. >> welcome, my name is elizabeth shifert and i own a business on polk street and i also the first one that there were probably 20 people who showed up, the second one, maybe there were three? for a lot of the time i was the only person there so i got a very, i just spoken to by the members of the mta directly. all of the plans were explained to me and the four options and i never once realized that they were trying to take out all of the parking. it is not only that the out reach was not there. but it is also that it was not clear, what the situation was and, what they were trying to accomplish which they would have accomplished if there were not some flags raised after the meetings. thank you. >> any other member of the public that would like to make a comment in come on up. >> i am a biker and i eat, and because there is so much, on polk street going on. and between the selection and the people walking across the street and it is a massive hub of where the shopping happened and there are so many pedestrians and with the cars and it is not the proper place it is not just one area, >>