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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, September 19, 1972
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Bike Path System Detailed
Continued from page 1)
campus to steal anything they
can get."
Luther noted that he has ap
proximately $1,000 worth of stol
en bicycles stored in university
owned areas and is currently
looking for a way to dispose of
these.
As far as the proposed bike
path system is concerned, Woods
noted his committee did a “Study
for the Campus Bicycles Facil
ities" from the Office off the
University Landscape Architect,
dated January, 1972.
He said his committee took into
consideration the amount of con
struction on campus and proposed
a phased program divided into
five categories.
PRIORITY ONE connects the
existing paths in the civilian dorm
area with Houston Street and the
extreme west end of the pedes
trian mall, extending as far south
as the new MSC. This priority
may be broken into three major
parts which include changing
Military Walk into a pedestrian
and one-way bike path to the
north, tying into Ross Street.
The other two parts are the
bikeways on Houston Street.
PRIORITY TWO connects the
north and south ends of the cam
pus on the east side by an exist-
“It’s what I call a break-away kit for those who had
rather disassemble their bikes instead of registering them.
I’ve got one problem to work out—It takes two hours to put
it together again!”
ing service road, Bizzell Street,
and a new bike path to the mar
ried students’ housing.
PRIORITY THREE would con
nect the campus to the east sector
Shuttle Scuttlebutt
It seems terribly appalling that students who have gotten so upset
over the proposed bicycle path system and enforcement of new bicycle
operation rules have completely ignored the grand steal of them all—the
shuttle bus.
At present the bus system is only able to serve about 15 per cent of
the enrollment at A&M, while the other 85 per cent have absolutely no
use for the novelty item, as it seems for them.
The buses go nowhere, as far as on-campus students are generally
concerned, and yet on-campus students haven’t said a word about the
services fee money being used to pay for the system.
The total cost for this semester alone is $61,600, and $50,000
came from the services fee fund. In other words, 85 per cent are paying
for the luxury of the off-campus students.
Things would be slightly different if in the near future
administrators could promise a route which would run on campus, but
it isn’t feasable until most of the cars are cleared from the inner
campus.
Once the cars are gone, this will leave the inner campus for buses,
bicycles and pedestrians.
This entertains another question. How much of the proposed
bicycle path system will' be taken out after the cars have been
removed? How many thousands of dollars aren’t really necessary when
we could have put up with inconvenience just a little while longer?
This isn’t knocking the people who have put in many hard hours
trying to find a solution to A&M’s traffic headaches. To the contrary,
these should be praised.
But, the question should be asked, “Is it really worth it now?”
A meeting will be held Thursday morning in the President’s office.
A strong possibility exists the Shuttle Bus Committee which meets
there may decide to ask for another bus (an additional $6,000 at least).
If you are interested, voice your opinion. We assure you, you will
be listened to.
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of College Station by rheans of
one-way bike paths which would
be built off either side of East
Main Drive. This system would
connect to the remaining one-way
bikeways on Ross, Lamar and
Lubbock Streets. The latter would
be connected via Spence Street.
Bike paths on both sides of
Ireland and a portion of Ross
Street would be built with no
on-street parking. The Ireland
campus entrance would be con
tinued as a one-way bike-loop
which connects two major bike
parking areas. A bikeway on each
side of the Throckmorton entrance
to campus as far as the MSC
would also be allowed for.
PRIORITY FOUR would include
the completion to Spence Street
and the construction of Houston
Street from the vicinity of the
Post Office south to the south
campus entrance thus completing
a one-way couplet with Military
Walk and providing two addition
al campus entrances.
Also in this priority would be
the completion of the connection
between Ross and Lamar-Lubbock
via the semi-circle at the west
end of campus. Bikeways on West
Main Drive between the Coke
Building and the YMCA would
be constructed also.
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cludes a loop through the Corps
area, work on Nagle Drive be
tween the Corps area and the
Library and a one-way couplet
on Joe Routt Blvd. A new route
through the tennis court area and
over the new dam by the Presi
dent’s House to Throckmorton
will be built and a two-way con
nection in front of the new ath
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