mr. stressner's comment about the city's decades long failure to implement the transit first policy. as a general matter, it sounds like you have every intent of doing that. it's going to involve tough battles. exhibit a in my own experience would be st. francis circle. the k and the m are held up for prolonged periods of time in order to give priority to cars coming from every direction under the sun. so i hope that is one of -- that is one example of the many different problems that affect not only them, but the entire muni system. i hope you do take a hard look at that intersection along with others that are persistent sources of problems to the system. thank you. >> thank you very much. that concludes public comment item number 9. item 10. >> your consent calendar. all matters are routine. mr. chair, i've not received a request that any matter should be severed. >> well, we're getting the new year off to a good start. directors, anyone want to change that? if not, is there public comment on item number 10? >> no one has turned in a speaker card. >> okay. seeing none. this is why