What MRCagney does

MRCagney is a privately held sustainable transport planning consultancy headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, with additional offices in Wellington and Melbourne and a wholly owned Australian subsidiary (MRCagney Pty Ltd). Founded in 2003 as McCormick Rankin Cagney with roots in the Canadian firm McCormick Rankin, the firm employs 11-50 staff and operates across a defined set of service lines: Investment advice, City Logistics, Active modes, Data Science and GIS, Urban Economics, Equity and Accessibility, Parking Strategy, Public Transport, Rapid Transit, and Urban Strategy. Its work centres on integrated land use and transport (ILUT) planning frameworks, parking reform, mode shift analysis, and active-mobility design guidance, anchored by landmark engagements such as the Northern Busway, Auckland's New Network redesign, Access for Everyone strategy, City Rail Link disruption management, and the Auckland and Local Path Design Guides.

The firm's underlying technology stack is built around in-house data science and GIS analytics rather than a unified software product. A dedicated data science team, led by an associate consultant with a doctorate in mathematics, has developed and published a portfolio of standalone tools and visualizations: an Electric Vehicle (EV) Simulator that processes GTFS data to compare electric and diesel bus performance across a network; Catchies, which renders 1-km walking catchments around Auckland's busway, ferry, and train stops; an open-source Affordability in New Zealand visualization; a Cycleway Quality of Service Tool that scores cycling infrastructure on a 1-4 scale; and the Six-Indicator ILUT Planning Evaluation Framework. Technical content also includes design guidance documents (Auckland Street and Road Design Guide, Local Path Design Guide) and research publications (Parking Reform in NZ white paper, September 2024; Successfully Implementing Public Transport Networks).

MRCagney's commercial model is professional services delivered via direct, project-based consulting engagements with government clients, complemented by content-led thought-leadership marketing (blog, white papers, conference presentations, LinkedIn articles). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; engagement value and revenue concentration sit primarily with regional councils, city councils, and national transport agencies in New Zealand and Australia (including Auckland Transport, Hawke's Bay Regional Council, Hamilton City Council, City of Hobart, Auckland Council, Wellington City Council, Waka Kotahi and Kāinga Ora). Ancillary non-dilutive funding consists of three consecutive small R&D grants from Callaghan Innovation (2020, 2021, 2023) supporting autonomous and electric vehicle research. Work is delivered directly rather than through channel partners, and the firm's go-to-market is enterprise field sales anchored in established public-sector relationships across New Zealand and Australia.

Name

MRCagney

Legal name

MRCAGNEY (NZ) LIMITED

Website

https://mrcagney.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MRCagney is a privately held sustainable transport planning consultancy headquartered in Auckland with offices in Wellington and Melbourne, delivering integrated land use and transport planning, urban design, GIS data science, and policy advisory services to government clients across New Zealand and Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Transport Consultancy

NAICS

Support Activities for Transportation (488), Other Support Activities for Road Transportation (48849)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Multimodal Trip Planning, Routing & Journey Orchestration Platforms (THADALAA), ADA/Accessible Paratransit (Complementary to Fixed-Route Transit) (THAIAHAA)

Keywords

• Sustainable transport consultancy
• Urban transport planning
• Public transport network design
• Walking cycling infrastructure
• Parking reform advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: MRCagney generates revenue through project-based consulting engagements with government transport agencies and councils. Services include transport planning, urban design, economics analysis, data science/GIS, and policy development across New Zealand and Australia.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MRCagney is a sustainable transport consultancy that advises governments, councils, and transport agencies on public transport network design, walking and cycling infrastructure, parking reform, integrated land use and transport planning, urban economics, and equity and accessibility outcomes. Deliverables include strategy documents, design guides, network redesigns, economic assessments, and in-house data science and GIS tools such as the EV Simulator, Catchies, Affordability visualisation, and the Cycleway Quality of Service Tool.

Product overview

MRCagney is a sustainable transport consultancy providing advisory services rather than a unified software product. The company's offerings span strategic transport planning, urban design, data science/GIS analytics, and research publications. Core service areas include Investment advice, City Logistics, Active modes (Walking and Cycling), Data Science and GIS, Urban Economics, Equity and Accessibility, Parking Strategy, Public Transport, Rapid Transit, and Urban Strategy. Notable deliverables include specialized tools such as the Cycleway Quality of Service Tool for evaluating cycling infrastructure, the Electric Vehicle (EV) Simulator web application for electric bus deployment analysis, Catchies walking catchment visualization tool, and the Affordability in New Zealand open-source visualization. The company also produces design guidance documents including the Auckland Street and Road Design Guide and Local Path Design Guide, along with research white papers on topics such as parking reform and public transport network implementation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cycleway Quality of Service Tool A practitioner tool that evaluates proposed and existing cycleways for quality of cycling facility, considering street conditions, cycleway facility choice, and intersection treatment; rates cycleway facilities on a 1–4 scale for mid-block and intersection segments.
• Electric Vehicle (EV) Simulator A web application that analyses GTFS transit data and applies vehicle simulation logic to estimate differences in costs, emissions, and performance between Proterra electric buses and standard buses on routes across a transit network.
• Catchies A web-based visualization displaying 1-km walking catchments around Auckland's busway, ferry, and train stops, with colour-coded indicators such as population ratio and relative accessibility metrics.
• Affordability in New Zealand Visualization An open-source visualization tool colour-coding New Zealand area units by affordability, incorporating rent, commute, parking, and car ownership cost estimates derived from user parameters and census data.
• Auckland Street and Road Design Guide A practical design guidance document setting a new vision and approach to urban streets in Auckland, focused on people, safety, and increasing travel choices; richly illustrated to communicate principles and geometric requirements.
• The Local Path Design Guide A design guide establishing performance standards for local paths based on international best practice, enabling streets to be shared comfortably and safely between people on bikes and vehicles.
• Parking Reform in New Zealand White Paper A white paper examining New Zealand's parking reform journey and exploring the transformative impact of removing minimum parking requirements introduced through the National Policy Statement on Urban Development.
• Successfully Implementing Public Transport Networks White Paper A white paper focused on implementing public transport networks, addressing three key areas: realising network vision through implementation, getting infrastructure right, and placing communications at the heart of network implementation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Northern Busway carries ~30,000 passengers/day; bus users represent 40% of harbour bridge crossings — equivalent to three new motorway lanes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SMECcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMRCagney partnered with SMEC to undertake the transport planning assessment for the Canberra Metro Light Rail Integration Study, determining appropriate stop locations, facilities, and concept designs for the light rail corridor.
• Resilio StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMRCagney partnered with Resilio Studio to develop the Local Path Design Guide for Auckland Transport and Auckland Council, establishing performance standards for shared street environments between people on bikes and vehicles.
• John Mongard Landscape ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMRCagney led a multidisciplinary project team partnering with John Mongard Landscape Architects for the Hobart Local Retail Precincts Plan, using tactical urbanism principles.
• Inspiring PlaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Hobart Local Retail Precincts Plan.
• Village WellminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Hobart Local Retail Precincts Plan.
• Freshstart CommunicationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Hobart Local Retail Precincts Plan.
• JasmaxcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMRCagney partnered with Jasmax (along with Urban 3) to develop a station area concept at Dominion Road around the Dominion Road interchange, removing the flyover and introducing a dense, perimeter block urban form.
• Urban 3coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMRCagney partnered with Urban 3 for economic analysis in the Dominion Road Station Area Plan project, revealing significant increases in rateable land value.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/M-R-Cagney-100066821533509

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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