Shuyao Hong, PhD, GISP

Shuyao brings over 10 years of experience in data analytics and visualization, travel demand modeling, and emerging mobility technologies to Nelson\Nygaard. He combines hands-on technical depth with strong project and team leadership, along with broad expertise in performance-based transportation planning and programming, statistical and spatial analysis, econometric modeling, big data processing and applications, and GIS.

Before joining the firm, he managed data application and emerging technology programs at a major metropolitan planning organization in Phoenix, Arizona. His work covered a wide range of areas, including performance measurement, project scoring and program evaluation, activity-based model applications, travel surveys, crash and safety data analysis, big and emerging data sources, and emerging technology pilots. This public-sector experience gives him a strong understanding of agency needs and informs his work to help clients turn data into better decisions.

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