Boston, MA – Kristen Torrance, a traffic engineer in the Boston office of Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), has been selected by the ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers) to receive a Young Professional Scholarship Award.
Each year ITE sponsors an awards program to honor outstanding achievement in transportation engineering and distinguished service to the organization. The awards bestow international recognition upon the recipients and increase the public’s awareness of the role and responsibilities of the transportation professional.
Ms. Torrance was selected by the ITE Transportation Consultant Council to receive a Young Professional Scholarship Award to the ITE 2010 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, August 8-11. She receives $1,000 for all expenses to the conference and recognition at the Annual Meeting, in the ITE Journal and in the Transportation Consultants’ Council newsletter. Ms. Torrance is also presenting a paper at the Annual Meeting on “Speed Parking for Large Scale Events” that she co-authored with PB’s Boston Traffic Manager, Robert Brooks.
Ms. Torrance’s engineering expertise includes traffic engineering and transportation planning. She has worked on large-scale master plans, site development and intermodal engineering projects. Her experience includes the planning, engineering, and production of documents including traffic modeling, parking master plans, highway and wayfinding signage, roadway and intersection designs, pedestrian and bicycle evaluations, and event operations.
Ms. Torrance earned an M.S. degree in civil and transportation engineering from the University of Texas and a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Virginia. She is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, the Women’s Transportation Seminar and the American Society of Civil Engineers.