more robust samaras for the east of van ness areas -- areas for the east of van ness. modeling to see how the different facilities and users interact with each other is another scope of work improvement. for this request, for the contract amendment, we are focused on the jacob's work. that is just a portion of the work to be completed. the request is for $1.5 million for this area. but just to wrap up on the timeframe, we expect to complete this work in 2012 and move to final design and construction and finally by 2015, 2016, to see the project launched. i will take any questions you might have. commissioner maxwell: are you working with mt a? i see not so much on the geary boulevard, but as we talk about bicycle villard's from the north to south, are you working with mta on those kinds of facilities? and therefore, if there was at corridor, it would not necessarily have to be on geary boulevard, but could be on another street that is less used. are we looking into that? >> actually, the work that was done to understand where in the gary corridor, that was led by mt es

we have done some engineering, feasibility on these samara tests, to respond to stickle the concerns. we have doubled our efforts in the caltrans project design exception fact sheet process to respond to caltrans'questions, needs for documentation. the scenario test and we analyzed -- i want to point out -- one of them is an alternative that would reduce the number of left turn pockets along van ness ave to provide more signal time and potentially save time for the brt. this work tasks b and c, and is conducted by parsons transportation group, but also with support from the authority and mta. finally, a task see is the engineering task. we are initiating the engineering design. this is not a new approach to 30% and was originally envisioned for the project. we are excited about it because it will actually be more efficient in the end. we have brought on more capital projects staff from mta. we now have a team of established project managers and engineers who have developed a scope of work, have worked with other city agencies, to identify those i engineering tasks that should start no

we have done some engineering, feasibility on these samara tests, to respond to stickle the concerns. we have doubled our efforts in the caltrans project design exception fact sheet process to respond to caltrans'questions, needs for documentation. the scenario test and we analyzed -- i want to point out -- one of them is an alternative that would reduce the number of left turn pockets along van ness ave to provide more signal time and potentially save time for the brt. this work tasks b and c, and is conducted by parsons transportation group, but also with support from the authority and mta. finally, a task see is the engineering task. we are initiating the engineering design. engineering design. this is not a new approach to