my name is darby watson and it is my job to make it easier for people to move around the city of san francisco. i work for the sfmta and myoofficial title is section leader with livable streets ~ subsection and we specialize in pedestrian, bicycle and traffic calming, though we talk a very complete streets approach to all of our projects. and i'm here today to share with you a new project for the embarcadaro. the embarcadaro enhancement project is a planning effort to improve safety and comfort for all of the travelers along the embarcadaro from, as dianne said, the bridge on third street in the south and to powell on the north end, and this project will develop a design concept and a cost estimate for a protected bikeway. the project includes a stakeholder participation and public process to generate ideas, review and comment on the alternative concepts, balance the costs with the trade-offs, and with the objective of a consensus driven project that is physically and financially feasible. this project, as dianne mentioned, is funded through a one bay area grant through the metropoli