Southeastern Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Right Of Way Professionals September 30, 2010

Toward Zero Deaths or Vision Zero Minnesota, along with Utah, Washington and West Virginia were earlier adopters

1.3 million per year killed on the world’s roads 50 million are injured By 2015, traffic deaths will be the leading cause of death and disability for children age 5 and above Economic cost of $100 billion a year

UNITED NATIONS PROCLAMATION 2. Proclaims the period as the Decade of Action for Road Safety, with a goal to stabilize and then reduce the forecast level of road traffic fatalities around the world by increasing activities conducted at the national, regional and global levels;

State roads Focus in high crash locations Reactive projects Silos of safety

All Roads Proactive and Systematic All Four Es (Education, Enforcement, Engineering and Emergency Medical Services)

S TZD Statewide Leadership Team TZD Program Subcommittees TZD Program Team Existing Traffic Safety Programs TZD Safe Roads NightCAP HEAT Safe and Sober DWI Courts County Safety Initiatives SE TZD Region NW TZD Region SW TZD Region Bring regional coordination and focus NE TZD Region

Regional Steering Committee Partnership Groups (4 Es)  Regional Law Enforcement  Health Educators  City, County and Mn/DOT Engineers  Emergency Medical Services  Organized first regional workshop (June 20, 2005)

Regional TZD Steering Committee Leadership Team One or two interested representatives per county Good representation of each discipline - Engineering - Law enforcement - Education (health and traffic) - Emergency Services Regional Traffic Safety Community Regional TZD Steering Committee Regional Leadership Team Co-Chairs: District Engineer MSP District Captain Staff: Regional TZD Coordinator Members: - Engineering - Law enforcement - Health education - Emergency Services Role: - Develop Strategic Plan - Establish Subcommittees - Monitor progress - Evaluate program TZD Statewide Leadership Team Mn/DOT Regional TZD Coordinator

Nelrae Succio  Mn/DOT – District 6 Lt. Randy Slinger  Minnesota State Patrol Kristine Hernandez  SE MN TZD Coordinator Laura Turek  DPS Office of Traffic Safety liaison

Who?  Young: year-old male drivers When is it happening?  3-6 p.m. – after work/school  June-July Contributing factors  Run off the Road  Speed  Seat belt use

Goal 1: Reduce traffic fatalities from past 3-year average of 67 down to 55 by 2012 Look at contributing factors in crashes Goal 2: Increase TZD awareness across southeastern Minnesota

 Run off the Road  Seat Belts  Speed  TZD awareness  SE MN TZD annual workshop

SE MN TZD Safe Communities Fillmore Goodhue Mower Olmsted Rice Winona

Coordinated first joint 11-county highway safety plan grant for curve delineators ( ) $1+ million multi-county grant for replacement of twist-end guardrail & other safety improvements ( ) Other County Road safety improvements continue

 Centerline & Edgeline Rumble StripEs and Strips  Wet Reflective Pavement Markings  Wider Pavement Markings  Curve Delineation (Chevron Signs)  Cable Median  Rural Intersection Lighting  Improvement Signing (Larger, Brighter)  Turn Lanes, Acceleration Lanes, Roundabouts,  Intersection Warning Systems and other ITS Intersection Improvements Edge Treatments

 Hired fulltime TZD regional coordinator to provide regional “air cover  TZD “On the Road” presentations  Legislative education efforts  SE MN TZD video & tip sheet

Southeast Minnesota Belt Use Observatio n Survey ( )

 Emergency personnel included in southeastern Minnesota TZD video  Auto-launch utilization of EMS helicopters  Freeborn County reciprocity response agreement between “jaws of life” operators in neighboring areas (including Iowa) for faster crash response time

Dying to Get Home education & enforcement campaign  Planned 3 multi-agency enforcement waves  High school education program  Kick-off media event at local high school

May Mobilizatio n Regional News Conference & July Speed Wave Poster (4th year)

 2010 Ted Foss Move Over Law news conference  Labor Day weekend DWI enforcement news conference

 Commitment to change American culture regarding traffic safety  Collaboration with other traffic-safety advocates  Promote best practices and lessons learned

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