I totally disagree with you. The whole point to the Camden path is connecting Philadelphia with Cherry Hill, which goes through Camden. The path would be along an old rail line as I understand it, and we have that going on already with high crime areas in Norristown. That hasn't translated to problems on the bike path. The path isn't going through a slum or anything. Camden also has Rutgers, parks, whatever the Tweeter Center is called now and Adventure Aquarium...there are tourist destinations for cyclists along Camden's waterfront. I ride there frequently in fact. Also let's look at the bigger picture...eventually the water front is going to have the new casinos on it, hopefully finally leading to development. That development should cross to Camden and the bike path will make an excellent connection between the two.

Considering how much money gets wasted in this nation, 6mm for a bike path doesn't seem like the worst thing in the world.