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Nicolas Reid

@Nicolas_Reid

Urbanism, transit, cats.

 Auckland/Berlin
Joined April 2014
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Read a sample: “Transit by Design: A practical guide to planning public transport that works”

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Nicolas Reid

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Nicolas Reid (@Nicolas_Reid) profile pictureNicolas Reid@Nicolas_ReidMar 9
Interested in public transport that actually works, even in traffic-heavy suburban cities? My new book lays out the ins and outs of transit planning, with theory and practice grounded in experience on what delivers. Now available in print and eBook: amazon.com.au/dp/B0GRPZ4VHD/
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Interested in public transport that actually works, even in traffic-heavy suburban cities? My new book lays out the ins and outs of transit planning, with theory and practice grounded in experience on what delivers. Now available in print and eBook: amazon.com.au/dp/B0GRPZ4VHD/
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Check out my latest article: Should Auckland demolish Spaghetti Junction? I make a not-entirely-serious case for ripping out Spaghetti Junction in Auckland, replacing it with a motorway tunnel, and redeveloping above it instead linkedin.com/pulse/should-au… via @LinkedIn

Should Auckland demolish Spaghetti Junction?

In this article, I make a not-entirely-serious case for ripping out Spaghetti Junction in Auckland, replacing it with a motorway tunnel, and redeveloping new city streets and neighbourhoods above it...

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Check out my latest article: Does the New Zealand rail network actually serve New Zealanders? I looked into data on how many kiwis might be able to travel by train… if we ran more than a handful of them each week. linkedin.com/pulse/does-new-… via @LinkedIn
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TIL that Atlanta, Georgia was founded as a rail terminus and named after a railway!
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@the_transit_guy2 Feb 2025
This is the main train station for a metro with a smaller population than Atlanta’s, btw.
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I took a ride on a giant gondola in Taipei, and wrote some thoughts on the experience of using cableways for public transit. Check out my latest article: Gondolas for mass transit? linkedin.com/pulse/gondolas-… via @LinkedIn

Gondolas for mass transit?

Gondolas are often in the news, with manufacturers of ropeway systems proposing them as a modern option for mass transit systems in New Zealand. However, like every next big thing in transport, it’s...

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Well this is a major escalation
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Aren’t we lucky that Europeans never engage in warfare or conflict between different communities and social groupings.
Georgia Leigha Gilholy (@llggeorgia) profile pictureGeorgia Leigha Gilholy
@llggeorgia14 Nov 2024
Ok it seems the theory that they completely predated the Māori might not be true (my mistake, it’s not my area of expertise at all), but they were still enslaved and genocide by the Māori who are now being fetishised as perpetual victims- history is more complicated than that.
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Check out my latest article: A clearer network for the City Rail Link? linkedin.com/pulse/clearer-n… via @LinkedIn
A clearer network for the City Rail Link?

A clearer network for the City Rail Link?

Auckland is now just a year or so away from having the keystone of its urban rail network complete. As I wrote about here, the City Rail Link will be a literal game changer for public transport in...

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This is by far a superior network design and I don’t know why they aren’t going with this one?
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Jug Cerovic (@JugCerovic) profile pictureJug Cerovic@JugCerovic13 Nov 2024
Replying to @JugCerovic @zhuoyanakl @svdweerden @NZLLM12
One avenue for a wayfinding solution is conceptual/graphical, another one is operational, you can organize services differently to make the network more legible for travelers. At some point you may even want to break the loop all together.
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I still maintain if you struggle to draw the network on a map, it’s not a very good network design. How are users supposed to understand it? What is the value of your train looping back to the stations you just went through?
Jug Cerovic (@JugCerovic) profile pictureJug Cerovic@JugCerovic13 Nov 2024
Replying to @JugCerovic @zhuoyanakl @svdweerden @NZLLM12
We have tested several solutions in Auckland: - 2 separate lines/colors - 2 slightly different hues - 1 color, 2 parallel lines - 1 color, 1 line This is still a work in progress and is likely to evolve over time.
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lol yup, the grinches complaining about a city centre rates funding a public Christmas tree are the same crowd that complained the council wasn't funding Santa Parade enough. Turns out they just like to whinge? nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-c… auckland.scoop.co.nz/2019/02…

Million-dollar Christmas tree: Auckland Council criticised for 'incredibly high price tag'

Council stumping up $800k for 18m fake tree, private orgs paying the rest.

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Alright I’ve got a solution that will save three billion dollars, let’s just move the National MPs offices to the carpark at Wellington airport. Won’t need a tunnel and can have a good view of the cars going round and round. thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360479…

Tunnel-gate: Brown says Greens 'just want people to ride bikes'

Simeon Brown says the Government will get two new Wellington tunnels consented, even if it means ignoring elected Green representatives.

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A huge mistake people make with trams is seeing them as very expensive buses rather than as inexpensive metros, which is what they are. Smart cities get this.
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Glad I'm getting in my Taiwan holiday before things start to really cook off.
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That’s it, if Trump wins I’m moving to New Zealand.
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Trams, trains, people.
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Cities skylines when you don't know what you're doing and switch on the free money cheat to try and fix traffic.
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Yours truly behind the wheel of a tram 😜
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Berlins new looong trams, 50m single unit with 9 carriages.
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