KDOT Transportation Safety Conference
30th Annual KDOT Transportation Safety Conference
March 4-5, 2025
Hyatt Regency, 400 West Waterman Street, Wichita, KS
Who should attend?
This conference provides valuable information for law enforcement personnel, court professionals, state and local government officials, engineers, safety advocates, EMT and EMS workers, educators and counselors, SAFE school youth, special interest group representatives and more.
What to expect:
Keynote and breakout sessions cover injury control, law enforcement, youth issues*, roadway safety, medical marijuana and public safety, older driver issues, children in vehicles, and more. Participants can receive up to 9.5 contact hours of instruction. Several networking breaks allow attendees to meet and talk with speakers, colleagues and vendors in the virtual exhibit hall each day.
We are excited to expand the continuing education units (CEU’s), or certification maintenance credits (CM's) associated with conference sessions this year. Law enforcement and all attendees may continue to receive certificates of completion which they may submit to their supervisors or HR departments. However, in 2024 professionals working in Emergency Medical Services and Transportation Planning will find several topics qualify for CEU’s or CM's unique to their profession through these organizations: Partners are Techs EMS, Program Provider #9307, as approved by the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services and the Kansas Chapter of the American Planning Association (CM Provider for the American Institute of Certified Planners). Persons attending the entire conference could earn up to 7.75 AICP credits, and up to 7 EMS credits. During the conference, please review the hardcopy conference program guide to learn the credit assigned under general and breakout sessions. To log AICP CM Credits go to the American Planning Association to “Search by Provider” search or scroll down to “APA Kansas Chapter” to find the offering from this conference: then choose the sessions you attended, fill out the KS APA Survey (link in the session description), and log your CM credits. See the American Planning Association for general information on logging AICP CM credits.
If you are speaking at the conference, you will be contacted by KDOT staff or our conference contractor at KU to coordinate your registration.
Pre-Conference Workshop: Monday, March 3
Katie Alexander-Law Enforcement Liaison State of Texas, “Tactical Mind: On Duty, Off Duty”
Sherri-Jo Stowell and Faith Goodrich of Sworn Impact - Roadside De-Escalation Tactics
March 4-5, Conference Lead Speakers,
Keynote:
Chuck Marohn, President Strong Towns "Transportation for a Strong Town"
Lunch Plenary:
William Van Tassel AAA Manager, Driver Training Programs
"Modern Driver Education: Going Beyond the “Rules of the Road” to Support the Safe System Approach"
Lunch Plenary:
Todd Linder and Amy Ruiz - The Fatal Consequences of Distracted Driving: Remembering Cassy
Other breakouts include:
Driver's Education Panel-Addressing the Teen Driver
What are traffic safety culture strategies?
How Public Health Professionals Can Contribute to Traffic Safety Initiatives
Scene by Scene: The Journey from Crash Response to Care in Rural Kansas
Revolutionizing Emergency Response: Getting Crash Data in the Hands of Kansas 911 and Field Responders through RapidDeploy
First Responders Prepping the Landing Zone
We Have a Plan, Now What?” Implementing Local Transportation Plans
Collaborating for Safer Steets; WAMPO's Journey to Securing an SS4A Grant and Building the ICT Safe Coalition
Strong Towns Charles Marohn "How to be an Advocate for Safer Streets in Your town
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems: Technology’s Role in Achieving Safer Vehicles
Leveraging User Data to Optimize Corridor Safety
Current KDOT Innovative Information Deployment
Speed Management Strategies: From Policy to Practice for Safer Roads
Plus Regional Breakout sessions, and exhibits.
Visit the conference website for complete information.
Sponsored by University of Kansas Jayhawk Global and a federal grant through the Kansas Department of Transportation.
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Transportation Safety Awards
What is a Transportation Safety Award?
Transportation Safety Awards are presented annually to safety advocates who have made outstanding contributions to the improvement of transportation safety in Kansas.
All professions and volunteers are eligible for the awards. Individuals or organizations can be nominated from, but are not limited to, the following groups:
• community service groups
• schools
• teachers
• students
• business people
• corporate leaders
• religious groups
• law enforcement
• fire departments
• emergency medical personnel
• engineers
• public works departments
• researchers
• judges
• prosecuting attorneys
• media outlets
• legislators
• city, county and state governmental units
Nominations for Transportation Safety Awards are divided into two categories. Previous award winners will not be eligible again until five years after their win. KDOT Law Enforcement Liaisons, Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, and individuals employed by Kansas Department of Transportation or Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office are not eligible.
The Hero Transportation Safety Award recognizes individuals who risked their own lives for someone else when they happened upon a crash or while trying to prevent the likelihood of a crash in a one-time traffic safety-related incident.
The People Saving People Transportation Safety Award highlights the impressive efforts and achievements of a person or organization that has a positive effect on transportation safety behavior in Kansas. To be eligible, an individual or organization must have successfully resolved a transportation safety issue or situation within their organization or community.
The nominee must have a record of increasing the public’s awareness of the issue and advocating for change in safe travel behavior. Eligible issues or situations can include but are not limited to:
• seat belt usage
• distracted driving
• alcohol/drug impaired driving
• older drivers
• teen drivers
• school zones
• pedestrians
• bicyclists
• emergency medical services
• intersections
• state highways
• local roads
• construction zones
• railroad crossings
The nominee’s efforts must have contributed significantly to the enhancement of transportation safety in Kansas. If the nominee is employed in a transportation safety-related position, his or her efforts must go above and beyond the daily job responsibilities.
A nominator may nominate up to three different individuals or organizations. Each nomination must be submitted on a separate form. Nomination forms must be received by 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, January 15, 2025.
Email nominations to ktsro@dccca.org.
Nominees are considered by committee based on information supplied in the nomination form. Supporting news articles of the heroic act or resolved transportation safety issue are recommended.
To be eligible, a nominated person/group’s action must have taken place within the current or immediately preceding year of the awarding Transportation Safety Conference. Example: the 2024 TSC will recognize a person/group whose action took place in early 2024 or 2023. An exception to this will be if the event took place in recent years and has not previously been nominated.
Award ceremonies will be held during the luncheons at the KDOT 2025 Transportation Safety Conference in Wichita, Kansas. Any nominations not selected this year can be resubmitted next year.