Rieser-Schüssler, Nadine, Dr.

Research Focus

• Coordination of the MATSim work at IVT
• Observation of transport behaviour using GPS devices
• Automatic post-processing of GPS observations
• Investigation of the influence of personal attitudes on transport behaviour
• Generation of choice sets on high-resolution transport networks
• Modelling of transport behaviour

Dissertation

Accounting for similarities between alternatives in discrete choice models based on high-resolution observations of transport behaviour

Ongoing projects

• Route choice in urban public transport systems, COST TU 0603.
• Influence of the availability of parking spots on transport behaviour and energy consumption, SVI 2008/001.

Completed Projects

• Choice models for transport modelling: Accounting for similarities between alternatives in large scale choice sets, Swiss National Science Foundation Schweizer Nationalfonds, 2009.
• Einbezug von Reisekosten bei der Modellierung des Mobilitätsverhalten, Swiss Federal Roads Authority, 2008.
• Tageszeitliche Fahrtenmatrizen im Personenverkehr an Werktagen im Jahr 2000, Swiss Federal Offices for Spatial Development and Transport and Swiss Federal Roads Authority, 2007.
• Soziodemographische Segmentierung der nationalen Streckenbelastungen, Endoxon AG. 2006.
• Erschliessung von Science City mit dem öffentlichen Verkehr, ETH Zurich, 2005.
• Verkehrsmodell für den Kanton Zürich, Amt für Verkehr, Canton Zurich, 2005.
• Erzeugung neuer Quell-/Zielmatrizen im Personenverkehr, Swiss Federal Offices for Spatial Development and Transport and Swiss Federal Roads Authority, 2005.
• International Benchmark Club - Accessibility of Regions, BAK Basel Economics, 2004.

Education

2004-2010

Doctoral studies at ETH Zurich

1998-2004

Studies of Industrial Engineering and Business Administration, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

1998

German Abitur (High School Diploma equivalent)

Work experience

Since 2010

Research Associate, IVT, ETH Zürich

2004-2010

Graduate Researcher & Teaching Assistant, IVT, ETH Zürich

2003

Internship, Strategic Rail Authority, London

2002

Internship, Ingenieurbüro Planungsgemeinschaft Verkehr, Hannover

2001

Internship, Printen- und Schokoladenfabrik Henry Lambertz GmbH & Co. KG, Aachen

Teaching experience

2006 - 2010

Teaching assistant, laboratory course "Transport and Spatial Planning", ETH Zurich

2005-2008

Teaching assistant, lecture "Transport I - Transport Planning", ETH Zurich

2004 - 2005

Teaching assistant, lecture "Network Models and Simulation", ETH Zurich

2001 - 2002

Supervision of the student project "Introduction of Industrial Production Systems", University of Karlsruhe in cooperation with Daimler Chrysler AG

Extracurricular Activities

Since 2005

Member, University Assembly, ETH Zurich
Since 2004
Board member AVETH (Association of Scientific Staff at ETH Zurich)

2005 - 2008

Co-Präsident AVETH (Association of Scientific Staff at ETH Zurich)

2005 - 2008

Vice-president of the foundation board, AVETH-Telejob Foundation

1998 - 2004

Student council, Department for Economics and Business Engineering, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Publications

