Michael Horodniceanu

Michael Horodniceanu (born Mihai Horodniceanu; August 4, 1944) is a Romanian American engineer and the former traffic commissioner of New York City. He was also the president of MTA Capital Construction.[1]

Michael Horodniceanu
Born (1944-08-04) August 4, 1944
Bucharest, Romania
NationalityRomanian
American
OccupationProfessor
2013, discussing the Second Avenue Subway
2015, 34 St-Hudson Yards Opening

Horodniceanu was born in Bucharest, Romania, and emigrated to Israel at age 16. He served in the military there and graduated from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Horodniceanu has a BCE from the Israel Institute of Technology; an MS in Engineering Management from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Transportation Planning and Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University now NYU Tandon School of Engineering. .[1]

In 1970 he came to the U.S. with his family.[2] He founded the Urbitran Group in 1973,[3] being CEO from 1980 to 1986 and 1990 to 2008. From 1986 to 1990 he was traffic commissioner in New York City, where he oversaw $18 billion for "Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s mega projects".[4] He taught transportation planning, highway design, traffic engineering, transportation financing, and system safety as a full-time professor in both the undergraduate and graduate schools of Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-POLY) and Manhattan College. He is a former engineer-in-chief of the MTA.[4][5][6]

References
  1. MTA biographical information
  2. Jose, Katharine (November 1, 2011). "Behind the scenes, M.T.A. engineer-in-chief Mike Horodniceanu builds a new transit system, as long as Joe Lhota can bring in the money". Capital New York. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  3. Urbitran Group
  4. "Michael Horodniceanu « Honest Buildings Real Estate Innovations Summit". Honestbuildingssummit.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  5. "Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Capital Construction Projects: An update from Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, President, MTA Capital Construction Company | NYU Wagner". Wagner.nyu.edu. October 25, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  6. "Building New York: A Conversation With Michael Horodniceanu | Arts Initiative Columbia University". Artsinitiative.columbia.edu. February 25, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
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