Last week Lynn Groll hosted our meeting. Wayzata Chief of Police Mike Risvold and MnDot Traffic Safety Coordinator Susan Youngs educated Rotary members about ongoing efforts to improve traffic safety, particularly around the Highway 212 corridor. Susan Youngs presented an ambitious vision: to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries to zero, since zero is the only acceptable goal. To meet that goal, coordinated efforts must be made against "The Five E's" of Education, Enforcement, Engineering, Emergency Trauma Services, and Everyone's Participation. While all five of the E's has received attention in the past, MnDot's Toward Zero Death's (TZD) program brings all five areas together in a concerted manner and has shown significant improvements in fatality/injury reduction in areas where it is in use. TZD is analysis based, creating usable data about different types of crashes leading to collaborative strategies to reduce accidents. Some of the outcomes of the work include increased use of roundabouts, rumble strips and barriers, safe ride programs, drivers' ed programs for parents, and legislative changes. The "Going 12 for Highway 12" Program is an example of the collaborative efforts required to make TZD effective on a local basis. The Highway 12 efforts extend 38 miles from Wayzata to Howard Lakes. The addition of rumble strips and crash reduction zones has already been completed, with turn lanes now being installed to reduce rear-end crashes. High visibility multi-jurisdictional experiments are already in place, and we can soon expect to see barrier walls in place from Wayzata to Highway 6. The public will continue to be involved with community outreach and education events. Thank you to Chief Risvold and Susan Youngs for an informative meeting!