METRICS MOBILIDADE
COMMITTED TO FEASIBILITY.
SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY
URBAN MOBILITY PROJECTS
The National Urban Mobility Policy (PNMU), instituted in April 2012 by Federal Law no. 12,587, is one of the instruments of urban development in Brazil and aims at the integration between the different modes of transport and the improvement of accessibility and mobility of people and cargo. The law establishes the Urban Mobility Plan as a tool to implement the principles, guidelines and objectives of this policy.
As a result, it has the construction of multimodal plans for Metropolitan Collective Transport, Metropolitan Urban Logistics, Individual motorized transport and Active transport. Cross-cutting themes are considered land use and occupation, sustainability, road safety, accessibility, governance and popular participation.
BALANCE OF CENTRAL URBAN MOBILITY - MOBICENTRO
Study and reformulation of city centers with a view to a more contemporary conception of properly dealing with pedestrians, public transport and the car, creating a more efficient network in a more humanized environment.
It comprises a new circulation scheme with all the resulting changes (intersections, itineraries, traffic light programming, stratigraphic signaling projects, road geometry, bidding and implementation management and monitoring).
METRICS has already designed and monitored the implementation of two important urban centers - Belo Horizonte and Recife - ensuring tranquility and security for the public administration.
PLAN OF IMMEDIATE TRANSIT AND TRANSPORT ACTIONS - PAITT
From the same perspective as MOBICENTRO's solutions, but with a focus on immediate realization, with minimal investments.
Reduction of travel time for public transport and qualification of assistance to pedestrians through localized interventions (small geometry corrections and new signs controlling the entry of demand in critical stretches, in order to eradicate congestion).
Low investment interventions, without involving expropriations and other institutional issues, enabling immediate implementation.
TRAFFIC MODERATION /
TRAFFIC CALMING
The analysis of urban context to know, and welcome, a diversity of people today invisible to traffic: pedestrians, cyclists, children, old people, etc.
Studies and projects using a set of measures to moderate the speed and behavior of the flow of vehicles so that the streets can belong to everyone, with a balance that responds dynamically to reality.
Recognize the portion of these users who have limitations in their mobility and design solutions for their service.
Services:
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Zones 30.
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Treatment of Intersections.
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Treatment of School Areas.
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Roundabouts.
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Elevated Crossings and Plateaus.
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Chicanas and Narrowing of Roads.
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Complete streets.
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Urbanistic Treatment of Roads.
INFRASTRUCTURE
URBAN ROAD
We execute infrastructure projects, looking for the most appropriate solutions at the lowest cost and that can be implemented as quickly as possible.
Our goal is to develop solutions to guarantee a safe, comfortable and efficient route, well integrated with the environment, considering the improvement or revitalization of urban areas and avoiding future problems and unnecessary risks. We develop urban projects that aim at intermodality, universal accessibility, urban requalification and road safety, through geometry and adequate signage.
Services:
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Urban Accessibility Project.
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Urban Signage Project.
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Indicative Signaling Project.
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Traffic Light Project.
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Urban Geometry Project.
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Turning Radius Studies.
MOBILITY FOR PEDESTRIANS
Through the construction and analysis of analog and computational models, we were able to reproduce the behavior of a real system with pedestrians. Thus, based on the comparison of performance indicators, select the best setting, ensuring the safety, service and welfare of pedestrians.
Services:
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Road Accessibility.
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Treatment of Intersections aimed at improving Pedestrian Service Level.
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Urban Treatment of Sidewalks.
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Landscape Treatment of Roads.
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Luminotechnical Treatment of Roads.
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Design of Pedestrian Signs.
INCLUSIVE SEMAPHORE PROGRAMMING
ESOPPO - Traffic Light Program Oriented for Pedestrians and Passengers by Bus.
Own application for traffic light programming also considering the information of public and pedestrian transportation, in addition to the flow of vehicles.
This new methodology allows a programming more consistent with the demands of these different users - extrapolating the information that only concerns vehicles - allowing to evaluate the operational and financial impacts of the alternative solutions (based on the time lost by the different types of users in the intersection and the value of your hour).
Immediate action on the environment, almost without investment, with results of great impact in improving traffic operation.
A quick and highly responsive response to traffic challenges.
Services:
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Analysis and Diagnosis of the Current Traffic Light System.
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Traffic Light Optimization.
MOBILITY FOR CYCLISTS
Cycling planning is based on the premise of encouraging the use of bicycles as a means of transport in a city or region.
