Description
About WSDOT
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is the steward of an integrated, multimodal transportation system that helps to ensure people and goods move safely and efficiently throughout the state. In addition to building, maintaining, and operating the state highway system, WSDOT operates the largest ferry system in the nation, manages the world\'s longest floating bridge, and recently completed the world\'s widest tunneling project. Its State Active Transportation Plan has won state, regional, and national awards and the agency\'s Complete Streets work is growing.
The Opportunity
WSDOT is currently seeking a Transportation Planning Specialist 5 to serve as the Principal Active Transportation Education and Encouragement Planner. This position can be based anywhere in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. In this role, you will lead efforts related to education, encouragement, and equity for active transportation participation, which includes walking, cycling, using a mobility assistive device such as a wheelchair or adaptive bike/trike, and using micromobility devices, including electric-assist devices such as e-bikes/trikes and e-foot scooters. This position has significant responsibility for statewide programs and compliance with statutory and contracting requirements. This position will supervise and provide oversight for the School-Based Bicycle Safety Education Program created as part of the Move Ahead Washington transportation revenue package in 2022 (RCW 47.04.390) and the E-bike Rebate and E-Bike Lending Library/Ownership Programs established in HB 1125 (2023). At full implementation, the School-Based Program will reach 90% of all elementary and middle school students in the state, becoming the largest such program in the nation, and will reach thousands of junior high/high school students over time. The E-Bike Rebate and Lending Libraries will be among the first few such programs in the country established by a state DOT.
What to Expect
Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, the Education and Encouragement Planner will:
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