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The Las Cruces City Council met in a work session Monday to discuss ways to improve both bicycle and pedestrian safety.
Credit Mesilla Valley MPO
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, New Mexico ranks last in pedestrian safety—with a 3.96% pedestrian fatality rate. Andrew Wray, with the Mesilla Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization, presented to the Las Cruces City Council on ways to improve both bicycle and pedestrian safety.
“The state of New Mexico is the worst state in the nation by pedestrian death rate,” Wray said. “In 2019, which is the most recent year for which we have data, there were ten non-motorized fatalities within the Mesilla Valley MPO area, which includes the city of Las Cruces, the town of Mesilla and most of central Doña Ana County.”