2022 Southwest Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

About the Workshop

This annual workshop helps facilitate Minnesota TZD's goal of creating a collaborative, comprehensive, and regional approach to reducing traffic deaths and severe injuries.

• Final agenda (PDF)
• Watch the Southwest TZD Hero Reel video

Workshop Presentations

Welcome & Regional Roundup

• Jon Huseby, District Engineer, MnDOT District 8, and Southwest Minnesota TZD Regional Co-chair; and Melissa Hjelle, Southwest Minnesota TZD Regional Coordinator (PDF)

Crash Data Presentation: I Wish We Were Still on the Plateau

• Eric DeVoe, Senior Research Analyst, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering (PDF)

TZD 2.0 Updates

• Kristine Hernandez, State Toward Zero Deaths Program Coordinator & TZD 2.0 Project Manager, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering (PDF)

Making Safe System a Reality: Planning to Implementation

• Will Stein, Safety and Design Engineer, FHWA – Minnesota Division (PDF)

Five Tips to Grow Traffic Safety Culture

A video recording of this presentation is available upon request, courtesy of the Center for Health & Safety Culture at Montana State University. Please email Linda Dolan at ldolan@umn.edu if you would like to receive a link to the video.

• Katie Dively, M.S., MCHES, Research Scientist II - Senior Trainer, Center for Health and Safety Culture, Montana State University (PDF)
• Handout (PDF)

Wrap Up

• Michael Hanson, Director, Office of Traffic Safety, Minnesota Department of Public Safety (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

Credit

Attendees are eligible for 5.25 PDHs and 5.0 POST credits.

• PDH form (PDF)
• POST Proof of Completion form (PDF)

Workshop Sponsors

• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8
• Southwest Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program

More Information

For questions about the workshop, please contact Melissa Hjelle, Southwest TZD Regional Coordinator, at melissa.hjelle@state.mn.us or 320-905-2319.