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Safety Through Partnerships

Safety Through Partnerships. 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. Global Crisis.

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Safety Through Partnerships

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  1. Safety ThroughPartnerships Southeastern Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Right Of Way Professionals September 30, 2010

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

  3. Global Crisis • 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

  4. 2. Proclaims the period 2011-2020 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; United Nations Proclamation

  5. Old Approach • State roads • Focus in high crash locations • Reactive projects • Silos of safety

  6. New Approach • All Roads • Proactive and Systematic • All Four Es (Education, Enforcement, Engineering and Emergency Medical Services)

  7. Minnesota Program Structure 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 Bring regional coordination and focus S NW TZD Region NE TZD Region SE TZD Region SW TZD Region

  8. Develop Southeast TZD • 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)

  9. Regional TZD Steering Committee Regional Traffic Safety Community Regional Leadership Team Regional Structure TZD Statewide Leadership Team • 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 Mn/DOT Regional TZD Coordinator • 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

  10. SE MN TZD Regional Champions • 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

  11. Analyze the Data • Who? • Young: 15-29 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

  12. Set Regional Goals • 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

  13. Establish Subcommittees • Run off the Road • Seat Belts • Speed • TZD awareness • SE MN TZD annual workshop

  14. 2010-11 SE MN TZD Safe Communities Fillmore Goodhue Mower Olmsted Rice Winona

  15. Engineering Efforts • Coordinated first joint 11-county highway • safety plan grant for curve delineators (2005-06) • $1+ million multi-county grant for • replacement of twist-end guardrail • & other safety improvements • (2006-07) • Other County Road safety • improvements continue

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

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

  18. Education & Engineering Efforts • Southeast Minnesota • Belt Use Observation Survey (2006-10)

  19. Emergency Efforts • 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

  20. Enforcement Efforts • 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

  21. Enforcement & Education Efforts • May Mobilization Regional News Conference • & • July Speed • Wave Poster • (4th year)

  22. Enforcement & Education Efforts • 2010 Ted Foss Move Over Law news conference • Labor Day weekend DWI enforcement news conference

  23. TZD Success Factors • Commitment to change American culture regarding traffic safety • Collaboration with other traffic-safety advocates • Promote best practices and lessons learned

  24. Minnesota TZD Websitehttp://www.minnesotatzd.org

  25. Goal: Zero Deaths

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