September 2016 - april 2017:
- Main occupation: Consultant / Traffic Engineer at Rail Expert Consult GmbH
- Own projects: Low-Clearance Rapid Transit & 2-wheel PRT
October 2012 – august 2016: Railway timetabling specialist, ÖBB-PV AG / Short-distance services
- Strategic timetable concepts following the principle of integrated clock-face timetabling (ITF 2016 / ITF 2025)
- Lead of the research project "SynArea" concerning innovative transport accessibility of rural and suburban areas
- Complex processing and interpretation of timetable data
- Elaboration of the participation request for the tender 2015/S 215-392738 (Bratislava – Banská Bystrica)
September 2011 – september 2012: trainee in the ÖBB group
- Assistance in administration of the public service obligation contract between ÖBB-PV AG and the Republic of Austria
- Elaboration of a concept for optimization of punctuality for interchanging passengers
February - july 2011: Lecturer and Coordinator at the university of applied sciences "FH des bfi Wien"
- Holding courses
- Coordination of external lecturers
- Contributions to research projects
January – november 2010: Freelance research project "RegInnoMobil"
- Concept of a low-cost velomobile for short daily trips in rural areas
- Concept and evaluation of demand and technical and economical feasibility of the "pillar track people mover" for rural and suburban regions
November 2008 – december 2009: Project developer at Energieautark Consulting
- Elaborating of the research project „E-Hike“, concerning dynamic ridesharing, using mobile communication
- Assistance in administration and project development and management
August – november 2008: Manager for strategy, developement and products at WAGON SERVICE travel
- Elaborating of new projects and business areas, mainly concerning railway tourism, including costing
- Miscellaneous translations and organizational matters to be handled in foreign languages
October 2004 – september 2005: Civil service at the Austrian Transportation Club (VCÖ, Verkehrsclub Österreich)
- Elaboration and calculation of background materials for lobbying and PR
- Advising for members of the organization

Education

2005 - 2008: Postgradual studies at the TU Vienna, PhD Thesis: „Increasing the efficiency of railway transport: lower costs for improved quality and frequency of regional and suburban services in Southern Moravia", honoured with an award of the Dr. Franz Josef Mayer-Gunthof-Stiftung.
1998 - 2004: Studies of urban, regional and infrastructure planning at the TU Vienna
Studies and projects abroad:
- 2000/2001: Studies at the University for architecture and constructional engineering in Niznij Novgorod (Russian Federation)
- Summer term 2003: Studies at the economic faculty of the Masaryk-University in Brno (Czech Republic)
- Shorter Projects in Mladá Boleslav (Czech Republic) and Odessa (Ukraine)
- Diploma thesis: „Passenger railway transportation in the rural areas of the Weinviertel and the Southern Moravia region – Analysis of offering and acceptance, possible measures to increase attractivity“

Language skills

German – mother tongue (C2)
Czech – very good skills (C1), Slovak passive.
Russian – very good skills (B2-C1)
English - good skills (B2-C1)
French – basic skills (A2)
Hungarian – basic skills (A1)

Computer and IT skills

iPLAN / FBS (Rail timetabling software) – very good skills
MS Excel – very good skills
Other MS Office programs – good skills
Inkscape (Vektor graphics) – very good skills
ArcView (GIS) – basic skills
HTML – basic skills

Publications

Buschbacher, Harald: Creating optimized conditions for a sustainable mobility system, World Passenger Festival 2022, Amsterdam
Buschbacher, Gudrun & Harald (2018): Adjustable Hand Cart, PCT patent application WO2018127409.
Buschbacher, Harald: (2018): 2-wheel personal rapid transit: Self-driving vehicles for maximum sustainability, In: Proceedings of 7^th Transport Research Arena TRA 2018, April 16 - 19, 2018, Vienna, Austria; Presentation 17.4.2018.
Buschbacher, Harald: (2018): Tunnelbau nur in Kreuzungsbereichen - Selektiv niveaufreie Trassierung als Schlüssel zu Kosten-Nutzen-effizientem ÖPNV, In: Der Nahverkehr 1+2/2018, Düsseldorf 2018.
Obermayer, Christian; Buschbacher, Harald (2016): SynArea: Multimodale Flächenerschließung ländlicher / suburbaner Regionen; Presentation at the PTV-Anwenderseminar, 6.10.2015, Karlsruhe.
Buschbacher, Harald: (2012): Can Automated People Movers be Successfully Developed for Use in Rural Areas? In: Transportation Research Board, Annual Meeting Compendium 2012, Washington 2012; Presentation 23.1.2012.
Buschbacher, Harald: (2011): Ein People-Mover-System für ländliche und suburbane Regionen: Die Punktbahn: Innovative Idee für kleinräumigen integralen Taktverkehr außerhalb der Ballungsräume, In: Der Nahverkehr 3/2011, Düsseldorf 2011.
Buschbacher, Harald: (2010): Limity konkurenceschopnosti konvenční regionální veřejné dopravy a perspektivy jejích překonání automatizovanými systémy přepravy osob, In: Konkurence na evropských železnicích – ekonomické, právní a regionální faktory; Seminář Telč 2010; recenzovaný sborník příspěvků, Brno 2010; S. 103-119.
Buschbacher, Harald: (2008): Fahrplan- und Betriebskonzepte des SPNV im Effizienzvergleich – Das Beispiel des Vorort- und Regionalverkehrs in Südmähren. In: Der Nahverkehr 6/2008, Düsseldorf 2008.
Buschbacher, Harald (2005): "Ländlicher Eisenbahnpersonenverkehr im Weinviertel und in Südmähren". In: "IVS-Schriften, Band 24", Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag, Wien, 2005, ISBN: 3-85437-268-x.
Buschbacher, Harald; Kotenko, A.; Safronov, E.; Lozinsky, D.: (2005): Möglichkeiten der Finanzierung von Wärmedämmungsmaßnahmen durch Brennstoff- und andere Heizkosteneinsparungen im Bereich der Fernwärmeversorgung (Urban Design, Urban Renewal and Infrastructure Development in Odessa), in: Der öffentliche Sektor 4/2005, Wien 2005, S.15-32

Harald Buschbacher

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