How do people determine the design of roadways?

Have you ever wondered how people determine the design of roadways? Hayden Morris, a deaf civil engineer, got you covered! #STEMinASL

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00:00 Hayden, a brown-haired white man wearing glasses and a short-sleeve navy shirt, stands to the right of a road with grassy areas on each side of the road.

00:59 An animation of driving up and down a road in a first-person point-of-view

01:03 Hayden stands in front of a white background.

03:53 An animated aerial view of a road cutting through a grassy field on the left and a forested plot on the right with a view of some buildings in the far background.

02:58 Hayden stands on a grassy area to the right of a road with some brown soil patches interspersed.

03:11 An animated aerial view of a road layout of a town.

03:14 Hayden stands in front of a road with a grassy area on the other side of the road.

03:32 Hayden stands on a road with grassy areas on each side of the road.

04:01 An animated zoom in from United States to a town using Google Earth.

04:06 A text saying “Horizontal Alignment” appears below two white arrows pointing at the horizontal road cutting across the picture.

04:09 Hayden stands to the right of a road on a grassy area.

04:35 An animation of driving up and down a road in a first-person point-of-view.

04:42 Hayden stands to the right of a road on a grassy area.

05:24 A three-paneled photo: The top image shows a road going downhill and then uphill with a red triangle, red circle, and red star markings on the road equidistantly. The bottom left image has text saying “Horizontal Alignment, Looking From Aerial View” on the top, and a vertical black line is drawn below with a red star, red circle, and red triangle marked equidistantly on the line. A yellow car is drawn between the red star and the red circle. The bottom right image has text saying “Vertical Alignment, Looking From Side View” on the top, and a convex black line is drawn below with a red triangle, red circle, and red star marked equidistantly on the line. A yellow car is drawn between the red circle and the red star.

05:29 Hayden stands in front of a white background.

05:38 A video recording of driving through downtown in a first-person point-of-view. The video shows a median to the left and cars and people on both sides of the road.

05:44 Hayden stands in front of a white background.

07:22 A diagram of a road layout appears on the top left. It shows a two-way street divided by a median. There are trees and a sidewalk on both sides of the street. Road layout measurements below the drawing are written from left to right: 1′ Green Space, 5′ Walk, 5′ Green Space, 2′, 11′ Travel Lane, 11′ Travel Lane, 2′, 16′ Median, 2′, 11′ Travel Lane, 11′ Travel lane, 2′, 5′ Green Space, 10′ Shared-Use Path, 1′ Green Space.

07:37 A diagram of curb and gutter appears on the top left. The diagram shows a road with curb and gutter on both sides. There is a black line drawn vertically over the road and it is labeled “Normal Crown”.

07:46 A diagram of a road layout appears on the top left. The diagram shows a one-way street with a grassy area and a shoulder on the left. A person is riding a bike on the shoulder, and a car is driving on the road. Below the shoulder, there is text labeling “Paved Shoulder” and “Buffer (Optional)” to the right.

08:06 Hayden stands in front of a white background.

08:19 A computer-aided design of a road with a bridge.]

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