2025 East Central 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)
  Mike Ginnaty, district engineer, MnDOT District 3, and east central Minnesota TZD regional co-chair
• Driving Change: How Data is Shaping Safer Roads for All (PDF)
  Brandon Walters, MnCrash administrator, DPS Office of Traffic Safety
• Tech Makeover: Upgrading from Old School to Cool School (PDF)
  Brandon Walters, MnCrash administrator, DPS Office of Traffic Safety
• Building the Road Ahead: Shaping Our Future with Stakeholder Input and Strategic Action (PDF)
  Derek Leuer, State Traffic Safety Engineer, MnDOT; Whitney Mason, Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan Coordinator, MnDOT
• Charting Our Course: Regional Action Planning for Strategic Success (PDF)
  Bill Van Koevering, East Central Minnesota TZD Coordinator
• From Urban to Rural: Strengthening Traffic Incident Management in Minnesota (PDF)
  Aimee Eggen, Office of Traffic Safety; Tony Kasella, MnDOT; Lt. Andrew Martinek, State Patrol
• East Central Regional Crash Trends (PDF)
  Eric DeVoe, senior researcher, Office of Traffic Engineering 

Workshop Goals

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

Credit

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

Workshop Sponsors

• East Central Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program
• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office of Traffic Engineering and District 3
• Minnesota Department of Health
• Minnesota State Patrol

More Information

With questions, please contact William Van Koevering, East Central Minnesota TZD Regional Coordinator, at 320-247-3811 or [email protected].