sfmta made a number of changes on gary boulevard this past fall that improved the speed and reliability of the 38 and 38 are where the bus stops have been moved across intersections to take advantage of signal priority. the bus shelters, unfortunately, have not followed . writers have been repeatedly soaked in this winter's rains with no seats, no shelter, no maps, no real time information. this is not how we grow ridership and hit our mode shift goals in san francisco. but even once shelters are approved by staff and make it to a dpw hearing, there's another stumbling block. the last hearing that had shelters heard at it was october 17th. there were 13 shelters up, all approved by dpw staff as compliant with dpw regulations and after public comment, five were not moved forward. that's 40% of the shelters that were heard that day that had been approved by dpw engineering that were killed, often by a single public comment complaining about homelessness or having other niggles about the particular shelter. my colleague leanne has further comments on this. thank you very much. thank you. a