mr. risken. >> good afternoon. thank you, mr. chair. members of the public, board and staff. a few things. just a few brief things i want to cover. and then we'll get an update from our transit director as per your previous request. muni metro service. the southeaster row vision action strategy that we spent some time in depth with you on, back at the workshop we did in january will be -- we are ready to release it next thursday. so, that is coming out. and i think we got some good feedback and discussion from you when we presented it. but next thursday we'll be releasing it to the general public. it was collaborative work of a lot of folks not just within the agency, but a lot of feedback and engagement from other agencies and folks outside the city. so, excited to be hitting that milestone out to chart the future of how we get to 0 by 2024. and two other project updates one with regard to the gear ri rapid project, otherwise known as phase one of the gear ri v.r.t. we scheduled a groundbreaking for last week. but the weather was not cooperative with an outdoor event. so whi