the legislature for their support in this area, especially representative zorn, france and in thes colbeck and moliner. thank you. just as individuals cannot neglect their own health, the state cannot afford to neglect the health of our physical in a infrastructu infrastructure. shortly a bipartisan package of bills will be introduced to create a systems of roads and bridges for the 21st century economy. one illustration of our current backward system is a road funding formula from 1951, over 60 years ago. even more important, studies have shown that we are underinvesting in our transportation infrastructure by upwards of $1.4 billion per year. now almost no one in michigan likes our road system. let's solve this problem. i urge the legislature to begin hearings on this important issue. now another persistent problem that we face is a lack of a truly regional transit system for southeastern michigan. we are working in partnership with the city of detroit, with the four surrounding counties and the u.s. department of transportation to develop a new bus rapid transit system, a brt, to servic