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For each question, show enough of your work or provide sufficient explanation to allow the grader to follow your solution process and, in the case of an incorrect answer, award partial credit. “FTE” = CE361 textbook. ?=56.2, ?=17.4, 24-91 range Bicycle Facilities Planning. (8 points) In HW5, the City Engineer paid for a survey that was expected to yield about 240 useable surveys, but the consultant has failed to comply with the most critical (and therefore underlined) provisions of the contract: “interview … bicyclists who had one end of their bicycle trip off campus.” As the City Engineer, what action would you take? (8 points) In his/her report based on the surveys, the consultant tried to explain why bicyclists chose to use sidewalks when they did. What should the City Engineer do to improve conditions for bicyclists riding to campus? Cite the example of a specific West Lafayette street in your answer. If I really needed that a sample of 240 bicyclists and I could wait a reasonable amount of time for the contract to be fulfilled, I would expect the consultant to fulfill his contract at no extra (and perhaps reduced) cost to me. Otherwise, I would withhold a portion of the consultant’s fee, much as I withheld points from students who did not complete HW5 as specified. Several options are possible, depending on the street involved. Examples are: Remove parking along the N side of Stadium Avenue, west of N. Grant. This would provide room for bicycle lanes on both sides of Stadium Ave. Along Northwestern Avenue south of Cherry Lane , either (a) set aside part of the sidewalk on the west side of the street for a bicycle lane, (b) widen Northwestern (move the curbs) and paint a bicycle lane along both NB and SB curbs, or (c) create a bicycle path just west of the trees along the SB Northwestern sidewalk. Crash rates. Sometimes crash rate data need to be used with some care. (10 points) Recently, there has been a renewed call for seatbelts in school