2024 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.

Download the final agenda (PDF).
 

Presentation Slides

• Welcome & Regional Roundup (PDF)
  Jon Huseby, District Engineer, MnDOT District 8, and Southwest Minnesota Regional TZD Co-chair, and Sarah McGeary-DeHaan, Southwest Minnesota TZD Regional Coordinator
• Strategic Highway Safety Plan: Minnesota Needs YOU! (PDF)
  MnDOT staff and Alliant Engineering 
• Safe Roads Coalition Showcase: Renville County (PDF)
  Sheila Denton, Southern Minnesota Child Passenger Safety Liaison; Mary Erickson, Renville County Safe Roads Coordinator; Karla Koplin, Renville County Sheriff's Office; Krista Schneider, Renville County Public Health; and Sabrina Skold, Minnesota State Patrol
• Understanding Grief: What to Say, What to Do, How to Help (PDF)
  Randy Stocker, Author of Hugs Help; Our Story or Tragic Loss, Survival, and Helping Others
• ATV/UTV: What You Need to Know (PDF)
  Conservation Officer Brett Wiltrout, Department of Natural Resources Hutchinson #1 Station, and Conservation Officer Matt Loftness, Department of Natural Resources Marshall Station
• ATV MN: Who Are We? (PDF)
  Chris Conroy, ATV Minnesota Safety Committee, South Metro ATV, DNR Youth Safety Instructor, DNR Trail Ambassador
• How Complete Streets Create a Safe System (PDF)
  Sonja Piper, Active Transportation Safety Engineer, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering

Workshop Goals

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

Credit

Attendees are eligible for 4.75 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). Download the credit form (PDF) for your records. 

Workshop Sponsors

• Southwest Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program
• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office of Traffic Engineering and District 8
• Minnesota Department of Health
• Minnesota State Patrol

More Information

For questions about the workshop, please contact Sarah McGeary-DeHaan, Southwest TZD Regional Coordinator, at sarah.mcgeary-dehaan@state.mn.us or 320-905-2319.