. >> i'll nominate cheryl brinkman. >> ok. would you be so good as to continue in this role? >> i would be happy and honoured to continue in this role. >> there a second for the nomination of chair brinkman? >> second. >> very good. are there any other nominations? ok. seeing none, we'll close the nominations. do we call for public comment on this? >> yes, mr. chairman. mr. vice chairman. [laughter] >> dig yourself out of that one. [laughter] is there any public comment on the nomination for chair? seeing none, we'll proceed to the election. all those in favour of cheryl brinkman as chair of the commission, please say aye? any opposed? very good. congratulations again. >> thank you. thank you very much. [applause] >> you can clap for her. she's worked very hard. [applause] >> thank you, vice chairman. >> there's a reason no one else want this is jofnls i'll tell you that. >> happy and honoured to continue to serve in that xas activity. i'll ask for nominations in the position of vice chair. >> if i could nominate our esteemed colleague vice chair director heineke as vice chai

good afternoon, chair brinkman, directors. i'm michael rhodes with the transit planning group of the sfmta. i'll be providing an update today on safety and transit improvements. >> thank you. so, taraval street is getting a long overdue renovation for the first time in 40 years. since we're completely rehabilitating the street, we want to put it back together in a way that addresses key issues for pedestrian safety and for our transit reliability. we're really excited about this really a once in a generation opportunity to make taraval street safer for people walk and more attractive for people taking transit as well. at most stops on taraval street, riders have to step off the train into a lane of traffic with no boarding island. that is the current condition at many of the stops. as a result, 22 people have been hit in five years while getting on or off our trains. this has happened, as you can see on the map here, every orange is for every stop in the five-year period someone's been he. this type of collision we know is ent