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

michael, how do you size up this race so far? >> very interesting. i think that carol schwartz's entry and this petition effort has spiced this thing up a bit. for those who don't know, there's some backstory between carol schwartz and david catania and the back story is such that it wouldn't be a surprise to anybody if her only reason for being in the race is to spoil things for david catania. >> she denies that. >> i know she denies that. i've denied a lot of things that weren't necessarily true. i don't think that's a big deal. i think that what we now have is something very interesting. david kattcatan in criticizing mural bowser for not debating has effectively named her as the frontrunner. that's the kind of thing someone who is challenging the frontrunner will do. please debate me. you know, because i need you to legitimize my candidacy. that's one of the things i think is very interesting to note. and i will also say that he's asking her to debate but the reality is it's mid-august. no one is paying attention to debates in mid-august. let's get to this conversation in lat

schwartz says she's disappointed in the union's decision to endorse katana. the election will be tuesday, november 4th. >>> and new today, the nra is taking aim at new york's mayor, michael bloomberg. the former mayor, that is. the gun rights group will begin running a new ad across the country. it paints bloomberg as an out of touch elitist. bloomberg is a gun control advocates. the nra says it will not sit back and let bloomberg use his money to impose his, quote, anti-freedom agenda. >>> well, the state of alaska could have two dan sullivans in elected office next year. overnight voters chose two men, both named dan sullivan, in their state's primary. one is vying to take the senate of senator mark begich and the other hopes to become the next lieutenant governor. voters say the campaign was confusing. signs and ads did get confusing with two men with the same name running for office. >>> with more students going back to school next week, that means you will spend more time on the road with the added traffic. a study about the transportation planning board found your average commute time will go up by 26%. it's about 25 minutes in the region. students in d.c., montgom