2024 Northwest 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 and Regional Roundup (PDF)
  J.T. Anderson, District Engineer, MnDOT District 2, and Northwest Minnesota TZD Regional Co-chair; and Sue Johnson, Northwest Minnesota Regional Coordinator
• ATV Club Updates (PDF)
  Peter Murch, Northwest Region Director, ATV Minnesota
• Strategic Highway Safety Plan: Minnesota Needs YOU! (PDF)
  MnDOT Staff and Alliant Engineering
• What’s New with Responsible Beverage Server Training? (PDF)
  Cleven Duncan, Responsible Beverage Service Liaison, Minnesota Department of Public Safety,
  Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division
• Teen TZD (PDF)
  Rosaline Groven, Teen TZD Lead
• Understanding Grief: What to Say, What to Do, How to Help (PDF)
  Randy Stocker, Author, Hugs Help; Our Story of Tragic Loss, Survival, and Helping Others
• Bus Stop Arm Grant Follow-up (PDF)
  Rahya Geisler, Northeast Regional TZD Coordinator 

Workshop Goals

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

Credit

Attendees are eligible for 4.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). Download the credit form (PDF) for your records. 

Workshop Sponsors

• Northwest Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program
• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office of Traffic Engineering and District 2
• Minnesota Department of Health
• Minnesota State Patrol

More Information

Please contact Sue Johnson, Northwest TZD Regional Coordinator, at susan.marie.johnson@state.mn.us or 218-766-5943.