2018 West Central Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

The sixth annual workshop was held April 12, 2018, at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. The event helps facilitate the program's goal of creating a collaborative, comprehensive, and regional approach to reducing traffic deaths and severe injuries.

• Download the final agenda (PDF)
• Download the workshop e-packet (PDF)

Workshop Presentations

Welcome

• Jody Martinson, MnDOT Assistant Commissioner, Operations, Division Director (PDF)

The Breakdown: Regional TZD Data

• Capt. Brian Cheney, Minnesota State Patrol District 2900 and TZD Regional co-chair (PDF)

The Teenage Brain and Risk Reduction: Connecting the Dots

• Erin Walsh, Mind Positive Parenting (PDF)

Bad Bad Highway—Or Is It?

• Tom Swenson, traffic engineer, MnDOT District 4 (PDF)

15 Years of Minnesota TZD: Major Accomplishments and What the Future Holds

• Kristine Hernandez, statewide TZD program coordinator (PDF)

Trauma Care for Everyone

• Deb Syverson, RN BSN, Sanford Trauma program manager (PDF)

Tots in the Big World

• Michelle Pooler, planner, MnDOT (PDF)

What Did You Do?

• Annabell Lee, agent, American Family Insurance (PDF)

Workshop Goals

• Encourage traffic safety as a priority for policymakers
• Provide a method to bring traffic safety programs into your community
• Spread successes of the West Central Toward Zero Deaths program
• Network with other traffic safety advocates

Who Should Attend

• Community law enforcement
• Engineers
• Educators
• Emergency medical services
• Local policymakers
• Traffic safety advocates

Workshop Sponsors

• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• Minnesota Department of Transportation District 4
• West Central Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program

More Information

For questions about the workshop, please contact Katy Kressin, West Central TZD Regional Coordinator, at 218-828-5830 or katy.kressin@state.mn.us.