2025 Southeast 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)
  Mark Schoenfelder, District engineer, MnDOT District 6, and southeast Minnesota TZD regional co-chair; Jessica Schleck, southeast Minnesota TZD regional coordinator
• Driving Change: How Data is Shaping 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 Office of Traffic Engineering
• From Urban to Rural: Strengthening Traffic Incident Management in Minnesota (PDF)
  Brian Kary, TSMO Director, MnDOT Transportation Systems Management and Operations
• Exploring the Impacts of Mental Health on our Roadways (PDF)
  Julie Seitz, LADC, LGSW, project director, Allrise Impaired Driving Solutions
• AI Moving Toward Zero Deaths (PDF)
  From Bethany Lutheran College: Brian Klebig, professor, Communication Dept.
• AI in the Creative Pipeline (PDF)
  From Bethany Lutheran College: Ben Lundsten, assistant professor, Media Arts Dept.
• Deep Learning on Composites (PDF)
  From Bethany Lutheran College: Sheng Sang, assistant professor, Engineering Science Dept.
• What is all the Buzz Around DOSCI Older Driver Screening: Let's Take a Closer Look (PDF)
  Dr. Joanie Somes, Minnesota Emergency Nurses Association
• Lane Splitting or Lane Filtering? (PDF)
  Jay Bock, Motorcycle Safety administrator, DPS Office of Traffic Safety
• Fungus Amongus (PDF)
  Brenda Pohlman, Fillmore County Public Health
• Wrap up and Evaluation (PDF)
  Lt. Brett Hayes, Minnesota State Patrol, District 2100

• Workshop Goals

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

  Workshop Sponsors

  • Southeast Minnesota TZD Program
  • Minnesota Department of Public Safety
  • Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office of Traffic Engineering and District 6
  • Minnesota Department of Health
  • Minnesota State Patrol

  More Information

  For questions about the workshop, please contact Jessica Schleck, Southeast TZD Regional Coordinator, at [email protected] or 507-286-7602.