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Wednesday, September 5, 1984
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Bike rules take effect
Path, mails, restrictions displease students
By JERRY BOULWARE
Staff Writer
Despite new regulations restricting bicy-
cle use and parking in the inner campus
area, NT cyclists are still cruising the side-
walks and chaining their bikes to signs, rails
and trees.
Dan Martin, NT police chief, said earli-
er this summer that the new rules would
not be strictly enforced during the first few
days of the fall semester, and that NT offi-
cers would be around campus informing
cyclists of the restrictions.
THE NEW BICYCLE malls on cam-
pus seemed well-used Monday, but many
bicycles were noticed in violation of the
rules. At one point, six bicycles were chained
to the rail above the steps leading to the
Rock Bottom Lounge on the northwest cor-
ner of the University Union. Others were
chained to signs in front of the Willis Li-
brary, the Information Sciences Building and
Bruce Hull.
More bicycles were using the sidewalks
in the inner campus area Monday than were
seen riding on the new path.
Students' opinions of the bicycle rules,
the path and the parking areas varied. Some
disliked the loss of street parking, others
did not care for the exclusion of bicycles
from the inner campus.
Rick Johnson, Denton senior, said, "I've
seen a lot of cars on the path. It seems more
dangerous (for cyclists) with the cars than
it is for pedestrians with bicycles. I've
observed this while driving. I think the situa-
tion is worse."
JOHNSON PARKED his bike Monday
afternoon in the old rack between Wooten
Hall and Matthews Hall. He said he parked
it there because he didn't know where the
new racks were, and it was the first place
he came to on his way to campus.
He said the pavement on the bike trail
was no worse than that on the sidewalks.
but that "it will definitely take longer to
get to class. But the time it takes to get to
class depends on where it's at."
One difficulty encountered by riders using
the path is a sharp dropoff in the pavement
at Mulberry Street and Avenue A, where
the path follows the sidewalk in front of
the Language Building.
Of the five bike malls located along the
route of the path, the one most heavily used
Monday afternoon was the one between the
Chemistry Building and Marquis Hall. Mike
Flancry of the computer science staff used
the racks there for the first time Monday.
Flancry said, "It's a great step backward.
Whereas most institutions of higher educa-
tion arc moving toward bicycle campuses,
excluding cars from campus, NT is exclud-
ing bikes."
FLANERY ENCOUNTERED an NT
police officer while walking his bike out of
the General Academic Building Monday.
"Prior to today, I parked my bike in my
office in the GAB. A rude sergeant from
the (NT) police department told me I couldn't
put it in my office for security."
He said the front wheel of a bike he pre-
viously owned was stolen. Later the entire
hike was stolen. Both thefts occured on
campus, while the bike was locked. "The
only reason I bought another one was because
I could lock it in my office, where it was
safe."
Flancry said he can understand why bicy-
cles are now restricted from riding on the
sidewalks in the inner campus. "I don't like
to walk through campus and have bikes whiz-
zing past me, but I don't see why 1 can't
leave it in my office."
He also does not think the bike path is
adequate to serve cyclist's needs. "If you
can't have a path all the way around campus,
why have campus closed to hikes if you
don't provide means to go all the way
around. It's not much of a path, just a lew
bumps and lines."
Another student was overheard saying.
"What are those things, little reflectors or
something?"
Carmen Irons, Denton sophomore, said,
"I think it (the path) is a waste of money.
It could have been used to pave the roads.
I think cyclists aren't using it. I think they've
made the previous parking situation worse."
IRONS SAID it is too early to tell if the
path is effective in keeping bikes off the
sidewalks in the inner campus. "If I rode a
bike constantly, I'd take the shortcuts."
Lisa Coile, Denton junior, said, "It's nice
to see they're making allowances for bikes,
but I don't think it will do a lot of good.
People will still take shortcuts, they won't
follow the path. It (the money) could have
been used for something else, maybe more
parking for cars.
"Somet'mes cars won't share the road.
They think I'm invading their space, when
really the space is both of ours."
Michael Kendall, Denton junior, said, "I
don't like it, not allowing bikes on campus.
I think they should restrict bicycle use of
the inner campus only during peak pedestri-
an hours.
"THE NEW RACKS are well-located,
but you can't lock the frame and tire. The
rack won't accomodate easy locking of the
frame, only tire locking," he said. "People
who park like I do might get a ticket. I
don't park the way the rack was designed.
Sometimes you get a ticket for parking in a
non-standard manner, but I doubt it. They'll
be grateful you didn't chain it to a sign."
Kendall said he hasn't figured out where
all the parts of the path are yet. "The roads
arc so bad I prefer to stay on the sidewalks,
they're smoother."
He said drivers don't seem to realize the
path even exists. "I almost got nailed by
one the other day. He was turning a corner,
and swerved into the path.
"It would be better if they made a rule
allowing riding during low pedestrian hours."
he said.
Farm growth surprises experts
WASHINGTON (AP)—The number of
small farms in America jumped sharply over
four years, surprising experts with the rate
of their growth, the Census Bureau report-
ed this week.
Farms of less than 50 acres totaled 637,(XK)
in I, the most recent statistics available,
the bureau said. That was up 17 percent
from 1978. when the last count was made.
"1 was rather certain they would increase,
but I did not expect, 1 frankly admit, a 17
percent increase in lour year's time," said
Agriculture Department population special-
ist Calvin Beale.
Beale said the smaller operations were
up in every state except North Carolina,
where there was already a large number of
small tobacco farms and their number had
fallen with a "shakeout" in that business
during the same period.
The trend toward more small farms does
not necessarily conflict, however, with recent
reports of the growth of huge corporate farms
at the expense of smaller commercial oper-
ations.
The Census study showed a decline in
the number of farms in the 50-to-1,999 acre
range, and an increase of 1,224 in the num-
ber with 2,000 acres or more.
The very small farms that are increasing
in number, "with a few exceptions, are so
small they are usually operated by people
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who earn most of their income from non-
farm sources," Beale said. "They are as
much a way of life as a business.
"Some of these people are of urban back-
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The Census Bureau counted 2.241,124
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Eades, Trent. The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 123, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 5, 1984, newspaper, September 5, 1984; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth332674/m1/5/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.