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Brian Stephen Bochner, P.E.

Brian Stephen Bochner, P.E.

Senior Research Engineer
System Planning - Gilchrist, Room 366
Texas Transportation Institute
The Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
ph. (979) 458-3516 · fax (979) 845-7548
b-bochner@ttimail.tamu.edu
Homepage: http://ttiresearch.tamu.edu/b-bochner

Short Biography

Mr. Bochner serves as Manager of TTI's Systems Planning program. He has over 35 years experience in transportation planning and engineering. Mr. Bochner has been involved in air quality since the Houston area's first transportation air quality planning in early 1980's, preparing transportation control measures analysis for the Houston-Galveston Area Council. Mr. Bochner is currently leading a joint Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) transportation air quality policy analysis aimed at assisting those agencies to evaluate possible transportation-related policies that would help to improve air quality in Texas. He is also leading a joint TxDOT/TCEQ statewide transportation-air quality public education and outreach program titled "Drive Clean Across Texas" to gain more support for taking actions to reduce mobile source emissions.

Mr. Bochner has also served as research supervisor for land use-transportation research projects to introduce smart growth to the Texas Department of Transportation so it could support and respond to local smart growth initiatives. Mr. Bochner chaired the Institute of Transportation Engineers' committee that developed smart growth transportation guidelines, an ITE recommended practice. He also led the development of a FHWA guide for context sensitive design of major urban thoroughfares to make urban street design more responsive to local land use considerations. He has served as project manager for the development of the Federal Highway Administration/Environmental Protection Agency (FHWA/EPA) sponsored "Context Sensitive Solutions in Designing Major Thoroughfares for Walkable Communities" which serves as a guide to be used in conjunction with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) green book in the design of urban street improvements.

Mr. Bochner is currently leading a National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) project to develop improved procedures for estimating internal trip capture for mixed-use developments. He is also leading a project to determine impacts of major distribution centers on highways. Other recent projects include a traffic management center for the Texas Medical Center; guidelines on partnering between state DOTs and local entities; and innovative financing, and a national trip generation study.

Mr. Bochner has developed guidelines and procedure manuals for a variety of transportation applications, including traffic operations and safety monitoring and evaluation programs, development of urban street and highway systems, trip generation for traffic impact studies, access management, transportation planning activities for urbanized areas, and transit terminal management.

Mr. Bochner has also led a project for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to promote local partnering in transportation projects and recently completed a project that examined ways for TxDOT to expand its funding, including tolling and other user funding methods, to meet the departments' entire desired transportation program.

Professional Interests

Air quality

Transportation planning

Traffic engineering

Parking

Planning and design

Manuals

Guidelines

Education

M.S.C.E., Transportation Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1967.

B.S.C.E., Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1966.

Experience

Senior Research Engineer, Transportation Planning, Texas Transportation Institute, June 2000 - Present.

Senior Research Scientist, Transportation Planning, Texas Transportation Institute, June 2000 - June 2000.

Senior Research Engineer, Transportation Planning, Texas Transportation Institute, February 2000 - May 2000.

Senior Vice President, Parsons Transportation Group, Barton-Aschman Associates, 1969 - 2000.

Transportation Planner, DeLeuw, Cather & Company, 1966 - 1969.

Professional Registration

Professional Engineer in California, Registration No. 835, 1977.

Professional Engineer in Illinois, Registration No. 62-30895, 1973.

Professional Engineer in Texas, Registration No. 86721, 2000.

Professional Engineer in Ohio, Registration No. 55833, 1992.

Certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineer, Registration No. 0104, 1999.

Affiliations

Friend, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Committee on Transportation and Air Quality, Smart Growth and Transportation Conference Committee.

Committee Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Trip Generation, Parking Generation, Smart Growth, Design Criteria for Local Streets.

Seminar Instructor, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Traffic Access and Impact Studies, Trip and Parking Generation, Site Impact Traffic Evaluation.

Transportation Manager, 1982 World's Fair.

Member, Transportation Professional Certification Board, 2000 - Present.

International President, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 1998.

Executive Committee, Business Leaders for Transportation, 1998 - 1999.

Vice President, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 1997.

Coordinating Council Chair, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 1995 - 1996.

Chair, Council for Commercial Renewal, 1977 - 1978.

Honors/Awards

Burton W. Marsh Award for Distinguished Service, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 1999.

Transportation Engineer of the Year, Texas Section, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 1991.

Technical Council Award for "Traffic Access and Impact Studies for Site Development", Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 1991.

Technical Council Award for "System Consideration for Balanced Urban Transportation on Urban Freeways and Arterials", Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 1989.

Selected Publications

B.S. Bochner, L.L. Higgins, W.E. Frawley, R. Cheu. Research Report: Guidance on Mitigating Impacts of Large DistriIbution Centers on Texas Highways. 0-5335-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2009.

B.S. Bochner, L.L. Higgins, W.E. Frawley, R. Cheu, K. Fitzpatrick, E.N. Hard, R.R. Longmire, D.R. Middleton, C. Morgan, A.J. Wimsatt. Guidance on Mitigating Impacts of Large Distribution Centers on Texas Highways. PSR. 0-5335-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. October 2009.

T.L. Ramani, J. Zietsman, W.L. Eisele, D. Rosa, D.L. Spillane, B.S. Bochner. Developing Sustainable Performance Measures for TxDOT's Strategic Plan: Technical Report. 0-5541-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. April 2009.

E.N. Hard, P.L. Ellis, B.S. Bochner, D.L. Spillane. Creating Partnerships with Local Communities to Manage and Preserve Corridors: Technical Report. 0-5606-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2008.

E.N. Hard, P.L. Ellis, B.S. Bochner. Guidelines on Corridor Management and Preservation for Texas. 0-5606-P1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. July 2008.

E.N. Hard, P.L. Ellis, B.S. Bochner. Creating Partnerships with Local Communities to Manage and Preserve Corridors. PSR. 0-5606-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2007.

B.S. Bochner. Internal Trip Capture Estimator. 5-9032-01-P1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2007.

B.S. Bochner, B.R. Sperry. Internal Trip Capture Estimator for Mixed-Use Developments. 5-9032-01-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2007.

B.S. Bochner, J. Zietsman, J.C. Villa, D. Luskin, I. hallett, C.M. Walton. Promoting Local Participation on Transportation Improvement Projects: Research Report. Research Report. 0-5025-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. February 2007.

B.S. Bochner, R.I. Rabinowitz, E.N. Hard. Promoting Smart Growth Texas Style: Implementation Workshops and Proposed Guidelines. PSR. 5-4238-01-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. May 2005.

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