Who we are:
At Glydways, we believe that mobility is a basic human right. Low-cost and ubiquitous access to affordable housing, employment, education, commerce and care lead to economic and social prosperity. As such our goal is to provide:
Public transit with the highest capacity, the best user experience, the lowest cost, and the lowest carbon footprint.
Our solution is a system of interconnected, profitable, and carbon footprint neutral transportation networks that uses standardized autonomous vehicles and a closed roadway. Together, they provide a 24/7 on-demand private mobility service without burdening the public with heavy upfront costs or annual system subsidies.
Meet the team:
The Systems Planner/ Designer will support and assist in the development of the system routes, urban strategies and preliminary design for Glydways transit projects and assist in the management of design sub-consultants under the direction of the project delivery team.
This position requires a creative, results-oriented individual to be able to participate in a diverse, multi-disciplinary team and to directly contribute to the creation of system plans, preliminary quantification of those plans according established cost models and parameters, and collaborate with Glydways Product and Simulation teams to refine those plans for proposals and into project delivery phases.
The ideal candidate will possess direct knowledge of public planning processes including applicable regulatory and environmental requirements and stakeholder engagement, and best practices of placemaking and transit-oriented urban design. A successful candidate will be self-motivated, with excellent communication skills and possess the initiative to own and deliver high quality, technically sound system concepts in graphic, written and financial terms.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Produce, coordinate system plans, route maps using GIS, Adobe suite and online transit planning tools (Podaris).
- Collaborate with Engineering team to create system simulations
- Document on-going infrastructure tech development with designs, illustrations and writing.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of integrated multi-mode transit planning principles
- Experience in public space, mobility or complete streets design
- Familiarity with architectural, civil and structural engineering principles
- Experience with sustainable urban design practices
- Knowledge of California CEQA Process and Requirements
- Experience in writing related to transportation, land-use and urban design
- University-level Degree from an accredited school in Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture with +3-5 years experience or Masters Degree +1yr
- Skilled in utilizing Google Suite applications for collaborative work and publication
- Experience using Podaris or other transit planning/ GIS software
- Skilled in creating graphics to depict urban design/ planning/ placemaking concepts
Glydways provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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What We Do
Glydways, Inc. is an American transportation technology and clean energy company based in South San Francisco, CA. The company specializes in the design, manufacture, installation and operation of affordable autonomous transportation for low, medium and extremely high capacity needs.
Founded in 2016 by engineer and entrepreneur Mark Seeger, the company was started with the goal of providing affordable mobility for communities across the world. This goal is founded in the belief that access to affordable housing, employment, education and care lead to economic and social prosperity, and the key to this equity is mobility for as many people as possible.
Lead by Gokul Hemmady who serves as CEO, the company’s core objectives are to provide a 24/7 mobility service solution that is environmentally net-negative in terms of greenhouse gas production (GHG), and, inherently profitable. GHG-negative is achieved through the invention and use of power-efficient technologies to reduce the watt-hours-per-person-per-unit-distance traveled, and, photovoltaics embedded into the infrastructure. Economic sustainability is achieved by designing for operational costs that are inherently lower than revenue collected when selling a ride. The key comes from decoupling the unit-costs from the utilization of the system, something that is not possible with existing public/mass transportation systems. By being financially sustainable, Glydways relieves municipalities of the vast annual subsidies required to operate existing solutions, which are inherently unprofitable and thereby a fiscal burden to public budgets. Further, the Glydways business model allows for private capitalization of entire systems.
Glydways provides the highest capacity, at the lowest cost, with the best user experience, and the lowest greenhouse gas footprint of any mobility solution, providing a personal, on-demand, and point-to-point journey with no stops between origin and destination
