terry mascow, representing the board of directors. you have a letter dated may 9th in your packet. i will not belabor the points made there, but i would just suggest that spurs strongly supports the adoption of the preferred alternative for the van ness brt. and just a side comment, let me commend the cta staff for coming to this grant, if you will. we see this as the best option, as was mentioned, with the biggest expansion of writer ship with lower cost. as a result, we urge your board to adopt the running brt with limited median and left turns. anecdotally, i will say that spur just returned from its study trip in loss angeles. we learned how important brt is for increasing ridership. the san fernando valley is packed and very successful. the sooner this is implemented, the better. a 10-year project, which went- year per -- with one-year construction, but a 10 year project. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, mr. wong. >> good afternoon, board. i'm here to talk about the van ness brt. i am concerned about the elimination of the local 47 and 49. i am understand that they basically w