and one question is for san francisco f.d.a., and those in charge of transit and the taxis and the question on have you guys had residencer vaigdzs instead of the day before reservations? >> that's a good question in that we try to make those same-day services available through the taxi program. and, you know, prior -- back in the day we had some constraints on taxi service and who could get in immediately in the paratransit realm but we have lifted those and because the taxi service provides that on-demand same-day service we see that as filling that need. and the van service is prescheduled and so that they can develop routes. >> so let's say that i'm someone who has hired transit but the chair is not big enough for the taxi. what do you guys do with that? going back to my question, how do you guys consider opening up the reservation specifically for transit vans for the same day reservation or on-call? >> well, i think that is a question that we can bring back and as i mentioned earlier we typically consider the taxi service to provide that need, but i'm hearing from you in some cases, n

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