Erath, Alexander, Dr.

Main Interests

• Choice Modeling
• Vulnerability of Transport Infrastructure
• Modeling of Road Pricing Impacts
• Multi-Agent Microsimulations
• Aggregate Transport Modeling

Ongoing Projects

• Daily Flows: (M)edium and (L)ong Term, Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability

Education

2005 - present

Doctoral studies, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Dissertation title: “Vulnerability assessment of road transport infrastructure”
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Kay W. Axhausen

1999 - 2005

Studies of Civil Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Zurich, Switzerland
Diploma Thesis: Zeitkosten im Einkaufsverkehr”
Degree: Dipl. Ing. ETH (M.S. equivalent), GPA: 5.2 out of 6

1991 - 1999

Humanistisches Gymnasium, Switzerland
Degree: Matura, with majors in Latin and ancient Greek, GPA: 5 out of 6 (A-
levels equivalent)

Working experience

2011 - present

Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC), Singapore
Deputy Module Leader

2005 - 2011

Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant

2005

BAK Basel Economics, Basel, Switzerland
Internship

2002 - 2003

pom+ Consulting AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Internship

Teaching experience

2006 - 2010

Teaching assistant, laboratory course “Transport and Spatial Planning", ETH Zürich

2008 - 2010

Teaching assistant, joint interdisciplinary project “Land use, urban and transport planning", ETH Zürich

2006 - 2008

Teaching assistant, lecture “Measurement and Modeling of Travel Behavior", ETH Zürich

Supervised student theses

• Ballansat, X. (2008) Attraktivität und Wirtschaftlichkeit einer Fährdienstleistung auf dem Genfersee, Bachelorarbeit, IVT, ETH Zürich, Zürich.
• Jaeggle, B. (2006) Was ist den Schweizern ein verhinderter Verkehrstoter wert?, Diplomarbeit, IVT, ETH Zürich, Zürich. Download

Extracurricular activities

2009 - 2011

Committee member, PechaKucha Night Zurich

2002 - 2003

President, Basel Student Association Zurich

2001 - 2002

Committee member, Basel Student Association Zurich

Skills

• IT: Python, LATEX, MS-Office, VISUM, SPSS, ArcGIS
• Languages: German, English, French

Refereed papers & publications

• Vrtic, M., N. Schüssler, A. Erath and K. W. Axhausen (2010) The impacts of mobility pricing on route and mode choice behaviour, Journal of Choice Modelling, 3 (1) 109–126.
• Erath, A., J. Birdsall, K. W. Axhausen and R. Hajdin (2009a) Vulnerability assessment of the Swiss road network, Transportation Research Record, 2137, 118–128.
• Erath, A., M. Löchl and K. W. Axhausen (2009b) Graph-theoretical analysis of the Swiss Road and railway networks over time, Networks and Spatial Economics, 9 (3) 379–400.
• Hess, S., A. Erath and K. W. Axhausen (2008) Joint valuation of travel time savings estimation on four separate Swiss data sets, Transportation Research Record, 2082, 43–55.
• Vrtic, M., N. Schüssler, A. Erath and K. W. Axhausen (2007d) Route, mode and departure time choice behaviour in the presence of mobility pricing, paper presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2007.
• Vrtic, M., N. Schüssler, A. Erath and K. W. Axhausen (2007a) Design elements of road pricing schemes and their acceptability, paper presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2007.

