2018 Metro Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

The fourth annual workshop was held April 18, 2018, at the Doubletree by Hilton in Bloomington, 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

Welcome & Regional Highlights

• Bryan Dodds, director, MnDOT Metro Region Office of Operations and Maintenance; and Susan Youngs, Metro TZD regional coordinator (PDF)

15 Years of Minnesota TZD: Major Accomplishments and What the Future Holds

• Kristine Hernandez, Minnesota TZD program coordinator (PDF)

Stop the Stop Arm Violations—A Look at School Bus Safety

• Lt. Deric Swenson, Moorhead Police Department (PDF)

Losing “One of the Good Ones”

• Chief Michael Risvold, Wayzata Police Department; and Shawn Mathews, wife of fallen Officer William Mathews, Wayzata Police Department (PDF)

Get Some Sleep—Just Not Behind the Wheel

• Dr. Paul Nystrom, Hennepin County Medical Center (PDF)
• Lisa Kons, Traffic Safety Programs manager, Minnesota Safety Council (PDF)

I Have the Need for Speed—Just Not in Front of My House

• Brad Estochen, State Traffic Safety engineer, MnDOT Office of Traffic Safety & Technology (PDF)

Let’s Get Social! Beyond the Basics

• Jennifer Longaecker, Public Information Officer, Dept. of Public Safety, Office of Communications; and Kristi Loobeek, Social Media Coordinator, MnDOT Office of Communications (PDF)

A Judicial Look at Distracted Driving

• Sgt. Chris Byrnes, St. Paul Police Department (PDF)