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2009 New Mexico Transportation Safety Summit
Bridging the Gap: Building Partnerships to Save Lives
Materials: Agenda
Below are links to the materials from the 2008 Summit. Note: Summit documents and presentations have been posted here as we have received them. If you use this information in your work, please remember to attribute it to the presenter.
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Day 1: August 18, 2009: Tribal Focus
Current Transportation Safety Initiatives in Indian Country
- Governor’s State-Tribal DWI Task Force and Tribal Initiatives in New Mexico
Governor John Antonio, Pueblo of Laguna
- Overview of New Mexico Traffic Safety Bureau Programs
Robert Archuleta, Alcohol Enforcement Bureau Chief, New Mexico Department of Transportation, Traffic Safety Bureau
- NM Motor Vehicle Division Programs
Michael Sandoval, Director, Motor Vehicle Division
- Overview of Indian Highway Safety Program
Pat Abeyta, Program Coordinator, BIA Indian Highway Safety Program
Multi-jurisdictional Enforcement Initiatives and Issues: Success stories when mounting multi-jurisdictional traffic safety enforcement campaigns.
- Lt. Tom Mumford, McKinley County Sheriff’s Office
- Darren Soland, NM State Police
- Leo Montoya, Chief of Police, Santa Clara Pueblo
Motivating Safe Transportation Behaviors among Tribal Youth
- Dr. Matthew Martinez, Director of Indian Education, New Mexico Higher Education Department
Road Safety Assessments and Other Engineering Solutions
- The Indian Reservation Roads program – current initiatives and resources available to help Indian Country improve infrastructures.
- Charles Riley, BIA
- New Mexico Department of Transportation initiatives, programs and resources to improve state roads in Indian Country.
- Larry Maynard, District Engineer, New Mexico Department of Transportation
- Pueblo of San Felipe: Bridge Travel Safety in Indian Country: The San Felipe Experience—A Case Study
Day 2: Wednesday August 19, 2009
Keynote: Brian McLaughlin
The Future of Traffic Safety Priorities
Brian McLaughlin, Senior Associate Administrator for Traffic Injury Control National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
WORKSHOP 1: Successful DWI Prosecution Techniques
- Statewide Perspective
- Donna Bevacqua-Young, Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, Admin. Office of the DAs
- Sgt. Kevin Bruno, New Mexico State Police
- Tribal and local Perspective
- Jody Long, JD, Gallup District Attorney’s Office
- Sgt. Nadine Jojola, Pojoaque Tribal Police
WORKSHOP 2: Bridging the Gap in Occupant Protection
New Mexico Department of Transportation programs addressing the target groups and how you can get involved
- Joe Colella, Traffic Safety Projects, Mount Airy, Maryland
WORKSHOP 3: Preserving the Crash Scene
- Scott Wilson, Emergency Medical Services Bureau
- Richard Malone, Deputy Field Investigator, Gallup, Office of the Medical Investigator, Department of Health
- Officer Lauren Milligan, New Mexico State Police
WORKSHOP 4: Underage Drinking Prevention
- Binge Drinking in New Mexico
Jim Roeber, Alcohol Epidemiologist, New Mexico Department of Health
- Life of an Athlete Program
Robert Zayas, Assistant Director, New Mexico Activities Association
- MADD Parent Initiative and Social Host Ordinances
James Bryant, MADD, National Program Director
- What Works in Preventing Underage Drinking
Mary Gordon, Project Director, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
WORKSHOP 5: Cheap and Simple Safety Improvements
An informational seminar will teach ordinary citizens and first responders how look for and identify some of the most common conditions on our streets and highways affecting traffic safety. Participants will also learn how to report these conditions to personnel responsible for correcting the problems.
- Elias Archuleta, State Traffic Engineer, New Mexico Department of Transportation
- Tony Abbo, Assistant District Engineer, District 3
- Richard Devine, PE, Project Engineer, City of Santa Fe
WORKSHOP 6: Building a Statewide Traffic Records System
This workshop will explain the Statewide Traffic Records System (STRS) and demonstrate how local and state safety stakeholders will benefit from the program, using the systematic data collection system.
- Meryl Tasker, Statewide Traffic Records System, Bency and Associates
- Matt Berlin, Distribution Center Project Manager, Bency and Associates
- Geoff Escandon, Ignition Interlock Database Analysis Project Manager Bency and Associates
- Daniel Warren, TraCS Project Manager , Bency and Associates
- Sgt. Michael Kinney, Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Department
WORKSHOP 7: The Effectiveness of DWI/Drug Courts
DWI Drug Courts were developed in response to the rising tide of poly-drug use (alcohol plus other drugs) in New Mexico and across the nation, This workshop outlines how these courts work, with strict supervision and graduated sanctions for closely monitoring offenders.
