Road Kill  While Suffolk officials debate proposed improvements,
the African-American newspaper Point of View is shining a bright
and steady light on the dangers of Straight Path—and the
community of Wyandanch is growing impatient. There's even talk
of shutting down the street at rush hour next summer if things
don't get better.  Bacon stops short of calling for a full-
fledged protest, but he insists that the situation on Straight
Path is an issue of fairness. How can he teach children they're
equal, he asks, when their families are getting run over like
dogs in the street? "I'm dealing with kids who are saying, 'Why
isn't Mommy or Daddy coming home?' Or someone who's just getting
their life together, and then they're no longer around."  Even
when the money for sidewalks and bike lanes is on the table,
there's no guarantee a town will spend it.  Two years ago,
Brookhaven's Citizens Bicycle Advisory Board, led by Connie
Kepert and Russell Ainbinder, won a federal grant of $750,000 to
designate cycling routes t