Please circulate this to everyone interested. Thanks. Larry 
This email responds to emails circulated by Tim Leland and Brad Woodger. It seems to me that casting this proposal for a bike path as a "safety" issue, as Brad does, raises a very difficult problem for proponents of a bike path between the little ferry and Dyke Bridge. Tim's email cogently addresses many of the issues. This email will pick up on the dialog on "safety" that is underway. If it is, in fact, "unsafe" to bike those parts of Chappy in the absence of a bike path, what does that say about the remaining roads on Chappy that are equally "unsafe?" I am not playing with words. Those who believe that the road from the Dyke Bridge to Wasque or Litchfield Road are "unsafe" for bicyclers must, it seems to me, advocate a ban on Chappy bicycle traffic altogether until these roads become "safe" by construction of a "comprehensive bike path. I have never heard anyone advocate that, and I assume that the cost would be prohibitive. Even if the cost were not prohibitive, is that where we ought to be spending limited resources? One purpose of any endeavor like this is to attract people to come to Chappy and stay on Chappy--especially in these financial hard times. Would the proposed bike path bring a single family to rent on Chappy that otherwise would not have come? I doubt it. Would expanding the parking areas available around the little ferry make life easier for renters and owners alike during the summer season and attract more Chappy rentals? That is very speculative, but my instincts tell me that the parking lot would have a lot more positive impact than a limited bike path. We fully understand that there are a number of non-economic issues involved and that those issues also deserve a thorough hearing. 
Larry & Beth Simms 4 Garrett Way