program.

Safety Educator, New York City Department of Transportation, New York City
Safety educators serve as a traffic safety outreach program coordinator/educator, conducting and assisting with the development of a variety of traffic safety educational presentations and creative art and theater projects for children, youth and older adults. Multiple positions available.

• Tonight: Subway historian Joe Cunningham gives a lecture on the early history of the elevated railroad, focusing on an 1868 line that ran down Greenwich Street in the West Village. 6:30 p.m.
• Also tonight: The New York Cycle Club celebrates 75 years of recreational riding with a holiday party. Dinner and dancing for $25. 6:30 p.m.
• Tuesday: DOT takes its bike-share presentation to Brooklyn Community Board 3′s transportation committee, laying out how the system will work in Bed-Stuy. 6:30 p.m.

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• Today: Hunter College hosts a panel discussion about how women can combat sexual harassment and assault on NYC’s subways and buses. 7 p.m.
• Also Today: Come hear from NYC DOT about plans for a public bike-share system at the transportation committee of Manhattan CB 6. The committee will also consider a resolution supporting automated speed enforcement cameras. 7 p.m.
• Tuesday: Manhattan CB 11 holds a public hearing on the NYC DOT proposal to extend protected bike lanes to 125th Street. East Harlem has some of the most dangerous streets and highest rates of childhood asthma and obesity in the city. Building protected bike lanes would make walking and biking safer, encourage physical activity, add trees, and break the spatial monopoly of exhaust-spewing vehicles on neighborhood streets, but two local business owners have mobilized against it under the guise of protecting children’s health. Local residents have strongly backed the project and this hearing will be an important forum to express that support and cut through the noise. 6:00 p.m.
• Wednesday: At its monthly meeting, the transportation committee of Manhattan CB 3 will consider partnering with other local organizations to sponsor bike-share workshops. 6:30 p.m.
• Thursday: Take a bike-share bike for a test ride at an open house at the Center for Architecture. 6:30 p.m.

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• Today: The City Council Transportation Committee will consider a pair of bills introduced by committee chair James Vacca that mandate what NYC DOT already does: consult with other city agencies before implementing street redesigns and report on the effect of those projects. However, in addition to requiring safety and traffic speed measurements, one of the bills — Intro 671 –  would also mandate reports on vehicular level of service, the discredited traffic engineering metric often used to justify road expansions or thwart pedestrian, bike, and transit improvements. The hearing starts at noon.
• Tuesday: NYU’s Wagner Center hosts a discussion with Dr. Kelly Henning, director of public health programs at Bloomberg Philanthropies, about road safety from a global perspective. Traffic injuries cause 1.27 million deaths each year, according to the World Health Organization, predominantly in developing countries. Dr. Henning will talk about the current state of road safety in low- and middle-income countries, and share information about the Bloomberg Global Road Safety Program. 8:30 a.m.
• Wednesday: Reckless driving claims lives with alarming frequency in New York, but police and prosecutors almost always send the message that this behavior is acceptable. In the vast majority of cases, drivers who kill are not charged with a crime, even when they operate without a valid license or when witnesses observe them breaking traffic laws. More than 1,300 people have signed letters to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly demanding NYPD uphold traffic laws and take the investigation of traffic deaths seriously. Transportation Alternatives will deliver the letters at a rally at One Police Plaza. The public is invited to attend, and you can also add your voice by sending a letter to NYPD. 8:30 a.m.

Keep an eye on the calendar for updated listings. Got an event we should know about? Drop us a line.

Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

Project Director, Reconnecting America, Washington, D.C.
Reconnecting America is looking for a project director to help manage projects in the Technical Assistance program of Reconnecting America and the Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD).

Transportation Planner, AC Transit, Oakland, CA
AC Transit is seeking a transportation planner with experience in transportation planning or systems analysis in a large urban public transportation system. The position participates in policy development and implementation of service enhancement projects.

Open Source Software Engineer, OpenPlans Transportation, Anywhere
OpenPlans’ Transportation Group is looking for multi-talented software engineers to build open-source tools that help people make more informed transportation decisions.

And, of course, you’re invited to join us Thursday for “Streets of the Future” — the annual benefit for Streetsblog and Streetfilms. Space is limited — buy your tickets now.

