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NM leads in pedestrian deaths
Felicia Fonseca
Issue date: 12/6/04 Section: News
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The federal government spends an average of $90 per person per year on highways and roadways. About 82 cents of that is spent on pedestrian facilities per person per year, according to the study.
"Nobody's saying you have to spend billions and billions of dollars," Espinosa said. "It's a matter of being practical and finding some decent solutions."
Between 1998 and 2003, New Mexico spent less than 25 cents a year per person on pedestrian and bike safety, according to a news release.
"Considering that 20 percent of our traffic fatalities are pedestrians, spending less than a quarter per person to prevent these deaths just isn't enough," Dolph Barnhouse, executive director of 1000 Friends of New Mexico, said in a news release.
Espinosa said pedestrians and motorists are both at fault for the fatalities.
Espinosa said she hopes state and local governments will take notice of the study's results and find ways to make the state safer for pedestrians so more people are encouraged to walk.
"Nobody's saying you have to spend billions and billions of dollars," Espinosa said. "It's a matter of being practical and finding some decent solutions."
Between 1998 and 2003, New Mexico spent less than 25 cents a year per person on pedestrian and bike safety, according to a news release.
"Considering that 20 percent of our traffic fatalities are pedestrians, spending less than a quarter per person to prevent these deaths just isn't enough," Dolph Barnhouse, executive director of 1000 Friends of New Mexico, said in a news release.
Espinosa said pedestrians and motorists are both at fault for the fatalities.
Espinosa said she hopes state and local governments will take notice of the study's results and find ways to make the state safer for pedestrians so more people are encouraged to walk.
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