Vision & Mission
Our vision is simple: to make cities better places to live and work.
Our mission is to deliver transportation technology solutions that connect people and enable safe and reliable access to places and opportunities.
Departments of Transportations, transit agencies, cities and businesses apply our technology tools to combat congestion, make transit payments and ticketing a seamless process and offer more accessible, sustainable and safer mobility options.
Our work is guided by the values of mobility, accessibility, equity, safety and sustainability.
Our Company
Metropia is a transportation technology solutions and consulting firm headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Founded in 2012, Metropia is composed of transportation engineers, computer scientists, software developers, big data analysts and transportation planners and communicators all with solid academic backgrounds, practical experience and a passion for solving urban mobility problems.
Our founders built Metropia on a strong foundation of traffic engineering with a vision of the many possibilities that technology has to offer. We understand the nuances of transportation systems and traffic engineering that other tech companies don’t.
Our employees all share a common passion for discovering how technology can be deployed to solve traffic congestion and make cities a better place to live. We are driven to create congestion mitigation solutions that meet the holistic needs of communities from New York to Taipei, not only for today, but into the future.
Our Expertise
Metropia’s expertise is in developing and integrating high-performance and mobile computing technologies to produce apps and back-end analytics capabilities that help both users (commuters) and entire systems (cities) to mitigate congestion during normal operations, pre-planned special events, or unexpected, extraordinary circumstances. Metropia takes a Total Mobility® approach with its Mobility as a Service and other technology solutions.
Powered by AI-based algorithms, data analytics and behavioral economics, our technology provides the conduit for developing a congestion-mitigation framework and deploying Active Demand Management (ADM) strategies addressing time of day, mode and route. In addition, Metropia has developed and maintains a suite of software and related mobile app solutions that support different mobility operations such as demand-responsive transit systems (DRTS), rideshare and hailing solutions.
Leadership Team
A Professor of transportation system engineering, Yi-Chang is a renowned researcher and innovator in the area of intelligent transportation systems and behavioral economics-based active demand management.
Yi-Chang Chiu, PhD
Founder and CEO
A distinguished transportation professional and former Deputy Secretary of the US-Department of Transportation, Victor advises Metropia in transportation policies and market strategies.
Victor M. Mendez
Advisor
A distinguished transportation professional and former Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taiwan, Leo provides advisory support to Metropia for international collaboration.
Leo MF Wu
Advisor
For more than 30 years, Vassilis has engaged in pioneering projects at the local, regional, and national level and leads Metropia’s vision of bridging ADM and TSMO strategies.
Vassilis Papayannoulis, PhD
Vice President
Cynthia leads our Mobility Ecosystem team to spread Metropia’s vision to audiences around the world through world class marketing, communications and strategic partnerships.
Cynthia McGrail
Vice President of Marketing
and Communications
Jeff heads a team comprising product managers and researchers, overseeing the conception, research, and prototyping of all product features.
Jeff Lin
Senior Director of Product Management
With over 18 years experience in the software industry, Henry currently leads the software development team to support the agile development of various Metropia products and services.
Henry Wang
Director of Software Development VP of Taiwan Branch Office
Since Metropia's inception, Yamei has served at the helm of the company's HR and finances.
Yamei Chang
Director of Admin and Finance
A 13-year career in the transportation industry aids Chris in delivering Metropia’s products to the public and helping users improve their daily lives through our app’s valuable features.
Chris Colemon
Director of Marketing and Product Communication
An experienced transportation professional with a background in government, private sectors, and academia, bringing valuable expertise to deliver Metropia's vision and technologies in Texas through collaboration.
Zenia Hernandez, PE
Transportation Program
Manager
With a long experience in multi-lateral projects and mobility, Danny works to build and maintain healthy partnerships with regional stakeholders to ensure successful market deployment and sustained operation of Metropia’s mobility solutions.
Danny Silva
Director of Mobility Partnerships
With progressive leadership experience across multiple functions and industries, Misty brings a strong focus on building new programs and partnerships.
Misty White
Senior Manager of Mobility Partnerships