2025 Northeast 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)
  Duane Hill, District engineer, MnDOT District 1, and northeast Minnesota TZD Regional co-chair
• Building the Road Ahead: Shaping Our Future with Stakeholder Input & Strategic Action (PDF)
  Derek Leuer, State Traffic Safety engineer, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering
• Tech Makeover: Upgrading from Old School to Cool School (PDF)
  Craig Flynn, Deputy director, DPS Office of Traffic Safety
• Charting Our Course: Regional Action Planning for Strategic Success (PDF)
  Rahya Geisler, northwest Minnesota TZD regional coordinator
• MnDOT District 1 Safety Improvements (PDF)
  Duane Hill, District engineer, MnDOT District 1
• West Superior Street Reconstruction Project (PDF)
  Alex Popp, Project engineer, city of Duluth
• DWI Traffic Safety Officer Project (PDF)
  Jeff Roerick, Grand Rapids Police Department; Doug Rotta, Carlton County Sheriff; Duane Siedschlag, Impaired Driving Program coordinator, DPS Office of Traffic Safety
• From Urban to Rural: Strengthening Traffic Incident Management in Minnesota (PDF)
  Tony Kasella, Statewide TIM project manager, MnDOT Transportation Systems Management and Operations
• 2nd Annual Tribal Traffic Safety Summit Update (PDF)
  Rita Karppinen – Anangikwe, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
• Opportunity on Hand from the Safe Streets for All Grant – Telemedicine (PDF)
  Arrowhead EMS representatives

Workshop Goals

• Encourage traffic safety as a priority for policymakers
• Provide information on traffic safety issues in Northeast Minnesota
• Provide a method to bring traffic safety programs into your community
• Spread successes of the Northeast Minnesota 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.Who Should Attend

Workshop Sponsors

• Northeast Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program
• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office of Traffic Engineering and District 1
• Minnesota Department of Health
• Minnesota State Patrol

More Information

With questions, contact Rahya Geisler, Northeast Minnesota TZD Regional Coordinator, 218-830-1477 or [email protected].