Southeastern Minnesota TZD

Mission

To move southeastern Minnesota toward zero deaths on our roads using education, enforcement, engineering, and emergency services.

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Goals

1. Reduce traffic fatalities in southeastern Minnesota from the past three-year average of 67 down to 55 fatalities by 2012 through the following initiatives:

• Increase seat belt usage in southeastern Minnesota from the current 67 percent to the statewide average of 83 percent
• Decrease the number of people severely injured or killed in crashes that identify speeding as a contributing factor from the past three-year average of 78 people down to 60
• Decrease the number of people severely injured or killed in run-off-the-road crashes from the current three-year average of 105 people down to 85

2. Increase TZD awareness across southeastern Minnesota through the following efforts:

• Develop southeastern TZD resource materials and enhance Web site
• Establish a baseline awareness of the efforts in southeastern Minnesota through the annual Mn/DOT Omnibus survey
• Continue developing partnerships and establish relationships with traffic safety advocates throughout southeastern Minnesota

Contacts

For more information about Southeastern Minnesota TZD or for program-related questions, contact:

Nelrae Succio
Mn/DOT District 6 District Engineer
SE MN TZD Steering Committee Co-chair
(507) 286-7501
nelrae.succio@state.mn.us

Lt. Darren Juntunen
Minnesota State Patrol
SE MN TZD Steering Committee Co-chair
(507) 285-7407
darren.juntunen@state.mn.us

Kristine Hernandez
Mn/DOT Statewide TZD Coordinator &
SE MN TZD Regional Coordinator
(507) 286-7601
kristine.hernandez@state.mn.us