The focus goes beyond bike lanes and aims to see the use of bicycles within the existing urban context, integrated with other modes, to meet the real needs of cyclists. Good cycling planning ensures road safety for circulation, as well as adequate infrastructure for bicycles.
Services:
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Bike paths, Bike lanes and Bike lanes.
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Intersections for Cyclists.
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Traffic schedule for cyclists.
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Urban Treatment for Cyclists.
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Design of signs for Cyclists.
LARGE URBAN ENTERPRISES
Large works and enterprises almost always have great impacts on their neighborhood. Studying, evaluating, creating alternatives for mitigation and designing the selected scenarios is the focus of our work.
The complexities associated both in the relationship with the enthronement and with public agencies led us to create a management model capable of promoting the identification, prioritization, authorization, management of these urban projects, adapting to municipal requirements.
Services:
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Impact Studies on Circulation.
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Microsimulation and Traffic Modeling.
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Microsimulation and User Modeling.
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Study of people flow.
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Queue Study.
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Parking Projects.
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Internal Road System Projects.
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Turning Radius Studies.
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Project for Access to the Enterprise.
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Executive Signage and Geometry Projects.
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Monitoring of Processes in the different Municipal Departments.
URBAN TRANSPORT PLANNING AND STUDIES
MODELING, SIMULATION AND DESIGN FOR TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT
The study and confrontation of several alternatives is the correct way to arrive at the executive project. Our work methodology is based on selected solutions as they are more appropriate to the challenges and have a lower cost. The issue of viability, the possibility of implementation, seeking to avoid institutional pitfalls (expropriations, larger works and a longer term, etc.) are variables that are always present in our proposals.
The objective is to develop solutions to guarantee a safe, comfortable and productive route, integrated with the environment, considering the improvement and revitalization of urban areas, always avoiding future problems and unnecessary risks. We develop urban projects that aim at intermodality, universal accessibility, urban requalification and road safety, through a conscious methodology.
Services:
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Traffic Simulation and Modeling.
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Pedestrian Modeling and Simulation.
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Road Capacity Study.
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Transportation and Traffic Master Plans.
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Sustainable Transport Policies.
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Urban Cargo Logistics.
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Vehicle Pollutant Emissions Studies.
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Economic Feasibility Studies for Transport Systems.
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Route Studies.
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Transport Demand Studies.
MODERNIZATION OF COLLECTIVE TRANSPORT - BRT, UBER ...
URBAIN MOBILITY AND THE CHALLENGES OF URBAN TRANSFORMATION
In recent years, the emergence of new services based on digital platforms, such as transportation apps (Uber, 99, Cabify etc.), sharing bicycles and electric scooters, has brought new travel options and is revolutionizing transport and urban traffic.
We are moving towards solutions that lead to more productive public transport (BRT, exclusive lanes, integration terminals) and more diversified individual transport.
Understanding this new scenario and conceiving studies and projects for this new reality is one of Metrics' missions.
Working to overcome this challenge with solutions that improve, the lives of our customers is our motivation.
Services:
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Studies and Projects for the Definition of the Operation of a New Public Transport System.
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Monitoring, Supervision and Measurement of the Quality and Performance of Public Transport Concessions.
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Public Transport by Private Transport Services Application.
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Demand Studies and Definition of the Public Transport Network.
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Technical and Economic Feasibility Studies for the New Public Transport System.
TACTICAL URBANISM
It is an approach to the construction and activation of a neighborhood, using short-term interventions and policies at low cost, which allow the immediate recovery, redesign or programming of public space.
Covers a wide range of small-scale emerging stocks. One of the most common applications of tactical urbanism is intervention as a test of ideas for future implementation, in which it is possible to measure its acceptance by the community.
A low-cost temporary action is carried out that can bring immediate benefits, allowing the observation of results and alteration of the final project.
These actions can be carried out by citizens , public authorities or through partnerships between civil society and the government.
Services:
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Studies and Projects in larger city centers to increase pedestrian movement zones and install adequate urban furniture.
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Studies and Projects for the accommodation of pedestrians and vehicles in the same space on roads level with the sidewalk, implementing elements that indicate where cars must travel.
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Redesign and reorganization of public space increasing user safety.
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Studies and Projects for the conversion of part of a lane space into a segregated bike lane.
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Studies and Projects for Widening Sidewalks and Safe Crossing
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Studies and Projects of Temporary Squares.