we have michael schwartz from the mta. >> thank you, michael schwartz senior planner on page 47 in your packets there's a lot of action on this project as we hit even though environmental phase but this is at another exciting phase the painting is here from the sfmta. just a little refresh on the brt and the entire network we have a lot of infrastructure it t and it feeds from the downtown south and west there's some gaps from the north and east those represent the brt and van ness is the first project two miles on van ness avenue. and it's supposed to support the rapid in effect the recreational bus routes coming into the city. van ness brt and the brt in san francisco will be unique and the first of its kind operating in a dense urban right-of-way with the transit routes in short blocks represent by all the features in the screen and the dedicated traffic lane but the priority of sf go signal and the fair free payment and the boarding enhancements and high quality shelters this combines is altogether it becomes a new mode of transportation different from rail and bus. something else t

alan schwartz, who was joining us by phone. text michael moore, you have covered financials. you have covered wall street. talk to us about his history, his legend. he built the sperm from a very small firm into a huge force on wall street. was a significantly smaller firm when he took over, and became one of the giants in investment banking. one thing that is somewhat unique is, after he gave up the ceo title, he stuck around for another 20 years. that is something we rarely see, that someone sticks with the firm. he was there not just for his specific tenure, but over a much longer time. where wallink about street currently is, i think he would fit in as an executive now, because so much of the focus is on cost-cutting, and that was one of his big things, was keeping costs low. he used to tell employees to turn off the lights when they left, you know? i think that attention to detail would be very welcome right now. >> he was ceo for a long time. it was a very changing world when he was there. >> and he got into new businesses. investment banking had not been historically m