. >> i'm kate toran director of taxis and accessible services and we're the we're the real crossroads here and we're committed to what we do and how we do it. our mission statement values are critically important to us and these are the lenses through which we do our work so this helps to keep us grounded. accessible services also has a very strong mission statement and we are proud of the work we do in the accessible services team to make this system not only accessible but a real focus on universal design and we feel that that as we champion design principals that benefits the system for all users and 2 distinct functions linked through the accident the -- taxi companies and para transit and that's the bridge or the link and together we feel like we make a difference in san francisco so that's what keeps us grounded. the importance of regulation this is a very important topic for us we feel it's a public good to have a regulated accident, taxi industry and our taxi services mission statement and articulating it's particularly important now given the new landscape in the 4 hire trans