herbert winer is the last spea >> there's ong - two things that haven left out. anspor t now, people are eected to walk a qrter of a mile to the bus stop. if ye a senior or a disabled person, it's a hardship. th second abon should address congestion, you remove parking spaces, you remove driving lanes. you have an increased volume of cars coming. yeah. you are going to have congestion. that's one contributory factor. in addition t uber and lyft. asart of the plan.d be examined this is a long-standing problem. it's not been addressed. when you increase the walking distance, oing p public transportation. also, when you constrict the driving lanes, there's more of a pileup of cars. there are areas -- neighborhoods where congestion did not exist before. now it does. try california streets in the richistr dt. it didn't used to be this way. now it is. now there's several streets that are could not justed. i recnd tha the mta and c examine their congested thinkig and be more realistic. >> thank you. anymore c , public comment is closed. directors, this is a discussion i

i may -- >> herbert winer, diabetic type ii. excuse me tardiness, i had to have a diabetic lunch and i just came in time to hear the presentation. this morning i got a very rude shock. for diabetic strips $52 to pay and then for strips it's -- for needles it's $19. now for clarification, i'd like to know what the present coverage is because they asked me if i had medicare type b. i believe that i have type d. i won't pay anything until i can get clarification. i hope this question isn't out of order because you know that you are making proposals for next year. i'm describing my present projectment and i would like some clarification. if i'm out of order we'll hold it for later this meeting. >> i would ask that you -- if you have a specific condition and question around your specific benefit that you would seek some clarification from our very able staff members who are present here and we not take this up as a matter of public -- >> that's fine, just so i get clarification in the meeting. >> all right. well, there are mechanisms

herbert winer is the last speaker. >> there's one thing -- two things that have beeneft out. one is accessibility to transportation. now, people are expected to walk a quarter of a mile to the bus stop. if you're a senior or a disabled person, it's a hardship. now, that plan should address this. the second thing about congestion, you remove parking spaces, you remove driving lanes. you have an increased volume of cars coming. yeah. you are going to have congestion. that's oneontribory factor. in addition to uber and lyft. i think this should be examined as part of the plan. this is a long-standing problem. it's not been addressed. when you increase the walking distance, less people are going to take public transportation. also, when you constrict the driving lanes, there's more of a pileup of cars. there are areas -- neighborhoods where congestion did not exist before now it does. try california streets in the richmond district. it didn't used to be this way. now it is. now there's several streets that are could not justed. i recommend that the mta and cta examine their coul