John C. Falcocchio is co-founder of Urbitran Associates, Inc., a leading national consulting engineering firm, and currently serves as Chairman of the Board. His expertise in transportation results from his many years as a professor and researcher, and as a planning and transportation engineering consultant. His focus has been on the development, performance evaluation and practice-driven implementation strategies of innovative solutions to challenging urban transportation problems.
Dr. Falcocchio has participated and assumed leadership roles in a number of citywide committees and task forces, including NYC Community Planning Board 6 in Queens, a Midtown Task Force on Transportation, and various “kitchen cabinets” for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council and the New York City Department of Transportation. He has facilitated and catalyzed the dialogue between the academic community and the federal, state, and city agencies by providing leadership and support to major inter-institutional consortia of universities and research institutions. Past positions include Chairman of the Board of the Federal Region 2 Urban Transportation Research Consortium (UTRC), Principal Investigator for the Polytechnic subcontract of the National Science Foundation sponsored Institute of Civil Infrastructure Systems (ICIS), and Board Member of the New York State DOT Transportation Infrastructure Research Consortium (TIRC).