Last month the feds approved about 23 million dollars in TIGER Grant money for bike path improvement in the Philly area. Of that, about 6 million dollars has been approved for South Jersey. Most of that money will be used in the City of Camden.
The spending of this money has caused outrage by the general public. First for what they view as wasting money that could be better spent in a recession. And secondly, for spending the money for bike paths in Camden where few of the South Jersey region's 1.2 million people will ever use them.
The crit of spending the money in Camden is due to Camden having one of the highest crime rates in the country, including at one time having the highest murder rate in the country. Most area residents only visit Camden when official business brings them there. Another factor is that the money will not be used to build a missing commuter link from the burbs to the Ben Franklin Bridge.

As I travel the country i note well planned bike paths. Paths that actually go places. That is not the case here. While we have bike paths, most are paths to nowhere. A one mile path here , and two mile path there. Most have poor access and are poorly maintained. The lack of planning does make it seem like a waste of money.