• Tonight: The traffic and transportation committee of Marty Markowitz’s Fourth Avenue Task Force holds its first meeting, discussing pedestrian safety among other issues. 6:00 p.m.
• Tuesday: The mayor himself will kick off the day-long “Zoning the City” conference, “designed to cultivate new thinking about zoning as a governmental tool that may be used to address major economic, social, environmental, and physical challenges facing New York City in the 21st century.” Bring your questions about parking minimums! All day.
• Also Tuesday: Interested in turning your block into a car-free play street next year? A meeting hosted by the Department of Health and Transportation Alternatives will look back at what worked in 2011 and help organizers plan for 2012. 4:00 p.m.
• More Tuesday: The Fourth Avenue Task Force holds a town hall meeting for Brooklynites to discuss a broad range of improvements for the street. 6:00 p.m.
• Still More Tuesday: The Brooklyn Community Board 2 Transportation Committee hears a presentation about the final route for the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. 6:30 p.m.
• Wednesday: The Prospect Park Road Sharing Task Force brings together park users, city agencies, elected officials, and members of the public to discuss how the loop drives can be made safe and accessible for everyone, in the wake of some crashes where cyclists seriously injured pedestrians. The meeting is open and you’re invited to attend and share your thoughts. 6:00 p.m.
• Thursday: Manhattan Community Board 4′s transportation committee discusses where to place bike-sharing stations and on-street bike parking corrals. 6:30 p.m.
• More Thursday: Streetsblog and Streetfilms are throwing a party and we’d love to see you there. Tickets are still available for our “Streets of the Future” bash. 7:00 p.m.
• Friday: Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer hosts “Transportation 2030,” an agenda-setting conference tackling issues from street safety to transit access and parking reform. 8:30 a.m.
• Also Friday: The No Impact Project holds a transportation-themed International Day of Giving Back. Use sustainable transportation modes and be eligible for discounts at local businesses. All day.

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Also important this week is a meeting of Manhattan CB 2′s transportation committee. Local residents have proposed installing a parking-protected bike lane along Hudson Street, effectively extending the Eighth Avenue bike lane from Bank Street down to Canal Street, and the Ninth Avenue bike lane from 14th Street to W. 12th Street. The community board will begin discussing whether to endorse that plan and take it to DOT this Tuesday.

• Tonight: DOT presents the latest plans for Select Bus Service along 34th Street to Manhattan CB 6′s transportation committee, which had opposed earlier plans for a physically separated transitway. 7:00 p.m.
• Tuesday: Community members put forward a plan for a parking-protected bike lane on Hudson Street between 14th Street and Canal Street. The transportation committee of CB 2 will consider whether to endorse that proposal. 6:30 p.m.
• Wednesday: Transportation Alternatives hosts its annual community board join-up jamboree. Proposals for safer streets and better bus service often live or die based on what community boards say. If you want to get more involved in your neighborhood, T.A. can help you navigate the process and apply for community board membership. 6:00 p.m.

Keep an eye on the calendar for updated listings. Got an event we should know about? Drop us a line.

Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

National Campaign Director, America Walks, Washington, DC
America Walks is seeking an energetic, innovative and skilled individual for a leadership-level position to help build both the walking movement and the growing organization.

Bicycle Advocate, Transportation Alternatives, New York, NY
Transportation Alternatives seeks a bicycle advocate to help galvanize a broad range of public support for bicycling across the five boroughs of New York City.

Streetsblog San Francsisco Editor
We’re looking for a talented journalist to manage Streetsblog San Francisco’s coverage of sustainable transportation and livable streets in the Bay Area.

Also on the Streetsblog calendar: Bike-share outreach comes to Manhattan Community Board 8 — find out how a public bike system will benefit the Upper East Side.

