2019 Southeast Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

The 15th annual workshop was held May 1, 2019, at the International Event Center in Rochester, MN. The event helps facilitate the program's goal of creating a collaborative, comprehensive, and regional approach to reducing traffic deaths and severe injuries.

• Download the final agenda (PDF)

Workshop Presentations

Autism: Effective Emergency Response

• Ellie Wilson, Executive Director, Autism Society of Minnesota (PDF)

Why People Change: Proven Health Methods to Prevent Traffic-related Trauma

• Julie Philbrook, RN, DNP, Trauma Prevention Specialist, Hennepin Healthcare (PDF)

Strategic Highway Safety Plan: Minnesota Needs YOU!

• Brad Estochen, State Traffic Safety Engineer, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering; Chelsea Palmateer, Research Analyst, DPS Office of Traffic Safety; Eric DeVoe, Senior Research Analyst, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering; Athey Creek Consultants (PDF)

Workshop Goals

• Encourage traffic safety as a priority for policymakers
• Provide a method to bring traffic safety programs into your community
• Spread successes of the Southeast Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths program
• Network with other traffic safety advocates

Who Should Attend

• Community law enforcement
• Engineers
• Educators
• Emergency medical services
• Local policymakers
• Traffic safety advocates

Workshop Sponsors

• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• Minnesota Department of Transportation District 6
• Southeast Minnesota TZD Program

More Information

For questions about the workshop, please contact Jessica Schleck, Southeast TZD Regional Coordinator, at Jessica.Schleck@state.mn.us or 507-286-7602.

TZD and Commercial Motor Vehicles: Bridging the Gap

• Brian Burke, Safety Director, Lawrence Transportation Company (PDF)
• Capt. Jon Olsen, Minnesota State Patrol, Commercial Vehicles (PDF)
• Julie Whitcher, State Rail Safety Engineer, MnDOT Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicles (PDF)