anyway, mayor bates, mayor sam ricardo of san jose elected officials are regional transportation official, local, scott weiner on my mdc is my appointee there working really hard. kelly working very hard as well. and our friends from ford motor company mobility company. this is helping all of us understand the definition of transportation networks. it's no longer just about an automobile with a driver. as we have more discussions, and as us mayors get on bart to promote the needs that we have in the region, transportation is a regional challenge and the solutions have to be regional. they have to be with our corporate partners as well. so, ideas are coming forth and the nice part about ford is we formed this relationship some time ago when we were trying to get a smart city challenge grant to the feds. but, one of the promises that i think today is a forthcoming is that it wasn't just a partnership that was fun to be around a grant and was about a partnership about being a smart city and a smart region which will last well beyond the grant. i think, today, were looking at where those solu

now were going to jump to the south bay and i'd like to introduce mayor sam ricardo that of san jose. >>[applause] >> well, good morning. this is exciting. were there to see bikes reproducing like bunnies all throughout the bay area. it should happen here. yes, we embrace silicon valley technology but 10 times the old technology are the best. particularly when we think about how it is we are going to protect our environment and save our planet. for those of us who peddle what we preach, we know the future looks an awful lot like the technology to my left. we certainly know that were going to do all we can to continue to build out transit. we appreciate the innovation and the great companies like ford to produce electric car infrastructure, but we also need a first mile, last mile solution for folks who need to get to and from transit in the city like san jose that so critical because we've got big ambitions right now building out bart system standing outran capacity all converging at the station will we have 600 trains a day moving through within a decade becoming the busiest multimod