NMDOT Has Entered Into a Two-Year, $64,000 Agreement With a Bike Advocacy Group to Have the Group Provide Safety Trainings Across the State
The state and a bicycle advocacy group are working together in an effort to increase the number of bicycle safety trainers in New Mexico, the New Mexico Department of Transportation announced Thursday.
NMDOT said in a news release that it has entered into a two-year, $64,000 agreement with the Bicycle Coalition of New Mexico to have the group provide League of American Bicyclists' safety trainings around the state.
NMDOT Secretary Gary L.J. Giron said the safety trainings will target schools and law enforcement agencies as well as Scout and 4-H leaders.
Diane Albert, president of the Bicycle Coalition of New Mexico, said, "Simply knowing how to ride a bike is not the same as knowing how to operate a bike safely and legally. This joint effort with NMDOT will provide teachers and students the tips, tools and techniques for safe bicycling throughout New Mexico."
The NMDOT news release said the trainings will be offered in several communities in New Mexico outside of the Albuquerque metro area. The city of Albuquerque has had a successful bicycle-safety program in place for more than a decade, according to the news release.
Content reported by the ABQ Journal.