the fire e.i.r.-e-i-s for your consideration at the board meeting. as you know, the san francisco county transportation authority board passed a resolution to suspend tgpa's $9.2 million extension 30% design. this suspension of funding will stay in place until the san francisco city controller's office conducts an audit of tgpa's management and delivers phase one and delivery of phase two, the downtown extension. i will report to the commissioners that the tgpa welcomes this, as it will provide tgpa with valuable lessons learned. [inaudible] >> -- california high speed rail, and sfcta. we work with sfcta executive director, tilly chang, and the san francisco controller's office to complete these two efforts as soon as possible so that funding can be reinstated and work on the downtown extension can resume. moving onto transit center operations, as you know, all bus operations continues to be conducted from the temporary terminal. since the transit center's temporarily closure, we took steps to reduce staffing levels on all our operational activities. we also developed a schedule of required ramp-up time so we ca

the use of carpool lanes and toll lanes or a combination of both. the county transportation authority board, which includes san francisco board of supervisor members approved $4 million in funding for the study just a few days ago. they'll consider carpool lanes for individuals with two or three or more passengers and also tolls. drivers told us this summer that something has to be done to end the traffic gridlock. >> that sounds good for me. >> i would like that, yes, because the traffic out here is ridiculous. it's crazy. all these accidents keep happening. >> i think it would help with the traffic most definitely. >> reporter: some supervisors and drivers said that they're concerned about creating toll lanes that are only used by people who can afford to pay those tolls but preliminary studies also suggest that carpool lanes alone might actually cause more congestion. it's estimated these stretches of highway between san francisco and the south bay will see an additional 100,000 new vehicles over the next 11-plus years. we're live in san francisco, thom jensen, "today in the bay." >> really interesting, thanks so much, thom. >>> happening today, one for