2019 Southwest Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

The 11th annual workshop was held Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in Granite Falls, 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

Setting the Direction for the Strategic Highway Safety Plan: Minnesota Needs YOU

• Brad Estochen, State Traffic Safety Engineer, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering; Eric DeVoe, Senior Research Analyst, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering; Richard Storm, HDR Consultants; Tina Roelofs, Athey Creek Consultants (PDF)
  

TZD and Commercial Motor Vehicles: Bridging the Gap

• Capt. Jon Olsen, Minnesota State Patrol (PDF)
  
• Julie Whitcher, State Rail Safety Engineer, MnDOT Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicles (PDF)
  

The Teenage Brain and Risk Reduction: Connecting the Dots

• Erin Walsh, Mind Positive Parenting (PDF)

Older Drivers Panel – How to address the Silver Tsunami

• Nichole L. Morris, Director, HumanFIRST Laboratory, University of Minnesota (PDF)
  
• Bret Thomas, Driver and Vehicle Services Regional Supervisor, Department of Public Safety (PDF)