as you stated, director eaken. we could come back and approve as amended. >> vice chair eaken: motion to approve item 10.4 as amended. >> director hinze: second. >> clerk: to approve on the amendment. [roll call vote] thank you. that motion passes. up item 10.4ed. item 11. amending the transportation code division 2 article 1100 section 124b5. to expand the taxi upfront fare pilot program to allow taxi applications to dispatch trips that originate with third party entities which marvel fares that are not based on taxi meter rate and extend implementation rate of the pilot by 90 days. >> good afternoon. kate torren. i wanted to start by thanking my team. this has been a team effort. we have a very strong and supportive team. this is a team effort that's before you today. i'm going to set some context first. first few slides it may look familiar. i like to set context on the taxi industry. taxis are an important mode of transportation under m.t.a.'s umbrella. we have a high level of safety requirements. we have clean

>> thank you so much, director eaken. so could you clarify if there's a working group for taxis during this pilot that you're touching base with continuously? does one exist currently? >> we -- not specifically for this pilot, but we have a couple of channels that we're using, and in the past, we have had a taxi task force that met for a number of years, and it reached toward the end of its useful life span, i would say, and there are other groups that we're engaging with, the taxi color schemes. my co-worker went to the taxi alliance meeting, so there's already a body meeting that you've heard about that the team has gone to, and then, we have full outreach meetings for the full taxi industry, and those interested have been invited to attend. >> so i'm certainly excited about the notion of creating some sort of industry to propel this industry even more, and i think it's a great opportunity for that. but i am concerned how we're going to continuously engage the taxi community, and so i do wonder if, as part of this initi

. >> vice chair eaken: thank you so much. just couple of comments the right turn on red, thank you for raising this. i had an incident at the corner of eddie with my family. eddie has a double right turn just north of. my daughter tried to cross. the car in the middle lane just went right through that pedestrian crosswalk. because it has a permission to cross. the sign said i was safe. i was shocked by that. that current situation is a disaster. just how many times for people to signal we're on -- i wanted to echo and eligibility rules with -- police department is facing staffing shortages. i have the same line of thinking. i wanted to see part of director yekutiel if we can have a dialogue with chief scott or an panel discussion around those known constraints and what we might do in this near term to address. thank you so much. >> chair borden: any other additional comments from directors before i open up to public comment? seeing none. for members of the public that are listening in or in the room, now is your time to comme