Hayden’s passion for safe and sustainable transportation motivated him to earn his master’s degree from UC Davis in transportation engineering and choose to work as a traffic engineer in the heart of Washington, D.C., where he finds fulfillment by making roads safer for the people he lives and works with. Hayden uses his data analysis and software programming skills to identify crash patterns, which he summarizes and communicates to stakeholders with interactive dashboards and maps. Hayden also helps develop safety countermeasure concepts in AutoCAD, which are informed by crash patterns, community input, and collaboration with his colleagues. Hayden’s favorite part of his job is leading road safety audit walks with DC residents, during which he takes pictures while exchanging and recording ideas to improve safety on their streets. He supports projects across the country, including bikeshare station design in New York City, speed management strategies for the National Park Service, and traffic impact analyses across the East Coast.