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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1977
Samson
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1510 Holleman
College Station
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Judy Fondy, Vickie Matthews, George
Ann Hoke, Jane Kroll, Kathy Grimes,
Judy McCann.
Pedals push progress
By SUSIE TURNER
Bicycles.
They’re everywhere: sharing
sidewalks with pedestrians, streets
with cars, and bikeways with other
bikes. No matter how you get where
you’re going, you have to contend
with bikes.
As a necessity and as a sport,
bicycling has increased in the Col
lege Station area. For students at
Texas A&M University especially,
bicycling offers a reasonable alterna
tive to paying for scarce parking and
to jostling around in a crowded, in-
consistantly timed shuttle bus.
For many, bicycling is the quick
est way to get to class. For some,
it's the only way to get anywhere.
Students aren’t alone. Professors,
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secretaries and the mayor of College
Station ride bikes to work.
The trend began in the early ‘70s
— according to a 1975 survey con
ducted by the Brazos County
League of Women Voters — and the
city of College Station is still trying
to accommodate the bicyclists.
In June 1976, the planning de
partments of both Bryan and Col
lege Station combined forces with
the State Urban Transportation
Planner to develop “The-Bryan Col
lege Station Bicycle Plan.” This plan
was based on studies made by the
Brazos County League of Women
Voters, the Environmental Action
Council, the A&M Wheelmen, the
Bryan Planning Department and
the Fall 1975 Urban Planning 601
Lab of Texas A&M University.
According to the pamphlet, the
plan was designed to “link schools,
parks, shopping centers and major
traffic generators, including Texas
A&M University, with major resi
dential areas. It will provide scenic
bikeways for recreational use and
direct routes for commuters. It will
offer varying lengths of bike paths
for novice and experienced riders.’
The plan includes over 70 miles of
bikeways throughout the area.
The most recent step made by the
City of College Station toward this
overall plan was approved by the
local citizens in June of 1976 in the
Capital Improvements Program
bond issue. The program included a
proposal to construct bikeways to
serve all area schools.
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no more bikeways have been con
structed. The problem is money.
Anne Hazen, a member of the
College Station City Council, says
that the city is hoping for federal
funds for more bike paths.
“D.D. Williamson (district plan
ning engineer for the Texas High
way Department) submitted a pro
posal to the Department of Urban
Transportation asking for federal
funding,’’ Hazen said. “It was
turned down, so Mr. Williamson is
writing another proposal that would
include the West Campus.
Bike paths are only one aspect of
bicycling in College Station.
Another aspect concerns every
body, no matter how he travels: traf
fic safety.
The League of Women Voters’
survey revealed that bicyclists in
this area do not follow proper rules
of traffic and safety. At the same
time, the survey showed that
motorists are very negligent in their
regard for the safety of bicyclists.
This tends to create problems.
Between 1970 and 1975, bicycle ac
cidents in the Bryan-College Station
area increased 238 percent: from 13
in 1970 to 44 in 1975. This reflects
the increased bicycle traffic parallel
ing the population growth during
those years. It also shows theR.
diets created when cars andbicj^ [
share the same street space.
In 1976, the number of reeorfe
bicycle accidents for this was J
and through September of this yes
the number of accidents is 22.
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While the proposal itself was
quite extensive, the bikeways com
pleted are only on four streets:
Glade, Jersey, Kyle and Francis.
These were marked off and signs
were put up shortly after the propo
sal was given voter approval. This
made a total of 11.5 miles of bike
ways in College Station. Since then.
DPS publishes bicyclist 7 s rules
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The “Bicyclist’s Book of
Rules,” published by the Texas
Department of Safety lists 16
controls for bicyclists.
They are:
1. Obey all traffic signs and
signals.
2. Warn other traffic when
stopping or turning by giving re
quired hand signals.
3. Always ride as near to the
right side of the road as possible
and in the same direction as
motor vehicles (unless there is a
two-way bike path).
4. Be careful when passing
parked vehicles or vehicles
traveling in the same direction.
5. No more than two bicycles
may be ridden side by side.
6. Do not ride double except
on bicycles built for two persons.
7. Ride only on the bicycle’s
regular seat.
8. Do not hitch bicycle to
motor vehicles.
9. Do not carry packages that
will obstruct vision or prevent
keeping at least one hand on the
handlebars.
10. Always be alert for traffic
from all directions.
11. Before leaving a driveway,
alley, or when crossing streets,
STOP, look both ways, and grant
right of way to motor vehicles
and pedestrians.
12. Let pedestrians go first at
street crossings and on
sidewalks.
13. Get off the street or road
and STOP when you hear sirens
or emergency vehicles.
14. Do not race with others on
a public street or road.
15. Do not play riding games
in the street or roadway.
16. Always keep your bike in
good condition. Every bike
should have:
Brakes that will skid (be
braked wheel on dry, level, dean
surface.
At night: Have a white lighten
front visible for 500 feet.
Have a red taillight visible for
500 feet.
Have a reflector visible for
feet.
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