Kay Axhausen
{{Short description|Swiss university teacher}}
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Kay W. Axhausen (born 8 October 1958) is Professor and chair of transportation planning at the ETH Zurich,{{cite news|url=https://www.blick.ch/auto/news_n_trends/nachgefragt-bei-kay-axhausen-58-professor-fuer-verkehrsplanung-eth-zuerich-wir-muessen-bereit-sein-die-kosten-zu-tragen-id6456155.html|author=Andreas Engel|title=Wir müssen bereit sein, die Kosten zu tragen|trans-title=«We have to be ready to bear the costs»|language=de|work=Blick|accessdate=20 May 2019}} where he leads its Institute for Transport Planning and Systems.{{Cite web|title=Direction|url=https://www.ivt.ethz.ch/en/people/staff/direction.html|access-date=2021-06-29|website=www.ivt.ethz.ch|language=en}} Before working at ETH, he worked at the University of Innsbruck, the Imperial College London and the University of Oxford.{{cite web|url=http://rsginc.com/team/kay-axhausen/|title=Kay Axhausen|accessdate=20 May 2019}} He holds Master of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison as well as Ph.D. in civil engineering from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.{{cite web|url=http://www.hkuits.hku.hk/DTLS2016.htm|title=Professor Kay W. Axhausen|accessdate=20 May 2019}}
Research
In 2013 he studied Singaporean bus lines and how often do people commute on the same bus. It is possible that the study will be used to predict the spread of diseases in urban areas.{{cite journal|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/singapore-bus-study-reveals-hidden-social-networks/|author=Sarah Fecht|title=Singapore Bus Study Reveals Hidden Social Networks|journal=Scientific American|date=23 July 2013|accessdate=20 May 2019}}
In 2017 he published a study in which he said that according to the data, women are less likely to find a new job opportunity in comparison to men{{cite news|url=http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/news/story/Je-hoeher-die-Bildung--desto-laenger-der-Arbeitsweg-15139423|title=Je höher die Bildung, desto länger der Arbeitsweg|trans-title=The higher the education, the longer the work path|work=20 Minuten|language=de|date=5 October 2017|accessdate=20 May 2019}} and the same year published another study in which he studied traffic jams in Switzerland. During that study he said that according to Zurich University of Technology data it showed that when a person changes a job, the journey from home to work becomes even longer.{{cite news|url=http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/suisse/story/Plus-on-est-forme--plus-on-habite-loin-de-son-travail-13326597|title=Plus on est formé, plus on habite loin de son travail|work=20 Minuten|language=fr|date=5 October 2017|accessdate=20 May 2019}}
Publications and research data
Axhausen is known for writing several hundreds of papers, presentations{{cite web|url=https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/discover?locale-attribute=de&scope=/&query=leitzahlCode:03521&submit=&rpp=100&sort_by=score&order=desc|title=Suche - Research Collection|website=www.research-collection.ethz.ch|language=de|accessdate=20 May 2019}} and research data.{{cite web|url=http://www.ivt.ethz.ch/en/institute/vpl/travel-research-data/open-catalogue.html|title=Open Catalogue|website=www.ivt.ethz.ch|accessdate=20 May 2019}}
Axhausen is an editor in chief of Transportation,{{cite web|url=https://www.springer.com/journal/11116/editors|title=Transportation - Editors|publisher=Springer Science+Business Media |issue=11116|issn=0049-4488}} and serves on the editor's advisory board of Transportation Research A,{{cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice/editorial-board|title=Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice - Editorial Board|publisher=Elsevier}} and Travel Behaviour and Society.{{cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/travel-behaviour-and-society/editorial-board|title=Travel Behaviour and Society - Editorial Board|publisher=Elsevier}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.ivt.ethz.ch/en/people/profile.kay-axhausen.html Kay Axhausen's personal page] at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
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Category:Scientists from Baden-Württemberg
Category:Academic staff of ETH Zurich
Category:Academics of Imperial College London
Category:Academics of the University of Oxford
Category:Karlsruhe Institute of Technology alumni
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni