Transportation Planner II, Transit Priority Team - SFMTA (5288)

The Transportation Planner II position at the City and County of San Francisco involves supporting the Muni Forward program, which aims to enhance public transportation efficiency and reliability. Key responsibilities include data collection, outreach, report writing, and project coordination. The role requires collaboration with various stakeholders and the preparation of visual materials to communicate project benefits. This is a full-time position based in San Francisco, CA.
The Transit Priority Team is a dynamic, deadline driven and innovative team leading delivery of Muni Forward projects that improve travel time and reliability for San Francisco’s public transportation system. Muni Forward is a nation-leading program that is making service more efficient, reliable, safe and comfortable for over 700,000 daily customers. In conjunction with other San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) programs, Muni Forward is the ongoing blueprint for making Muni a great transportation choice and represents an exciting long-term enhancement to San Francisco’s transportation networks.

Under general supervision of the Transit Priority Team Lead, the 5288 Transportation Planner II performs planning work including data collection, outreach support, mapping, writing reports, coordinating with other groups, and other general transit planning tasks. This position will play a key role in Muni Forward implementation by informing designs through data collection, supporting project managers, and helping to communicate project benefits to stakeholders.

Essential Duties:
• Supports the development and outreach of Muni Forward transit priority projects.
• Prepares materials for public and stakeholder meetings and assists in presentations to various community and policy making groups.
• Prepares correspondence in response to public or other agency inquiries.
• Analyzes and summarizes project before/after results for non-technical audiences.
• Collects, compiles and reviews data concerning transportation activities, such as passenger surveys on Muni buses and trains to develop recommendations or interpret results obtained from project implementation.
• Designs, prepares, and/or directs the preparation of visual materials including graphs, charts, maps and models to illustrate presentations of transportation projects.
• Coordinates back-end process to advance Muni Forward projects (i.e. SFMTA Board reports, progress reports etc.)
• Evaluates transit data and information such as on-time performance, ridership, schedules, and maintenance performance information.
• Analyzes and presents geospatial data to support transit initiatives.
• Develops and prepares signage and customer information in support of transit priority projects.
• Performs other duties as required.