New Mexico Transportation Safety Summit

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New Mexico Transportation Safety Summit

September 16-17, 2025

CNM Workforce Training Center
5600 Eagle Rock Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM

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Attendee Registration

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Agenda

Cutting Edge Strategies in Transportation Safety Culture

Bringing together NMDOT, Tribal, Local, and Regional Public Agencies, and other transportation safety stakeholders in developing strategies to eliminate traffic related fatalities on all public roadways and for all roadway users in New Mexico.

Agenda

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Tribal Transportation Safety Summit

8:00 a.m.

8:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

Subject

Registration

Welcome and Opening Prayer

Tribal Transportation Project Highlight

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Intelligent Transportation Systems on Tribal Lands

Using Data to Increase Tribal Transportation Safety

Networking Lunch

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Transportation Safety Summit

11:30 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

1:15 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

2:15 p.m.

3:15 p.m.

3:45 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Subject

Registration

Networking Lunch

Welcome Remarks
- Rep. Art De La Cruz, Chair Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommittee
- Secretary Ricky Serna, New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT)

Safe System Approach
- Rosa Kozub, NMDOT Multimodal Planning & Programs Bureau Chief

Project Highlight: Roadway Safety Features in Truth or Consequences, NM
- Andreas Linnan
- Matt Smith
- Rolf Hechler
- Gary Whitehead

Keynote: Actions to Grow Traffic Safety Culture
- Katie Dively, Banyon Collaborative

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Workshops:

Planning for Bicycle Safety in Germany
Pedestrian Safety: At the Intersection of Rural & Tribal Transit
Intersection Control Evaluation in the West
Restricted Crossing U-Turns

Closing

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Transportation Safety Summit

8:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

9:45 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

11:45 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

1:15 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

3:15 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

4:15 p.m.

Subject

Registration

Engineering to Compensate for Human Error
- Dr. John Lee, University of Wisconsin

What’s Missing from the Safety System Approach
- Roger Millar, Millar Consulting

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Workshops:

Vulnerable Road User Safety from the Perspective of the Educators
Visualizing Safety: Empowering Data-Driven Decisions with an Interactive Web-Based Crash Map
Best Practices in Pedestrian Outreach in Transportation Planning
Looking to the Future of Transportation and Transportation Safety
Road Safety Audits on Design

Lunch

Project Highlight: Designing for Safety in Las Cruces - University Avenue's Complete Street Transformation
- Logan Brandenburg
- Vernon Racehorse

Keynote: Putting the Human Back into Infrastructure Planning and Design
- Stephen Ratke, Michael Baker International

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Workshops:

Mapping and quantifying near-miss events involving vehicles and vulnerable road users
How NMDOT Is Using AASHTOWare Safety To Implement the Roadway Safety Management Process (HSM Part B) in New Mexico
Cortez Safety Action Plan: Turning Community Conversations into Smart Solutions
Design Recommendations for Urban NMDOT Roadways
Color Dynamic Messaging System

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Keynote: Furture of Transportation Safety
- Jason Siwula, Kentucky Department of Transportation

Closing