Team

Biography

Kent is a technical director and board director at MRCagney and has over 25 years of experience working at the intersection of transport planning and urban design. He leads specialist teams working on transport strategy, public transport projects, master plans and investment advice. Kent works with clients across New Zealand and Australia.

A qualified urban planner and designer, Kent’s work experience is focused on active and public transport. He gets excited about solving problems from the regional scale down to the scale of street design and traffic signal timing.  

Kent believes that the best way to improve cities is through their transport systems. He has developed groundbreaking projects including the award-winning Access for Everyone, the transport strategy underpinning the Auckland City Centre Masterplan and the Queen Street Pilot, the idea that led to the restriction of general traffic on Queen Street. Kent is passionate about using creativity, evidence and intuition to develop plans and projects that happen.