Roland Ribi & Associés

What Roland Ribi & Associés does

Roland Ribi & Associés (RR&A) is a French-Swiss civil engineering and urban planning consultancy founded in 1999 in Strasbourg by Roland Ribi and Samuel Maillot. The firm specializes in mobility studies, public transport planning, urban master planning, parking studies, and public space design, serving primarily public-sector clients across France and Switzerland. With roughly 10 employees recruited largely from French grandes écoles, RR&A operates as a SARL (private limited company) with offices in Strasbourg (headquarters), Geneva, and Lausanne.

The firm's service portfolio spans more than 15 modules, including macroscopic and microscopic traffic modeling, sustainable mobility plans, pedestrian and cycling strategies, and active-mobility engagement campaigns such as "Au Boulot à Vélo." Its commercial model is project-based, with revenue drawn from public procurement contracts awarded by municipalities, Eurométropoles, and public-sector entities (e.g., Eurométropole de Strasbourg, Bordeaux Métropole, Lille Métropole, Saint-Denis, PETR Alsace Centrale, EPFAG, La Rochelle). RR&A regularly partners with complementary architecture, landscape, and consulting firms — including Alfred Peter Paysagiste, Alphaville, PWC, Ateliers LION, and Marc Mimram — to deliver integrated urban development assignments. In 2024 the firm marked its 25th anniversary with a curated exhibition of 25 signature projects, underscoring its founder-led continuity and niche positioning in the European mobility-consulting market.

Name

Roland Ribi & Associés

Legal name

Roland Ribi et Associés Ingénieurs Conseils et Urbanistes SARL

Website

https://rra.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Roland Ribi & Associés is a Strasbourg-founded civil engineering and urban planning consultancy specializing in mobility studies, public transport, and public space design for public-sector clients across France and Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobility and Urban Planning Consulting

NAICS

Support Activities for Road Transportation (4884), Other Support Activities for Transportation (4889)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transportation & Infrastructure Planning (BPAHAKAF), Integrated Corridor & Arterial Management (ICM/ACM) (TLAJACAF)

Keywords

• Mobility engineering consulting
• Urban planning services
• Public transport consulting
• Public space design
• Transportation planning studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Strasbourg

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Engineering consulting services: Professional services revenue from mobility studies, urban planning support, public transport projects, and public space development for public sector clients. Services range from planning to project management and consultation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Roland Ribi & Associés provides engineering consulting in mobility studies, urban project support, public transport projects, and public space planning. The firm delivers professional services covering multimodal transportation plans, active mobility infrastructure, parking strategy, traffic simulation and modeling, BRT/tram insertion studies, and citizen consultation processes primarily for French and Swiss public sector clients.

Product overview

Roland Ribi & Associés (RR&A) is a consulting engineering firm providing integrated mobility and urban planning services. Their offering consists of four core service areas: Mobility Studies (Études de mobilité), Urban Project Support (Accompagnement de projet urbain), Public Transport Projects (Projets de transports publics), and Public Space Development (Aménagement d'espaces publics). These are delivered through specialized service modules including multimodal travel plans, public transport planning, active mobility solutions, parking strategy, traffic simulation and modeling, urban renewal, commercial development servicing, participatory consultation, BRT insertion studies, exchange hub development, public space projects, and city center services. The firm emphasizes a systemic, transversal approach to mobility that integrates all transportation modes with urban development, environmental considerations, and social impacts. RR&A operates primarily in the French and Swiss markets from offices in Strasbourg, Geneva, and Lausanne.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mobility Studies (Études de mobilité)
• Urban Project Support (Accompagnement de projet urbain)
• Public Transport Projects (Projets de transports publics)
• Public Space Development (Aménagement d'espaces publics)

Quantifiable outcome

• Developed cycling master plan for 1,000 km² territory with 77,000 inhabitants at budget of 0.5 Euro HT per inhabitant
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Alfred Peter PaysagisteminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architect firm frequently collaborating with RR&A on public space projects. Projects include Lille Molinel parking redesign, Dunkerque BHNS project, and various cycling infrastructure projects.
• AlphavilleminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitecture and urban planning firm collaborating on Matoury ecocity project in French Guiana and other urban development initiatives.
• PWCminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProfessional services firm collaborating on Bordeaux Métropole mobility policy modeling project.
• Ateliers LIONminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUrban planning firm collaborating on La Rochelle station public space redesign project.
• Marc MimramminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering and architecture firm associated with La Rochelle station project.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TTK (TransportTechnologie Konzepte): German transport planning consultancy focused on traffic engineering, mobility concepts and public transport planning. Closely comparable in service mix (PDU-style multimodal plans, traffic modeling, cycling and public space) and serves a similar municipal authority customer base.
• Transitec: Swiss-founded transport engineering consultancy with offices in France, Belgium, Germany and Latin America. Closest direct peer to RR&A: comparable size, same niche of mobility and public transport planning, similar systemic cross-modal methodology, and a strong French public-sector client base.
• Citec: French transportation engineering consultancy (part of the ICare group) specializing in traffic studies, multimodal modeling and mobility planning for public-sector clients. Highly comparable offering to RR&A's mobility studies and traffic simulation service lines, with a larger French footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Setec: Major French independent engineering group whose setec ITS and urbanism subsidiaries provide mobility, traffic and urban planning consulting to public-sector clients. Comparable in service mix but with a far larger bench and multidisciplinary reach.
• Egis: Large French engineering group with a dedicated mobility, transport and urban development practice covering master planning, traffic engineering and public transport. Overlaps directly with RR&A but operates at much larger scale across infrastructure and consulting.
• Systra: Global transport engineering and consulting group (French-owned) with deep public transport and urban mobility capabilities. Overlaps with RR&A's public transport projects and BHNS insertion services but offers a much broader, international portfolio.
• Artelia: Large French engineering and project management group with a mobility, transport and urban development practice. Competes for the same metropolitan mobility and public space mandates as RR&A but at significantly greater scale.

Others

• PTV Group (Umovity): German software and consulting firm providing traffic modeling, simulation and mobility planning software (PTV Visum, Vissim). Comparable because RR&A uses macro/microscopic modeling tools of this type; PTV is a tooling/ecosystem peer rather than a direct consulting competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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