connections to the future plans for improvements to the muni system, bart, as well as dealing with caltrain iss ues. we have a crisis, essentially, with operating funds. the worst thing we can do is throw small amounts of money at it. i think we need to have a very wide ranging regional discussion on how to deal with that service. and come up with a way to fund it on an ongoing basis so its budget does not depend on the muni budget, or general fund money, or any other measure that requires an annual rethinking of the sustainability of the budget. a number of those issues will be in the update of the countywide transportation plan. that is the only vehicle we have to take a 30-year look at the strategy for transportation planning in the city. the technology services division will be a key support division for a lot of these things. anthrough improvements to our model and the land rose allocation model. -- land growth allocation model. i attended the first meeting yesterday of ceo's of condition management agencies and the three regional planning agencies to talk about sustainable communities and how