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Andrew Nash is managing director of an independent transport consultancy located in Vienna Austria. He specializes in providing management and strategy advice on transport and land use planning. Key clients have included the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, SMA Partners, ETH Zurich IVT, the European Union and TINA Vienna Transport.

Between 2001 and 2007 Nash was a researcher at the ETH Zurich's Institute for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT). He focused on public transport efficiency, railway planning and operations, communications and public involvement, and transport policy.

Nash formerly served as executive director of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, where he directed the city's long-range transportation planning and financing. Previous to that he worked as a project manager for the Caltrain commuter rail system, the Santa Clara County Congestion Management Agency, and for several transportation consulting firms.

Nash is a registered professional civil engineer. He is a member of the US Transportation Research Board's Transportation Research Board's Intercity Passenger Rail Transport Committee and Commuter Rail Subcommittee.

Nash obtained his Master of Engineering and Master of City Planning degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, where he specialized in transportation policy. He also received a Master of Science in civil engineering from Northeastern University, where he specialized in public transport operations. He received his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering (focus: architecture and management) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Before moving to Europe, Nash was a leader in several San Francisco area non-profit organizations including the Greenbelt Alliance and the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR). In 1990, Nash helped draft a citizen's initiative requiring San Francisco to prepare a long-range plan for its waterfront and was a leader in successful campaign. Nash was honored by the San Francisco Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) as Member of the Year in 1989. He also received over 30,000 votes in his unsuccessful run for election to the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District Board of Directors in 1992.