with that, i would like to turn it over to the t.a. rachel, who will talk about the specifics of the project. >> good evening. transportation planner with the san francisco transportation authority and i'm the project manager for the van ness project and geary project manager is also here. i would like to show you -- give you an overview of what b.r.t. is. this is visualization of the van ness b.r.t. project, one of the several alternatives under evaluation right now on van ness avenue. the geary and b.r.t. -- geary and van ness b.r.t. projects were recommended in muni's vision plan back in 2000 and were recommended as the city's transportation expansion strategy in the 2004 county-wide transportation plan. the authority-led feasibility studies for these projects that were adopted in 2006 and with adoption of those feasibility studies, those boards recommended that the project concept and alternatives be environmentally assessed. right now geary and van ness alternatives are undergoing environmental review. both the geary and van ness project