If he (are there female ETs?) saw the outpouring of city assets to add another layer of limestone-fortified asphalt to a hike-and-bike trail that really didn't need any fixing since there were no holes on its surface which few people use, he might ask himself why and why the city is not taking crews and materials to fix the streets that people really use.
The poor moonstruck alien would have no idea why this was happening and why no city efforts are being made to repair the pock-marked streets like Rockwell Drive where hundreds of people live in Section 8 housing assistance.
How could he know that the unused hike-and-bike trials have a champion in city commissioner Rose Gowen, a doctor who thinks putting people on a bike is the salvation to their physical condition in the poorest city in the nation.
The residents living in the public-assistance developments have no such paladin on the city commission and probably can't afford a nice family car, much less the the nice bikes they need to ride the trails. This is real city politics: The squeaky sprockets gets the oil and asphalt and a shrill shill, too.)