2025 Metro 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 & Regional Roundup (PDF)
  Khani Sahebjam, District engineer, MnDOT Metro District; Paige Lowery, West Metro TZD Regional coordinator; and Scot Edgeworth, East Metro TZD Regional coordinator
• My Traffic Safety Story (PDF)
  Sheriff Brandon Thyen, Chisago County
• Building the Road Ahead: Shaping Our Future with Stakeholder Input and Strategic Action (PDF)
  Derek Leuer, State Traffic Safety engineer, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering
• Crash Data Presentation: What’s the Data Telling Us? (PDF)
  Derek Leuer, State Traffic Safety engineer, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering
• Driving Change: How Data is Shaping Safer Roads for All (PDF)
  Brandon Walters, MnCrash administrator, DPS Office of Traffic Safety
• Making an Impact with New American Drivers (PDF)
  Eric Mayne, Dr. Beth Borgen-Lindberg, and former student, Change Drivers
• Ten Traffic Safety Tidbits (PDF)
  Joan Somes, Minnesota Emergency Nurses Association
• Distracted Driving Conversations
  Pranika Kumar, Edina High School
• Tech Makeover: Upgrading from Old School to Cool School (PDF)
  Brandon Walters, MnCrash administrator, DPS Office of Traffic Safety
• Charting Our Course for Success: Regional Action Planning (PDF)
  Moderators: Paige Lowery, West Metro TZD Regional coordinator and Scot Edgeworth, East Metro TZD Regional coordinator

Workshop Goals

• Encourage traffic safety as a priority for policymakers
• Provide information on traffic safety issues in the Twin Cities Metro area
• Provide a method to bring traffic safety programs into your community
• Spread successes of the Metro Toward Zero Deaths 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

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

More Information

For questions about the workshop, please contact Scot Edgeworth, Metro TZD Regional Coordinator, at 651-775-9496 or [email protected]