The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is seeking a seasoned, effective organizer to work on expanding bicycling and bicycling infrastructure in San Francisco. If you are passionate about bicycling, and passionate about increasing the diversity of bicycling, this is your chance to help improve the lives of huge numbers of San Franciscans.

• Hours: Full time. Hours may be flexible. Position will entail some work on weeknights and weekends, in order to attend community meetings and events.
• Reports to: Deputy Director

You will work with all parts of the organization, members and volunteers to develop and win support for key bicycling infrastructure improvements (bikeways, neighborhood greenways, spot improvements, paving, etc). This work will entail working closely with community groups, businesses and elected officials to develop grassroots and grasstops support for new and improved biking infrastructure. You will also be responsible for helping create and support member-led campaigns.

JOB COMPONENTS

You should be comfortable with street-level organizing as well as grasstops outreach. Responsibilities may include, but will not be limited to:

• Campaign strategy and outreach for campaigns to build more, better bikeways throughout the city in line with our Connecting the City initiative.
• Organizing on the street and other forms of grassroots outreach.
• Developing and supporting member-led campaigns.
• Working with city agencies and elected officials to advance campaigns.
• Connect with new and deepen existing relationships with community partners.
• Representing the organization at public meetings and community meetings.
• Communicating two-way with members about our work at all steps in the campaign process.
• Hiring and managing a team of diverse interns.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Deep commitment to the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition mission.
• Fluency in a Chinese language or Spanish strongly encouraged.
• At least two years of experience as an organizer.
• Strong interpersonal and relational skills.
• Ability to take initiative and lead advocacy efforts within the organization.
• Demonstrated track record of successful project planning, management, base-building and strategy implementation.
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team.
• Excellent communicator with a wide variety of types of audiences.
• Experience sourcing and managing a diverse cohort of interns and volunteers.
• Desire and ability to implement systems that will allow your work to scale quickly and significantly to be able to reach more people.

SALARY AND BENEFITS

Salary is to be determined, depending upon experience. This package includes strong benefits.

HOW TO APPLY

Send a compelling cover letter and resume to Kit Hodge, Deputy Director, at kit [at] sfbike DOT org. Please include “Community Organizer Candidate, YOUR NAME” in the subject line, and be sure to mention where you saw the job advertised. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. People of color and women are strongly encouraged to apply.

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation or political orientation.

http://www.sfbike.org/?jobs_comm

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FHWA Traffic Incident Management Position Available
The FHWA is currently seeking a senior-level Transportation Specialist to serve as a National expert in Traffic Incident Management (TIM).  The ideal candidate will have a proven track record as a leader and influencing stakeholders and senior executives from transportation operations and a variety of non-traditional disciplines, such as law enforcement, fire, EMS, public works, towing and others. In addition, the candidate best-suited for this position will also have operational and tactical expertise in TIM, especially in developing and sustaining programmatic institutions (e.g., State or local TIM Teams), building practitioner capacity through training and other methods, and conducting public awareness and education on how motorists should respond when involved in or affected by traffic incidents.

FHWA encourages all candidates that fit the qualifications in the linked advertisements to apply for this exciting position.  Most candidates will come from local, regional, Tribal, State or Federal governments, the private sector or association partners serving the public safety community.

FHWA.HOP-2013-0026 External, open to all US Citizens: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/348535400

 Note: Deadline for application is Friday, August 09, 2013

Apparently this is the handy work of a patriotic farmer cuts this message every year, with the aid of a GPS in his tractor. Should put a smile on the face of the pilots every time they see this one. Pretty cool stuff!

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It screams efficiency (Image source: Imgur via Reddit)

It is only appropriate to see something like this from the land of engineering and efficiency.  Apparently someone caught this rich German (yeah, that’s a Porsche Boxster Spyder in the trailer below the boat) traveling in some part of Sweden (one heck of a comfy camping trip)

Yeah.. Seems like a sound transportation advice but one that can get you in a lot of trouble with the law..Nevertheless, it is funny and fitting for the environment in which it is spotted.

Sound advice but one you better NOT try. Image Courtesy: Imgur via Reddit

We have come across many studies over the years that dissected the ill-effects of long commutes. Add this to the collection.  This video from Wall Street Journal Live summarizes a lot of these big issues associated with long commutes. It sheds light on how hours spent driving can wreck finances, health, and marriage. Market Watch’s Quentin Fottrell joins WSJ Lunch Break to chat about the five ways commuting may be ruining your life.

On The Telegraph’s website, you can check an awesome gallery of vintage cool photos from the London Underground, shot during the 1970s/80s.  The ones below  are a what struck me the most and it has a sense of class and crazy retro cool that is unmatched.

Transit systems and the people who rode them back in the day are always so nice to look at. It is like a glimpse of  the city’s colorful past, conveyed silently through the pictures of people who were on the trains. Makes it a bit more endearing knowing someone has put in some serious effort to document all this in an era when there were no smartphones with megapixel cameras and no Flickr accounts.

Click link above or the pic below to see the entire gallery.

Not wanting the party to end, a couple of ladies head home with their drinks. Image Courtesy: Bob Mazzer via The Telegraph

Some strange things happening below the surface – Image Courtesy: Bob Mazzer via The Telegraph

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Aaah.. The sun feels good!!..Looks like the Walrus is blissfully resting on the surface of this submarine unperturbed by the human in the background.

American ingenuity has no bounds (Image source: Imgur via Reddit)

Genius.. Did you notice the little rudder on the pontoon-based picnic? Pretty cool.  I’m now wondering how big is the beast powering this beauty?