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Biography

Nicolas is a technical director at MRCagney and has over 15 years of experience working in  public transport planning and design. He specialises in integrated transport strategy, and leads teams undertaking public transport network design, service planning, infrastructure specifications and operational requirements. Nicolas works with clients across New Zealand and Australia. 

His work experience is founded on redesigning public transport networks for better outcomes and cost-effectiveness and developing new rapid transit systems that are fully integrated in existing transport networks and urban fabric.  Nicolas has master’s qualifications in urban planning and ergonomics, applying an understanding of human factors to planning and engineering problems. 

He focusses on developing outcomes that are not only technically effective, but also legible and easy to use whilst being cost effective to deliver and operate. His current focus is optimising transport network developments by including funding, staging and operations in the design phase, in order to facilitate delivery and maximise user benefits under realistic budgets. 

Nicolas understands that effective transit is the key to avoiding the economic handbrakes of traffic congestion and parking pressures and enabling urban economies to thrive. He is motivated by the goal of helping build more pleasant and productive cities, creating places that are as easy to get around as they are enjoyable to be in.