Paula Manoela dos Santos
Active Mobility Manager, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Bio
Paula Santos is the Active Mobility Manager at WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.
She has worked on the improvement of EMBARQ's SimBRT - the EMBARQ bus rapid transit (BRT) simulator - since 2009 on simulations in Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Vitoria, among other cities in Brazil and around the world.
She also has been working with the integration between public transportation structural corridors with feeder lines, bike paths and sidewalks, developing solutions in urban design for cities to be returned to people with accessibility and safety.
Paula holds a Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and graduated in Civil Engineering at the same university.
Practice Areas
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Sustainable Urban Mobility
Helping cities design and implement efficient, high-quality, sustainable transport systems
Projects
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QualiÔnibus - Quality Public Transport
Systematic, continuous improvement and a focus on quality are key to avoid losing public transit customers to less efficient modes. -
Safe and high quality bus rapid transit (BRT) for Brazil
Safe, efficient, high capacity transport systems to serve urban residents -
SimBRT: Bus rapid transit corridor simulator
Simulated testing environment ensures better service to urban residents
