2017 Southeast Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

The 13th annual workshop was held May 3, 2017, at the International Event Center in Rochester. 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 (165 KB PDF)
• View Southeast Minnesota fatal and serious injury crash maps

Workshop Presentations

Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths: It's More than Just a Slogan

• Kristine Hernandez, Minnesota TZD program coordinator (2.62 MB PDF)

Regional TZD Crash Facts: How Do These Crashes Affect Your Wallet?

• Sgt. Troy Christianson, Minnesota State Patrol; Mike Dougherty MnDOT public affairs (2.85 MB PDF)
  

Road Signs: Like Coffee and Sugar—If Two Scoops Make It Better, 50 Scoops May Not!

• Mark Vizecky, MnDOT State Aid programs engineer (1.91 MB PDF)

Alternative Transportation: What Can Be Done in Your Community?

• Annette Larson, South Central and Southwest Toward Zero Deaths regional coordinator (1.30 MB PDF)
  

Social Media!

• Dave Boxum and Jennifer Longaecker, Public Information officers, Dept. of Public Safety, Office of Communications (2.64 MB PDF)

New Approaches for Pedestrian and Bike Safety

• Liz Walton, MnDOT Pedestrian and Bicycle Section (3.31 MB PDF)