is considering extending service down gary boulevard. look at the commuter numbers coming out of the richmond district. 114,000 people ride muni buses to and from downtown every day. that's nearly twice caltrain's entire daily ridership of 65,095. and it's a quarter of b.a.r.t.'s daily ridership of 432,000. now, attempts to extend b.a.r.t. down gary have been made before. b.a.r.t. general manager, bob powers, told the examiner that an extension to gary will bexadn the agency's upcoming study of a second transbay rail crossing. according to powers, in 15 years b.a.r.t.'s service will be at capacity. reporting live in san francisco, i'm lauren martinez, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. new developments this morning, we're learning u.s. troops leaving sear yo won't yria won' home but moving to iraq instead. the pullout of american soldiers will take weeks. they will perform counterterroism missions once they get to iraq. over the weekend, kurdish forces said turkey is still firing on its troops despite a u.s. negotiated cease-fire. esp >> we see

when i moved into my neighborhood 40 years ago i heard birds all day long and i am very close to gary boulevard now, if i hear one bird, in a day, that is all here. what is going to happen to those birds that constantly use those trees, the insects, the bats, whatever there is? i really hope people come look closely at this on what it is doing to the environment and make a better plan. thank you. >> thank you, ma'am. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors, and planning. thank you very much for the opportunity to speak today. my name. i moved to jordan park -- pamela mendelson. i moved to jordan park in 1987 and was responsible for encouraging all of the tree plantings on that street, 25 years ago. i now live in pacific heights. my kids attended jcc, both of them are pediatricians, dentists, orthodontists, that, and many other services are located a block within this area and we service them all, along with five and dime and the bookstore. i would like to say that i fully support this project. i am now going to wear my broker hat. i'm a real estate broker and work throughout the ci