Our expertise

Specialized know-how to analyze, model and structure mobility

Explain intervenes in the entire field of transport planning, with a tailor-made approach, based on data and field experience.

Travel studies

Observe, measure, and model travel to understand practices and quantify flows.

Analysis of Uses and Behaviors

Understanding mobility beyond numbers

Flow counting and monitoring

Deploy sensors and counting tools to objectify pedestrian, cyclist and vehicle flows.

Mobility plans & master plans

Design and update plans and diagrams at the communal, intermunicipal, departmental or regional levels.

Mobility modeling and simulation

Build a virtual laboratory to understand current flows and simulate future ones.

Climate & ecological transition

Support territories in their environmental and mobility strategies.

Roads, traffic, parking

Optimizing public space for all uses

Bicycle networks, pedestrians and intermodality

Design, prioritize and improve bicycle and pedestrian networks in connection with intermodality.

Public transport & interchange hubs

Study the feasibility, integration and accessibility of structural lines, stations and multimodal hubs.

Feasibility studies & integration

Analyze the feasibility and integration of mobility projects in their urban and territorial environment.

Specific mobility plans

Support employers, schools or multiple sites in the implementation of adapted mobility plans.

Socio-economic evaluation of projects

Measuring the costs and benefits of a mobility project.

Who are we?

A team at the service of mobility policies

Explain brings together a team of consultants specialized in transport planning, who have been working together for over 10 years. Born from a common culture of rigor, analysis and advice, our team supports local authorities, operators and private actors in their mobility, development and transition projects.

Our job: to help you evaluate, model, and decide with objectivity, method and clarity. Our strength: one advanced technical expertise, supported by a committed, accessible collective used to complex projects

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Year of creation

2014

Collaborators

35

Offices in France

6

Parity

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40%
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60%
Explain expertise

Recognized experts, drivers of projects and team trainers

Explain projects rely on a team of managers with solid backgrounds who are recognized in their fields.

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Pierre Odent

CEO
Trained in France, the United States and the United Kingdom, Pierre became a specialist in socio-economic assessment and multimodal modeling; he managed projects for major public and private clients in a dozen countries.

Before creating EXPLAIN, he managed MVA Consultancy in France and the United Kingdom, a global reference in transport planning.

His international experience and his methodological requirements guide Explain's vision today.
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Alexandre Bréèrette

General manager
An expert engineer in the links between transport and urban planning, Alexandre capitalizes on more than 15 years of experience in mobility planning. He has led numerous large-scale public and private projects, from modeling to socio-economic assessment, including traffic studies.

He teaches regularly at École Centrale de Lyon.
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Lorène Honoré

Project director
Ingénieure civile des Ponts, Lorène possède une solide expérience en planification des mobilités et en ingénierie de l’intermodalité. De Bangkok à Paris, elle a accompagné de nombreux projets de mobilité en intégrant les enjeux de connexion urbaine, d’accessibilité tous modes et de lisibilité des territoires.

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Valentine Minard

Project director
An engineer by training, Valentine works with local authorities, developers and operators on issues of intermodality, pedestrian flows and traffic.

It combines a solid practice of dynamic modeling tools with great finesse in supporting urban projects.
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Nicolas Mony

Project director
A graduate of Polytechnique (France and Montreal), Nicolas is a specialist in transport demand and multimodal simulation.

He participates in the design of national, regional and local models, and is involved in both production and study strategy.
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Laurent Guimas

Project director
A former researcher at CNRS and a specialist in multi-agent systems, Laurent supported the State in the development of the national MODEV model.

He combines advanced modeling skills with field experience acquired in major rail or road projects.
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Siffrenia of Bellabre

Project manager
A UTC engineer, Siffhas 13 years of experience in all-mode mobility, in project management as well as in project management. She has managed socio-economic studies, traffic plans and reorganizations of transport offers for local authorities, SNCF Réseau, Egis or Toulouse Métropole. She masters the modeling, evaluation and strategic support of urban territories.
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Laurent Jardinier

Project Director — Expert
With more than 20 years of experience, particularly at Cerema, Laurent is an expert in mobility planning, urban traffic and transport externalities. He works on large-scale projects (SCoT, ZFE, mobility plans) and teaches the links between transport, health and climate. Its transversal approach integrates technical issues as well as environmental and social impacts.
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Aline Bagland

Directrice de projets
Forte de 15 ans d’expérience, Aline apporte à Explain son expertise en ingénierie du trafic, en évaluation de projets urbains complexes, et en accessibilité des grands équipements.

Elle a notamment contribué à des projets comme la gare d’Austerlitz, Lyon Confluence ou encore plusieurs ZAC et PEM structurants.
Our achievements

Concrete achievements to inform, plan and transform mobilities

Customer stories
A very serious service by Explain on a particularly thorny subject both technically and politically. Answers and help that are always of the highest quality, a great capacity for adaptation, which is particularly valuable in the case of this study. Excellent quality work.
High quality service. Real added value for the offer made. Modelling allowed us to add technical credibility to the case. IDFM emphasized the robustness of the methodology. Very good reactivity and adaptation to the needs of the project, a pleasure to work with Lorène on the GPE project.
Explain accompanied us perfectly on this file, which has undergone several evolutions. Explain has been able to adapt and always listen to the project owner and his agent by providing solutions.
The renderings are always very clear and very educational. It is important that the studies can be well understood by “non-experts”.
They trust us
Work at Explain

Join a team expert and committed

Explain is a demanding, caring team, and always curious to welcome new profiles. Do you want to learn, transmit and have a real impact on the mobility of tomorrow? Let's talk about it.

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