2010 Southwestern Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop
Workshop Description
The Southwestern Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths initiative aims to create a collaborative, comprehensive, and regional approach to reduce traffic deaths and severe injuries in the southwestern Minnesota counties of Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine, Big Stone, Swift, Cottonwood, Rock, Nobles and Jackson. This workshop helps facilitate this initiative and provides an opportunity to bring the program into your community.
The 2010 workshop was held April 23, 2010, in Redwood Falls, Minn.
- Final agenda (61 KB PDF)
Workshop Presentations
Minnesota and National TZD Perspectives
- Tom Sorel, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Transportation (678 KB PDF)
- Khani Sahebjam, Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Transportation (1.14 MB PDF)
Southwestern Regional TZD Data
Personal Impact Statement – DWI Survivor
- Chad Butler, DWI Educator, Woodland Centers, Willmar
Child Safety Seats/Law Enforcement
- Shannon Swanson, Office of Traffic Safety/MN Dept. of Public Safety
Impaired Driving
- Ignition Interlock – Jean Ryan, Office of Traffic Safety/MN Dept. of Public Safety (1.99 MB PDF)
- Zero Adult Provider: What Communities Can Do — Lieutenant J.D. Carlson, Albert Lea Police Department (4.18 MB PDF)
Addressing Patterns of Risk—Technologies For Reducing Road Fatalities
- Max Donath, Director, Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute, University of Minnesota (1.5 MB PDF)
- Watch presentation video (Part 1)
- Watch presentation video (Part 2)
Families Against Chronic Excessive Speed (FACES4)
- Mike Donovan, President, FACES4, Naperville, IL (1.16 MB PDF)
For questions about the workshop, please contact Dave Trooien, District Engineer (320-231-5497), or Diane Beck, Public Affairs Coordinator (320-214-6421), at Mn/DOT headquarters in Willmar, Minnesota.