Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Event Proceedings
2nd Western Regional Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit

The North Dakota State University (NDSU), Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) was pleased to host the second Western Regional Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit. The Summit was co-hosted with the Colorado State Patrol, and was a hybrid event to allow for both in-person and virtual attendance. There were 230 total attendees from licensing and transportation agencies, academia, law enforcement, and industry, with 80 attendees in-person and about 150 virtual attendees. There were representatives from almost all of the western states and territories, and a few other states across the country as well.

The Summit shared research and best practices with a focus to improve data quality, the collection and use of CMV data, and ultimately to improve commercial vehicle safety. It highlighted ways states have worked to improve data quality, improve the ways they collect data, and/or new ways they are using the data.

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Presentations

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Registration — coffee and networking
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Welcoming Remarks and Opening Session
  • Colorado State Patrol Color Guard
  • Master of Ceremonies: Brenda Lantz, UGPTI Associate Director
  • Welcome to Colorado: Colonel Matthew Packard, Chief, Colorado State Patrol
  • Introduction: Scott Hernandez, FMCSA WSC Regional Field Administrator
  • Keynote Speaker: Meera Joshi, FMCSA Deputy Administrator
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Break
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Plenary Session — Emerging Trends, Issues, and Challenges
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Lunch
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Plenary Session — Best Practices — Innovative Processes
  • Utilizing Data for Directed Enforcement and Accountability in Arizona
    • Maj. Warren Simpson, Arizona Highway Patrol, Special Enforcement Bureau
    • Capt. Ed Sharpensteen, Arizona Highway Patrol, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement North
    • View Recording
    • View Presentation (PDF, 1311K)
  • Reducing Accidents Through Technology
  • Process Improvements to Enhance Conviction Reporting in North Dakota
  • Using Real-Time CMV Data to Alert Drivers while Mountain Driving in Colorado
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Break
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Plenary Session — Resources and Tools
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Networking Reception — South Convention Lobby
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Coffee and networking
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Plenary Session — Research and Partnerships
  • Large Truck Crash Reporting and MMUCC 5th Edition
  • Improving CMV Safety on Rural Roads in Texas
  • Utah Transportation and Public Safety - Crash Data Initiative to Unify Crash Records and Improve Integration and Sharing
    • Carrie Silcox, Division Director, Utah Department of Public Safety, Highway Safety Office
    • Juan Medina, Research Assistant Professor, University of Utah
    • Robert Miles, Director of Traffic and Safety, Utah Department of Transportation
    • View Recording
    • View Presentation (PDF, 1038K)

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  • A Comparison of Reported Risky Driving Behavior by Drivers with and without a CDL
    • Nic Ward, Director, Center for Health and Safety Culture, Montana State University
    • Jubaer Ahmed, Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Health and Safety Culture, Montana State University
    • View Recording
    • View Presentation (PDF, 725K)
  • Assessing Truck Parking Needs Using Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Data
  • Connected Vehicle Training Framework and Lessons Learned to Improve Safety of Highway Patrol Troopers

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  • Truck Platooning Pilot Deployment on the I-10 Corridor
  • Measures of Freight Network Resiliency During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey Results and Findings
  • Large Truck Crash Causal Factors Study
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Lunch
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Plenary Session — Roundtable Discussion of State Issues
  • Challenges with Hemp Transportation
  • Legislative Changes and Other Issues Related to the Legalization of Marijuana
  • Issues in Oilfield Areas with CMV-Related Crashes
    • Led by Lt. Dave Wolf, Regional Commander, and Lt. Adam Dvorak, Assistant Operations Commander, Motor Carrier Operations, North Dakota Highway Patrol
    • View Recording
    • View Presentation (PDF, 1208K)
  • Mountain Driving Crashes and Outreach-Education Efforts
  • Open discussion of issues from individual states and sharing of possible solutions
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Break
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Q&A and Open Mic Discussion facilitated by Scott Hernandez
  • Each table / attendee to discuss and share their main takeaway from this Summit.
  • Next Steps and Closing Comments