Tap-to-Connect Transit Nerd Card
A personalized NFC business card that opens your digital contact information with a tap.
$39.95 + shipping
Store open · First drop in revenue service
Personalized gear for the transit nerd in you, for operators, dispatchers, mechanics, planners and lifelong transit nuts who quietly keep the world moving. They say if you last more than six months in transit, you're a lifer. If you know, you know.
01 The Tap-to-Connect Transit Nerd Card
MADE BY TRANSIT PEOPLE
FOR TRANSIT PEOPLE
PERSONALIZED IN CALIFORNIA
The inaugural collection
Three small-batch pieces. Built to feel at home in the bus yard, the boardroom and everywhere in between.
A personalized NFC business card that opens your digital contact information with a tap.
$39.95 + shipping
Choose a fixed-route bus or paratransit cutaway, then add your name, or keep it classic.
$24.95 + shipping
Your name, title and the year you became a transit nerd, engraved for the desk, counter or office wall.
$24.95 + shipping
From the collection · Listings 001–002
One-of-one transit collectibles from Simon's personal collection, shown with photographs of the actual item and an honest condition report.
Coach sideVan Hool Alizee · Ellen Smith of Rochdale
$29.95 + shipping
A numbered, limited-edition Original Omnibus Company model of the Van Hool Alizee T8 coach in Ellen Smith livery. Registration G94 VFP. Diecast construction with plastic parts, presented on its original base with display case, insert and certificate.
Pre-owned collector model. The model has not been removed for inspection. The display case and outer wrapping show visible age, storage wear, scuffs, scratches and wrinkling. Sold exactly as photographed; condition of hidden areas cannot be guaranteed.
Bus sideMercedes-Benz O810D / Plaxton Beaver 2 · First Glasgow
$24.95 + shipping
A numbered, limited-edition Original Omnibus Company model of First Glasgow fleet MA209, registration R401 HYG. The diecast model is presented on its original base with display case, inserts and certificate.
Pre-owned collector model. The model has not been removed for inspection. The clear case and outer wrapping show visible age, storage wear, scuffs, scratches, creasing and splitting. Sold exactly as photographed; condition of hidden areas cannot be guaranteed.
Transit is a small world. Most of us have worked together, crossed paths somewhere along the way, or know somebody who knows somebody.
That circle finally has a name.
Built from the driver's seat up
Transit Nerd Workshop was started by Simon Herrera, who has worked in public transit since 1989. He started as a coach operator and worked his way through dispatch, supervision, operations management and general management before moving into public-agency leadership. More than 30 years later, transit is still what he knows, what he talks about and a big part of who he is.
More than 30 years in transit taught him that the real stories go far beyond pullouts, radio calls and road reliefs. They are about the people solving problems before most riders wake up and the leaders shaping those people, for better or worse. There are micromanagers who make a hard job harder, people with titles who never learned how to lead and mentors who pull you aside, tell you the truth and teach you the business. In transit, leadership can build a team, break an operation or change the course of someone's career.
Your name. Your title. Your connection.
A personalized NFC card made for transit professionals. Tap, connect and keep moving.
TRANSIT NERD
Black anodized aluminum · Silver engraving · NFC enabled
Built for the whole property
Personalized small-batch pieces for operator appreciation, retirements, safety awards, conferences and agency teams.
Shop the first collection