• Happy Halloween! Today is one of the biggest days of the year for foot traffic.
• Tuesday: The City Council Transportation Committee holds a hearing on Greenfield’s dirty streets bill and a pair of bills requiring DOT to report on pothole repair and pavement conditions. 1 p.m.
• Wednesday: NYC DOT presents an overview of the city’s bike-share initiative to CB 8. 6:30 p.m.
• Also Wednesday: DOT continues the public planning process for the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, gathering feedback on the greenway route through Downtown Brooklyn. See where the current proposal for this segment stands and give your opinion. 6:30 p.m.
• More on Wednesday: Learn about the options for improving transit access to LaGuardia Airport, currently served by five relatively slow bus routes, at an open house hosted by the MTA, NYC DOT and Port Authority. 6:30 p.m.
• Thursday: Share your ideas for improving pedestrian safety on Brooklyn’s Park Avenue with the Myrtle Avenue Restoration Project at a public workshop. Suggestions from the workshop will be presented to city agencies. 6 p.m.
• Friday: The all-day BitCity Conference at Columbia University examines how data and technology can enhance city transportation systems. Speakers include NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and former TLC Commissioner Matthew Daus. Program begins at 8:30 a.m.

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• Tonight: In addition to hearing a presentation on bike-share, Manhattan Community Board 5′s transportation committee discusses whether to ask DOT to extend the Sixth Avenue bike lane up from 42nd Street to Central Park. 6:00 p.m.
• Tuesday: MTA Capital Construction Company President Michael Horodniceanu gives an update at NYU’s Rudin Center on the progress of the transit authority’s mega-projects. 8:30 a.m.
• Also Tuesday: DOT and the MTA present the most recent plans for Select Bus Service on Nostrand Avenue to Brooklyn Community Board 15, which has proven to be a tough crowd when it comes to changing the streets. 7:00 p.m.
• More Tuesday: DOT updates Brooklyn Community Board 8 on the status of recent safety improvements to Washington Avenue. 7:00 p.m.
• Still More Tuesday: In the latest round of community workshops for the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, DOT presents the final route for the bike/ped path and solicits comments from the Greenpoint and Williamsburg communities. 7:30 p.m.

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Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings:

Senior Associate, Transportation Policy, Center on Wisconsin Strategy, Madison, WI
In 2010 COWS launched the State Smart Transportation Initiative (SSTI). Current transportation policy and practices are draining public budgets, degrading the environment, worsening inequality, retarding competitiveness, and failing most measures of efficient democratic government project on transportation reform. SSTI aims to reform current U.S. transportation policy and practice from the “ground” of state and local transportation decisions up.

DC Regional Policy Manager, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, Washington, DC
The Washington D.C. Policy Manager will build and maintain a regional network in the area comprising the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG). The goal is to increase funding and improve policies which result in more infrastructure and programs to support safe walking and bicycling for children and families, especially lower-income communities most vulnerable to childhood obesity.

Bay Area Regional Policy Manager, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, Oakland, CA
The Bay Area Policy Manager will build and maintain a regional network in the nine-county Bay Area within the jurisdictions of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). The goal is to increase funding and improve policies which result in more infrastructure and programs to support safe walking and bicycling for children and families, especially lower-income communities most vulnerable to childhood obesity.

Southern California Regional Policy Manager, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, Los Angeles, CA
The Safe Routes to School National Partnership is looking for two (2) energetic and dynamic professionals to work as full-time Regional Policy Managers in the Southern California region. The goal is to increase funding and improve policies which result in more infrastructure and programs to support safe walking and bicycling for children and families, especially lower-income communities most vulnerable to childhood obesity at the Metropolitan Planning Organization (SCAG and SANDAG) level as well as at the County Transportation Commission level (CTC).

• Tonight: After five years of work, DOT presents the results of its transportation study of the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. Proposed changes are likely to include pedestrian safety improvements and new traffic patterns around the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. 6:30 p.m.
• Tuesday: DOT presents a final draft of the route for the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway to the Sunset Park community and asks for one more round of public comments on the plan. 6:30 p.m.
• Also Tuesday: The MTA and DOT show their plans for Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Service to Brooklyn CB 18. DOT will also discuss pedestrian safety improvements for Kings Plaza. 8:00 p.m.
• Wednesday: City official Suzanne Nienaber gives a lecture explaining how active design can create a built environment that encourages physical activity and public health. 12:00 p.m.
• Also Wednesday: Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Paul Steely White speaks at Parsons, The New School For Design, on the topic of “Designing Innovative Legislative Advocacy for Urban Transportation Networks.” 6:00 p.m.

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