and hear everything, so we'd appreciate you taking the time to move along and that includes staff, darton, thank you. >> s before we begin the public comment, i noted that mr. williams is here, i want to express on behalf of of the board of directors our concern sending our prayers and thoughts to the cable car operator who was struck and seriously injured by the mote cyclist this past week. >> item 9, public comment this is an opportunity for members of the public to address the board within the matters that within the jurisdiction of the mta board and not on today's agenda, we'll start with ( calling speaker names ). >> good afternoon, directors. i don't know if this is in the purview of the mta or not but it should be. i think that [inaudible] should be regulated by the city of san francisco because they're not really being regulated by the state of california. there are two contradictory facts that i would like to bring up. one is that fewer people are using cars in san francisco than were previously three or four years ago and the other one is that the level of congestion is rising.