. >> my name is cia selby. thank you for allowing me to come up here to apply for the gcac position. i am a member of a rapid transit subcommittee which is part of the riders -- transit riders union. in addition, i am a business owner. i own a business on the market and mason and turk. i have kids who go to rosa parks. so i frequently take the 38 back and forth, at least on that stretch. considering i am also the president of the lower hate merchants association -- haight merchants association, i had thought quite a bit about potentially conflicting forces, such as -- i know the president of the association believes it is important to have foot traffic. if you want to have good merchants, merchants that are thriving, you need good foot traffic. that is something that needs to be worked on in conjunction with the concept of the bus. one of the things that i might be able to bring to the cac is that understanding, being a business person and someone who is intimately working with merchants who depend on foot traf