• Schüssler, N. (2010) Accounting for similarities between alternatives in discrete choice models based on high-resolution observations of transport behaviour, Ph.D. Thesis, ETH Zurich, Zurich.
• 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.
• Menghini, G., N. Carrasco, N. Schüssler and K. W. Axhausen (2010) Route choice of cyclists in zurich, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 44 (9) 754–765.
• Schüssler, N., M. Balmer and K. W. Axhausen (2010) Route choice sets for very highresolution data, paper presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2010.
• Schüssler, N. and K. W. Axhausen (2009a) Processing GPS raw data without additional information, Transportation Research Record, 2105, 28–36.
• Schüssler, N. and K. W. Axhausen (2009b) Accounting for route overlap in urban and suburban route choice decisions derived from GPS observations, paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR), Jaipur, December 2009.
• Schüssler, N. and K. W. Axhausen (2009c) Accounting for similarities in destination choice modelling: A concept, paper presented at the 9th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, September 2009.
• Schüssler, N. and K. W. Axhausen (2009d) Map-matching of GPS traces on highresolution navigation networks using the Multiple Hypothesis Technique (MHT), Working Paper, 568, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich.
• Schüssler, N. and K. W. Axhausen (2008) Identifying trips and activities and their characteristics from GPS raw data without further information, paper presented at the 8th International Conference on Survey Methods in Transport, Annecy, May 2008.
• Upadhyay, D., N. Schüssler, K. W. Axhausen, M. Flamm and V. Kaufmann (2008) Optimal parameter values for mode detection in GPS post-processing: An experiment, Working Paper, 506, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich.
• Vrtic, M., D. Lohse, P. Fröhlich, C. Schiller, N. Schüssler, H. Teichert and K. W. Axhausen (2007a) A simultaneous two-dimensionally constraint disaggregate trip generation, distribution and mode choice model: Theory and application for a Swiss national model, Transportation Research A, 41 (9) 857–873.
• Vrtic, M., N. Schüssler, A. Erath and K. W. Axhausen (2007b) 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 (2007c) 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.
• Vrtic, M., N. Schüssler, A. Erath and K. W. Axhausen (2007d) 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 (2007e) Design elements of road pricing schemes and their acceptability, paper presented at the 11th World Conference on Transportation Research, Berkeley, June 2007.
• Schüssler, N. and K. W. Axhausen (2007) Recent developments regarding similarities in transport modelling, paper presented at the 6th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, September 2007.
• van Eggermond, M., N. Schüssler and K. W. Axhausen (2007a) Consumer choice behavior and strategies of air transportation providers, paper presented at the 6th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, September 2007.
• Vrtic, M., N. Schüssler, A. Erath, K. W. Axhausen, E. Frejinger, J. Stojanovic, M. Bierlaire, R. Rudel, S. Scagnolari and R. Maggi (2007f) Einbezug von Reisekosten bei der Modellierung des Mobilitätsverhalten, Research Report, Forschungsauftrag Nr. 2005/004, Swiss Association of Transportation Engineers (SVI), IVT, ETH Zurich, TRANSP-OR, EPF Lausanne, Institute for Economic Research (IRE), University of Lugano, Zurich 2007.
• Vrtic, M., N. Schüssler, A. Erath, K. Meister and K. W. Axhausen (2007g) 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 for Transport, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich.
• Axhausen, K. W. and N. Schüssler (2007) Similarity, visibility and similar concepts: A note, Working Paper, 458, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich.
• van Eggermond, M., N. Schüssler and K. W. Axhausen (2007b) Accounting for similarities in air transport route choice, Working Paper, 496, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich.
• Lohse, D., C. Schiller, H. Teichert, M. Vrtic, P. Fröhlich, N. Schüssler and K. W. Axhausen (2006) Ein zweiseitig gekoppeltes Modell zur simultanen Berechnung der Verkehrserzeugung, Verkehrsverteilung und Verkehrsaufteilung: Theoretischer Hintergrund und praktische Anwendung für ein nationales Modell der Schweiz, Verkehrsforschung Online, 3, 1–28, URL http://www.ivt.ethz.ch/vpl/publications/reports#368
• Frejinger, E., M. Bierlaire, J. Stojanovic, M. Vrtic, N. Schüssler and K. W. Axhausen (2006) A route choice model in Switzerland based on RP and SP data, Working Paper, 374, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich.
• Schüssler, N., M. Vrtic and K. W. Axhausen (2006) Soziodemographische Segmentierung der nationalen Streckenbelastungen, Research Report, Endoxon AG, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich.
• Vrtic, M., D. Lohse, P. Fröhlich, C. Schiller, N. Schüssler, H. Teichert and K. W. Axhausen (2005c) A simultaneous two-dimensionally constraint disaggregate trip generation, distribution and mode choice model: Theory and application for a Swiss national model, paper presented at the 45th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Amsterdam, August 2005.
• Vrtic, M., P. Fröhlich, N. Schüssler, P. Kern, F. Perret, S. Pfisterer, C. Schulze, A. Zimmermann, U. Heidl and K. W. Axhausen (2005b) Verkehrsmodell für den öffentlichen Verkehr des Kantons Zürich, Research Report, Office for Transport of the Canton Zurich Amt für Verkehr des Kantons Zürich, IVT, ETH Zurich, Ernst Basler + Partner AG, Traffic Mobility Logistics (PTV), Zurich.
• Vrtic, M., P. Fröhlich, N. Schüssler, S. Dasen, S. Erne, B. Singer, K. W. Axhausen and D. Lohse (2005a) Erzeugung neuer Quell-/Zielmatrizen im Personenverkehr, 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 for Transport, IVT, ETH Zurich, Emch und Berger, Institute for Transportation Planning and Traffic, Technical University Dresden, Zurich.
• Weidmann, U., H. Schneebeli, B. Alt, S. Buchmüller and N. Schüssler (2005) Erschliessung von Science City mit dem öffentlichen Verkehr, Research Report, (Master-) Planung Science City, ETH Zurich, IVT, ETH Zurich, Zurich.
• Schüssler, N. (2004) Optimierung der Kapazitätsauslastung im Eisenbahnwesen, Master Thesis, Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik und Wirtschaftsforschung, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe.

