MKmetric is based on an experience of more than 25 years. It has been founded as a spin-off of the University of Montréal (UdeM) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The main focus of our company is aiming at multi-, uni-, inter-, and intra-modal transport planning and modelling. As an independent organisation MKmetric is in close contact to several universities to ensure a high quality standard in research. Most of the employees are University graduates and fully qualified in econometrics, transportation research, programming and operations research.
Within two decades MKmetric specialised on air transport combining the passenger and cargo business. The company developed an integrated scientific environment to forecast air passenger and cargo transport on Door-to-Door base. MKmetric developed cutting edge data models. These data models are second to none and are used for strategic, tactical and operational tasks to determine quantitative effects of business decisions or policy measures. The simulation techniques allow assessing passenger and cargo transport behaviour in respect to changes on the supply side while considering e.g. competitive cannibalisation and inter-modal co-operation.
MKmetric offers online tools to assist airports, airlines, and public bodies in decision making such as airline marketing, network development, infrastructure investments or the quantification of effects resulting from policy measures. Tailor-made models and tools are developed for client needs as well.
We believe that transport is not an issue in itself; it has to serve the needs of people and economy in a sustainable way. Thus connectivity offered at airports or by any other mode is a service to consumers which is honoured by the demand attracted under the framework conditions set by the policy.
In order to understand the complexity of dependencies and mechanisms of action and to implement sustainable solutions for the benefit of mankind and nature, co-operation between politics, industry and research is indispensable.
Our work contributes to both understanding and co-operation.
Air
In the vicinity of Karlsruhe there are five airports.
approx. 150 km north, hourly ICE train services to Karlsruhe within 60 minutes.
approx. 80km east, commuter trains to Stuttgart Central Station then change trains to Karlsruhe.
approx. 40 km south
approx. 60 km north
approx. 80km south
Rail
Karlsruhe is served by ICE, TGV and InterCity services from North, South, East and West. Leave the railway station (Karlsruhe Hbf) into direction city, take Tram No 3 from platform B towards "Rintheim". Get off at the stop 'Rüppurrer Tor' after six minutes and walk back about 200 meters to Rüppurrer Str. 4 on the right hand side.
The route planner gives detailed information to reach us. An overview of the Karlsruhe Public Transport Network can be found here.
Road
Leave highway A5 at junction ‘Anschlussstelle Karlsruhe-Durlach (exit 44)’ direction Karlsruhe city and follow B10 along Durlacher Allee - Ostring and Ludwig-Erhard-Allee for 3.4 km. Then turn left into Rüppurrer Straße for 270 meters. Nr. 4 is on the right hand side.
The route planner also offers detailed road information. An interactive map of Karlsruhe can be found here.
Address
MKmetric GmbH
Rüppurrer Strasse 4
76137 Karlsruhe
GERMANY
Phone number
+49-(0)-721-96160-0
Fax number
+49-(0)-721-96160-99
We prevent as much as possible to use natural resources for our work. Therefore to a high degree our office is paperless and we provide our results in electronic way. Clients are requested using the download functionality or to use our online services. Furthermore permanently we invest in energy saving computers and use CO2 neutral energy.
How does our work contribute to a sustainable environment?
Aviation is criticized for its negative environmental effects thus optimisation is requested to maximise the efficiency of resources used while minimizing negative effects on environment as well as on socio-economy (welfare, mobility, economy, cohesion, accessibility, connectivity ...).
The MKmetric team developed a model system to simulate and forecast transport activities and to investigate effects of policy measures and infrastructure investments upon the transport system.
We optimize networks and infrastructure under changing framework conditions while reducing the negative effects of detour flights and access / egress to / from airports. Air services are optimised in context of Door-to-Door mobility needs under consideration of maximising the load factor in context of aircraft type and service frequency.
As a result new network structures emerge, white spots are served and service frequencies are adjusted to the true OriginDestination demand level. In consequence less kerosene is needed and pollution is reduced.
Together with the policy decision makers and the aviation industry effects of different policy measures like CO2-taxation or blending quotas for kerosene are investigated. We work on solutions for international agreements and traffic management to streamline flight paths.
We identify infrastructure and network capacity needs for changing demand levels in respect of existing resources and provide inter-modal planning to connect modes.
We analyse distortions in the transport economy and provide suggestions so that emission targets (EU) and sustainable development goals (aspects of UN goals 8, 9, 12, 13, and 17) can be achieved and policy measures are not circumvented. And there are even more topics stressing the interrelationship of transport, environment and socio-economy.
We believe that transport is not an issue in itself; it has to serve the needs of people and economy in a sustainable way. Thus connectivity offered at airports or by any other mode is a service to consumers which is honoured by the demand attracted under the framework conditions set by the policy.