peter strauss on the board of san francisco transit riders. i've also been working on this for eight years. i hate to not be part of the chorus but we have a number of concerns, however, we do fully support the traffic changes and very much look forward to the quick build. we also support the separated bike lanes. however, we have a number of physical concerns primarily related to stops. we note that with respect to accessibility it only creates full accessibility by removing. >> take your hand off the mic. >> sorry. >> it only provides full accessibility by removing all of the non accessible stops. we're very concerned about the half mile spacing. according to the data provided by staff, speed still remain only seven and a half miles per hour or so and and -- seven miles an hour or so and travel savings are only one or two minutes which we don't feel justified the removal of all those stops. thank you. >> if you have more concerns, feel free to put them in writing to us. >> you have a letter and our comments on the e.i.r. >> hider peterson, r

. >> peter strauss for the friends of d.p.x. i just want to thank staff for convening that discussion that you heard about with members of the expert panel last week that clarified the intention to continue the engineering at this stage up to the 30%. as you know, that was a pivotal issue for us in terms of making sure this project moves forward efficient efficiently. thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you for the opportunity. i really appreciate this report and i hope the board will approve the recommendation to transition. moving forward, i believe we need to transition from the peer review panel of the site to a quarterly management of it of kpmg or some other non-engineering firm. i also believe that we would gain a more regional identity by locating offices at m.t.c. not the authority. with regards to delivery model, i believe the cross rail is supervisor to the l.a. model. in 2016, some key [ indiscernible ] -- moved on to deliver cross-rail system in sydney and toronto. the problems mentioned in the report abo