Presentations

• Schüssler, N. (2010b) Development of psychometric scales to evaluate the attitude towards risk, environmentalism and variety seeking of public transport users, presentation, 10th Swiss Transport Research Conference, Ascona, October 2010.
• Schüssler, N. (2009) Challenges of route choice models derived from GPS, presentation, Fifth Workshop on Applications of Discrete Choice Models, EPF Lausanne, Lausanne, August 2009.
• Schüssler, N. (2008) Using GPS data for route choice modelling, presentation, Fourth Workshop on Applications of Discrete Choice Models, EPF Lausanne, Lausanne, August 2008.
• Schüssler, N. (2007a) Similarities in air transport connection choice, presentation, Third Workshop on Applications of Discrete Choice Models, EPF Lausanne, Lausanne, August 2007.
• Schüssler, N. (2007b) The role of similarities for air connection choice, presentation, IVT-Seminar, ETH Zurich, Zurich, December 2007.
• Schüssler, N. (2006a) Initial ideas on accounting for similarities between alternatives in route, mode and destination choice, presentation, Second Workshop on Applications of Discrete Choice Models, EPF Lausanne, Lausanne, September 2006.
• Schüssler, N. (2006b) Auswirkungen von Mobility Pricing auf das Verkehrsverhalten, presentation, Internes IVT-Seminar, ETH Zurich, Zurich, October 2006.
• Schüssler, N. (2005) Fehler und Gleichgewichte - Experimente mit dem nationalen Verkehrsmodell, presentation, Internes IVT-Seminar, ETH Zurich, Zurich, October 2005.

Supervised Student theses

• van Eggermond, M. (2007) Consumer choice behavior and strategies of air transportation service providers, Master Thesis, IVT, ETH Zurich and Institute for Transport Planning, Technical University Delft.
• Hüni, C. and M. Merz (2007) Dynamik der Preisstrukturen im Luftverkehr, Bachelor Thesis, IVT, ETH Zurich.
• Vitins, B. (2006) Optimierung der Verkehrsinfrastruktur der Region Bern mit der Ant Colony Heuristic, Master Thesis, IVT, ETH Zurich.
• Weis, C. (2005) Regionalflugverkehr in Europa, Senior Thesis, IVT, ETH Zurich.
• Biell, M. (2005) Airtaxis: Eine reale Marktchance?, Term Thesis, IVT, ETH Zurich.
• Frei, A. (2005) Was hätte man 1960 für einen Sharan bezahlt?, Diploma Thesis, IVT, ETH Zurich.