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The Battalion
STATE & LOCAL
/
Wednesday, Novembers,
Trolleys modernize transi
as B-CS steps back in tin*
pci
for
By Cindy McMillian
Of The Battalion Staff
Walking up to Carnegie Public Library in Bryan
Tuesday was like stepping back in time.
About 200 people wearing white styrofoam cam
paign-style hats and their Sunday best gathered to wel
come the Interurban Trolley System, Bryan-College
Station’s first form of public transportation since rail
trolleys were used at the turn of the century.
Today’s trolleys are actually buses that run on rubber
wheels instead of rails, but they look like the real thing.
After the formalities, onlookers climbed aboarif
trial run to the College Station Convention if
Bureau and a closer look at the trolleys.
pei
lint
Dixieland music played over speakers while crowd
members munched on popcorn and waited for the rib
bon-cutting ceremony to begin. Flags were draped over
the back platform of one trolley, where local officials
stood to give speeches as if they were on a nineteenth-
century campaign tour by train.
Bryan Mayor Marvin Tate was the first to greet the
crowd, hailing the new system as a “milestone Y ’ for the
community.
“We’re making history here today,” he said.
Chris Kling, president-elect for 1990 of the Bryan-
College Station Chamber of Commerce, said the system
should facilitate business and commerce in the area.
The trolleys will provide a link between homes and jobs,
connect shoppers and businesses and attract visitors, he
said.
Dark green on the outside with wooden tn- fe
etched windows, the trolleys have an old-fashior,£ :
pearance. Slatted wood and wrought-iron bencbJH
about 30 passengers inside.
The traveling anachronism drew puzzled fc ®
then smiles and waves, from pedestrians it passjc Ot
way through downtown Bryan and along Ea
Street.
Another reception took place at the Convenu *
Visitors Bureau, with College Station MayotJfl
Ringer speaking.
Ringer said he has received several requests! .,
lie transportation f rom c itizens and is gladit’sno ||
ing provided. The trolleys will allow people v
transportation new employment opportunities, w
and will help alleviate traffic and parking problec
*555
The chief administrator of the Brazos Valley Com
munity Action Agency, Dale Marisco, called the system
“user-friendly and cost-friendly.” His agency, in coop
eration with the Texas Highway Department, created
the Brazos Transit System to run the trolleys, which was
paid for with state and federal funds.
Outgoing B-CS Chamber President David Sktffl
berger said the system has been in the works for*
15 years, and now in practice, will “bring us toiS
level of competitiveness.”
The four trolleys and one 47-passenger Gni:|
bus were scheduled to begin regular serviceat6aJ|
day. A trolley or bus will visit each of the 300desirfi
stops, marked by a sign with the scheduled time §
parture, once an hour.
Trolleys run on weekdays from 6 a.ni. tob i
Rides usually cost 50 cents for adults, 25 cents for™
dren ages 6 to 12 and nothing for children undetifi
but fares are f ree for the month of Novembertofl
mote the system.
Speaker from Cousteau Societj
outlines environmental dangen
By Todd Connelley
Of The Battalion Staff
Imagine an iceberg the size of
Rhode Island breaking off from the
massive ice-continent that is called
Antarctica. Imagine a society so des
perate for fuel that they reduce what
once was a rich forest into a vast,
barren wasteland. Imagine 11 mil
lion gallons of crude oil spilling into
a sea of tranquility. Stopimagining.
Environmental problems of the
world was the topic of a presentation
given by Peter Burtchell of the Cous
teau Society Tuesday night in Rud-
Ts le
Burtchell told a crowd of about 75.
He outlined three basic threats to
the planet.
The stress of so many people im
pacting upon a limiting resource can
seriously disrupt an ecosystem, he
said.
“One-third of the earth’s popula
tion lives within forty miles of the
coast, this puts an amazing amount
of stress on the beaches," he ex
plained.
introduced to the environmemi
exceeding the biosphere's cape
dispose of it,” he said. “In fair;
terms — pollution.”
Burtchell cited the hugeoih
off Prince William Souncfasa:
ample.
der Theater. Burtchell’s lecture and
moving slide presentation concluded
the daylong Environmental Sympo
sia presented by MSC Great Issues.
The continuing destruction of
high diversity ecosystems like the
Amazon Rain Forests contributes 25
percent to the world’s carbon diox
ide buildup.
“We (Cousteau Society) j
there just three months earlier c
a documentary on whales,” h«i
“When we returned to suiwi
damage, it was unreal. Beache-
ply didn’t exist anymore, there'
no signs of life.”
“One of our main concerns is that
people today aren’t aware of what is
happening to this beautiful planet,”
“The natives will burn off a sec
tion of the rain forest, use the highly
nutritious soil until it’s depleted, and
then move on,” Burtchell said.
“The final problem facing our
planet is the amount of waste being
But Burtchell did not com;.:
condemn the gas companyresp
ble for the March 24th disaster
“Exxon made a very valla:
fort,” he said, “They spent oi;
billion dollars and retrieved 2ii
lion gallons of oil. The probler.
it was too much, mo late.”
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November 10, 1989
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