Papers & publications

• Erath, A. and K. W. Axhausen (2010b) Long term fuel price elasticity: Effects on mobility tool ownership and residential location choice, Technical Report, Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), IVT, ETH Zurich, Berne.
• Erath, A. (2010a) Beeinflusst der Benzinpreis die Wahl des Verkehrsmittels und des Wohnstandortes?, Netzwerk Stadt und Landschaft Newsletter, 6.
• Erath, A. and K. W. Axhausen (2010a) Assessing network vulnerability using the CBA and Logsum measure, paper presented at the 12th World Conference on Transportation Research, Lisbon, July 2010.
• Erath, A. (2010b) Joint failure vulnerability of transportation infrastructure, paper presented at the European Transport Conference, October 2010.
• Erath, A. and K. W. Axhausen (2009b) A new approach to evaluate long term user reactions to changes in transport costs, Working Paper, 572, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich, July 2009.
• Erath, A. and K. W. Axhausen (2009a) Mobility costs and residence location choice, paper presented at the 9th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, September 2009.
• Erath, A. and K. W. Axhausen (2008b) New practices in vulnerability assessment, paper
  presented at the European Transport Conference, Leeuwenhorst, October 2008.
• Birdsall, J., A. Erath, R. Hajdin, B. Adey, K. W. Axhausen and M. G. H. Bell (2008) Consideration of vulnerability in the management of Swiss transportation infrastructure, Research Report, Nationales Forschungsprogramm 54: Sustainable Developement of the Built Environment, Swiss National Science Foundation, Infrastucture Managment Consultants and IVT, ETH Zurich, Berne.
• Erath, A. and K. W. Axhausen (2008a) A framework of assessing vulnerability of transport infrastructure, paper presented at the 8th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, October 2008.
• Vrtic, M., N. Schüssler, A. Erath, K. W. Axhausen, E. Frejinger, J. Stojanovic, M. Bierlaire, R. Rudel, S. Scagnolari and R. Maggi (2007e) Einbezug von Reisekosten bei der Modellierung des Mobilitätsverhaltens, Research Report, Forschungsauftrag Nr. 2005/004, Swiss Association of Transportation Engineers and Experts (SVI), IVT, ETH Zurich, TRANSP-OR, EPF Lausanne and Institute for Economic Research (IRE), University of Lugano, Zurich.
• Vrtic, M., N. Schüssler, A. Erath, K. Meister and K. W. Axhausen (2007f) Tageszeitliche Fahrtenmatrizen im Personenverkehr an Werktagen im Jahr 2000, Research Report, Swiss Federal Department for Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication, Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development, Swiss Federal Roads Authority and Swiss Federal Office of Transport, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich.
• Vrtic, M., N. Schüssler, A. Erath and K. W. Axhausen (2007c) The impacts of mobility pricing on route and mode choice behaviour, paper presented at the 11th World Conference on Transportation Research, Berkeley, June 2007.
• Vrtic, M., N. Schüssler, A. Erath and K. W. Axhausen (2007b) Design elements of road pricing schemes and their acceptability, paper presented at the 11th World Conference on Transportation Research, Berkeley, June 2007.
• Erath, A. (2007c) Graph-theoretical analysis of the Swiss road and railway networks over time, paper presented at the 7th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, September 2007.
• Erath, A., N. Frank, R. Lademann and K. W. Axhausen (2007) The impact of travel time savings on shopping location choice or how far do people go to shop cheaply?, paper presented at the 14th EIRASS Conference in Advances in Activity Based Approaches, San Francisco, June 2007.
• Erath, A. (2007b) Der Einfluss von Mobility Pricing auf den Besitz von Mobilitätswerkezugen und die Wohnstandortwahl, in T. Bieger, C. Lässer and R. Maggi (eds.) Jahrbuch 2007 Schweizerische Verkehrswirtschaft, chap. 3, 43–72, Schweizerische Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (SVWG), St. Gallen.
• Erath, A. (2006b) Value of travel time savings for shopping trips in Switzerland, paper
  presented at the 6th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, March 2006.
• Weidmann, U., S. Buchmüller, M. Rieder, J. Nash, A. Erath and A. Carell (2006) Europäische Marktstudie für das System Swissmetro, Schriftenreihe, 134, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich.
• Erath, A. (2005) Zeitkosten im Einkaufsverkehr, Master Thesis, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich.

Presentations

• Erath, A. (2009) Welche Wirkungen haben Preise auf die Mobilität? Ergebnisse aus neusten Studien zur Preiselastizität, presentation, 9ter Berner Verkehrstag, Berne, August.
• Erath, A. (2007a) Berücksichtigung des Schadenspotentials beim Management der Schweizer Verkehrsinfrastruktur, presentation, Deutsche Hochschultagung Verkehrswesen, Rust.
• Erath, A. (2007d) Route, mode and departure time choice behaviour in the presence of mobility pricing, presentation, Study Trip on Public Transportation and Mobility, Think Swiss and Presence Switzerland, Zurich, November.
• Erath, A. (2006a) Route, mode and departure time choice behaviour in the presence of mobility pricing, presentation, Rolle von Zeit im Verkehr: der Fall Personenverkehr, Forum des Schweizer Verkehrs, Schweizerische Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (SVWG), Berne.