- David Wallace, Director, National Center for DWI Courts, Alexandria, Virginia
- Peter Bochert, Statewide Drug Court Coordinator, Administrative Office of the Courts
WORKSHOP 8: Crash Data Analysis 101: Bridging the Gap between Science and Practice
This panel will present crash data analysis techniques being developed in New Mexico to better target the state’s limited resources.
- Dr. Jake Kononov, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Civil Engineering , University of Colorado Boulder
- Bryan Allery, Registered Professional Engineer, Colorado
WORKSHOP 9: Combating Drugged Driving
- Detective Christine Frank, Drug Recognition Expert Coordinator, State of New Mexico
- Gerry Razatos, Drug Screening Section Supervisor, Scientific Laboratory Division, New Mexico Department of Health
Day 3: Thursday August 20, 2009
Keynote: Susan Gorcowski ,Building a Statewide Marketing and Communications Plan
- Susan Gorcowski, Associate Administrator for Public Affairs, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Keynote: Ralph Hingson, Underage Drinking
- Dr. Ralph Hingson, Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
WORKSHOP 10: Ensuring Safe Mobility for New Mexico’s Older Citizens
This panel of experts will present topics relevant to elder mobility and what we can expect in the future. This session will report on the problem of mobility for the aging, growth of the population of elders in New Mexico, discuss the challenges of safe mobility for the aging population, review successful programs and identify industry trends.
- Elder Mobility Issues in New Mexico
Ellen Costilla, Program Manager, City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs
- Providing Mobility When Driving Isn’t an Option
Gene Varela, Associate State Director, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
- Elder Mobility, Nationwide Best Practices
Fran Carlin-Rogers, Carlin Rogers Consulting, Orlando, Florida
Workshop 11: Community Pedestrian Safety Action Planning
The UNM Center for Injury Prevention, Research and Education and the New Mexico Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Bureau have partnered for 10 years to improve pedestrian safety in New Mexico. This session will describe activities from this partnership, including pedestrian death and injury research; training for law enforcement, engineers, and pedestrian advocates; targeted law enforcement activities; and community outreach projects.
- Dr. Laura Banks, Director, New Mexico Pedestrian Safety Initiative, UNM Center for Injury Prevention, Research and Education
- Tammy Fisher, Program Specialist, New Mexico Pedestrian Safety Initiative Program at the UNM Center for Injury Prevention
WORKSHOP 12: Introducing Tennessee’s Law Enforcement Challenge to New Mexico
The Law Enforcement Challenge Program is an incentive program designed to reward law enforcement agencies for outstanding achievements in highway safety enforcement and education programs throughout the state. The program is designed after the International Association of Chief's of Police (IACP) "Chief's Challenge" and incorporates many of the same elements.
- Kendell Poole, Director, Governor’s Highway Safety Office, State of Tennessee
WORKSHOP 13: Hybrid Management
Hybrid cars are becoming more and more popular. As more of these vehicles are on the road, we are seeing more of them involved in crashes. During this workshop, Kyle will discuss the issues surrounding responding to an emergency involving hybrid vehicles, and how to keep yourself safe.
- Kyle Thornton, Emergency Medical Systems Bureau Chief, New Mexico Department of Health
WORKSHOP 14: Incident Responder Safety Training
This Traffic incident management safety course covers several aspects of multi agency coordination and first responder safety. The training takes into account the needs of police and fire departments to protect their people on scene, but also educates them to potential safety issues related to highway incidents. We also discuss new advances in technology here in New Mexico that can aid responders.
- Tom Day, Eastern New Mexico University Training Specialist
Workshop 15: Virtual Weigh Station
This workshop is for traffic engineers, planners and law enforcement. Virtual Weigh Stations use advanced technology to screen truck traffic to identify weight violators. The data can be used to target frequent offenders and fixed scale evaders in real time. Trucks with weight violations tend to also have equipment safety issues, so Virtual Weigh Stations can be used as a screening tool for safety and regulatory violations. Planners can use this information to monitor how excessive weight is shortening pavement and bridge lifespan. Additional enhancements are possible to establish a useful statewide speed monitoring system from the same data.
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