Stephen Heiny joined the Highway Safety Research Center in 2016. He works within the Health and Community Science team supporting projects on safety for active travel. His work focuses on youth active travel safety, Vision Zero, and the Safe System approach, supporting safety efforts in North Carolina and across the United States. He has performed work evaluating speed reduction countermeasures, provided technical assistance for Safe Routes to School programs, supports the annual Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day events, and works on coalition building for Vision Zero communities in North Carolina.

Stephen holds a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill where he specialized in transportation planning. He completed his bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology at the University of Notre Dame.