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)

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)