Well -- for recreational use this might be useful but as a transportation alternative it is useless. I guess also because these things tend to be done in stages, the original blue print could of been excellent but then funding gut cut and you have a bike path to nowhere -- I think what could be cool is if towns build paths that lead to train stations and villages -- presenting a real alternative to car commuting --- and reducing need for multiple cars per family and then maybe connecting these paths with east to west link -- this will never happen of course.

I wounder how Westchester county was able to build such an abundance of trails that eventually lead to NYC... Can LI try the same?