Nash, Andrew

VTS Vienna Transport Andrew Nash Bandgasse 21/15 1070 Wien AUSTRIA E-Mail:

Main focus

• Public transportation planning and management
• City and regional planning.

Current projects

• Efficiency in public transport
• SwissMetro European Market Study
• Regional rail system planning in Europe

Work experience

Since 2005

Researcher – ETH Zurich, Institute of Transportation Planning and Systems (IVT)

2004

Transportation Planner – Parsons Transportation Group, San Francisco, California

2001 – 2003

Independent Research Consultant, Zurich/San Francisco

2000 – 2001

Executive Director - San Francisco County Transportation Authority, San Francisco, California

1995 – 1999

Project Manager - San Mateo County Transit District, San Carlos, California

1991 -1995

Director of CMP - Santa Clara County CMA, San Jose, California

1984 - 1991

Transportation Engineer/Planner - Wilbur Smith Associates, San Francisco, California

1986

Programmer – Multisystems, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1983 – 1986

Teaching Assistant - UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California

1982 – 1983

Graduate Assistant - Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts

1979 - 1982

Management Trainee - Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Education

1987

Master of City Planning (Land-use Planning), University of California, Berkeley

1987

Master of Civil Engineering (Transportation Planning and Policy), University of California, Berkeley

1983

Master of Science, Civil Engineering (Public Transport Operations), Northeastern University, Boston

1979 – 1981

Coursework in MA Economics Program; State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo

1979

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Minors: Architecture and Management; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Publications and presentations

• Weidmann, U., S. Buchmüller, M. Rieder, A. Nash und A. Erath (2006) Europäische Marktstudie für das System Swissmetro, Schriftenreihe des IVT 134, Institut für Verkehrsplanung und Transportsysteme, Zürich.
• Nash, A. and U. Weidmann (2006) Introducing New Commuter Rail Service on Busy Routes: Case Study of Stadtbahn Zug, Switzerland (Presentation); Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006; Preprint #06-0136.
• Nash, A., U. Weidmann, S. Bollinger, M. Luethi and S. Buchmueller (2006) Increasing Schedule Reliability on Zurich's S-Bahn Through Computer Analysis and Simulation; Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006; Preprint #06-0137.
• Nash, A. (2005) Traffic Calming in the United States - an overview (Presentation); Institution of Highways and Transportation, Traffic Calming Conference, London, January 25, 2005.
• Nash, A. (2005) Lessons for Public Transit from the Low Cost Airline Industry -or- What if Southwest Airlines ran the Muni? (Presentation); Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2005; Preprint #05-1546.
• Nash, A. (2004) Traffic Calming in Three European Cities: Recent Experience; San Francisco Planning and Urban Research: Newsletter, September 2004.
• Nash, A. and M. Ullius (2004) Optimizing railway timetables using OpenTimeTable. In: Allan, J., R.J. Hill, C.A. Brebbia, G. Sciutto, S. Sone (eds.). Computers in Railways IX, WIT Press, Southampton, 2004, pp. 233-240.
• Nash, A. and D. Huerlimann (2004) Railroad simulation using OpenTrack. In: Allan, J., R.J. Hill, C.A. Brebbia, G. Sciutto, S. Sone (eds.). Computers in Railways IX, WIT Press, Southampton, 2004, pp. 45-54.
• Nash, A., D. Huerlimann, J. Schuette and V.P. Krauss (2004) RailML - a standard data interface for railroad applications. In: Allan, J., R.J. Hill, C.A. Brebbia, G. Sciutto, S. Sone (eds.). Computers in Railways IX, WIT Press, Southampton, 2004, pp. 233-240.
• Nash, A. (2004) Traffic Calming in Three European Cities: Recent Experience (Poster Presentation); Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2004; Preprint #04-3101.
• Nash, A. and D. Huerlimann (2003) OpenTrack User Manual - Version 1.3 English; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Institute of Transportation Planning and Systems.
• Nash, A. (2003) Best Practices in Shared Use High Speed Rail Systems; Mineta Transportation Institute, San Jose State University, San Jose, California; Report 02-02.
• Nash, A. (forthcoming) Public Decision Making for Transport Projects: The Case of the CalTrain Downtown San Francisco Extension Project, Forthcoming in: Innovation; The European Journal of Social Science Research.
• Nash, A. (2003) Implementing Zurich's Transit Priority Program, Transportation Research Record #1835; Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.; 2003.
• Nash, A. (2002) San Francisco: How prosperity sprung from disaster, Land & Liberty, Conference Supplement 2002.
• Nash, A. (2002) Roads Policy: End of the Road, Transport Report, Issue 25/3, Summer 2002.
• Nash, A. (2002) Public Involvement Processes in San Francisco (Presentation); Alpine Transport: A European Problem with Regional Consequences or a Regional Problem with European Consequences, ALP-NET Thematic Network Meeting May 2002; Invited Speaker.
• Nash, A. (2002) Economic Impacts of San Francisco's Freeway Demolition (Presentation); Transform Scotland 2002 Transportation Conference, April 2002; Invited Speaker.
• Nash, A. and R. Sylvia (2001) Implementation of Zurich's Transit Priority Program; Mineta Transportation Institute, San Jose State University, San Jose, California; Report 01-13.
• Nash, A. (2000) Zurich's Transit Priority Program (Poster Presentation); Rail-Volution Annual Conference, October 2000; Denver, Colorado.
• Nash, A. (2000) Zurich’s Transit Priority Program (Presentation); IMPACTS - Forum International des Grandes Metropoles pour l'evaluation et le developpement des Systemes de Transports Intelligents Annual Meeting, July 2000; Invited Speaker.
• Nash, A. (2000) Zurich's Regional Rail System (Presentation); Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2000.
• Nash, A. (1999) Caltrain Rapid Rail Program; Transportation Research Record #1667; Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.; 1999.
• Nash, A. (1997) Public Decision Making for the Caltrain Downtown San Francisco Extension Project; Transportation Research Record #1571; Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.; 1997.
• Nash, A. (1992) California's Congestion Management Program; Institute of Transportation Engineers Journal, February 1992.
• Nash, A. (1990) Effective Citizen Involvement in the Transportation Planning Process - Case Study - California Academy of Science, San Francisco (Presentation); Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 1990.
• Furth, P. and A. Nash (1985) Vehicle Pooling in Transit Operations (co-author with Professor Peter Furth); American Society of Civil Engineers - Journal of Transportation Engineering; May 1985.

• Project and experience available at: www.andynash.com