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 projects include a couple core features and the purpose is to provide rapid transit, true rapid transit using rubber-tire vehicles on these two critical corridors that currently lack it. all alternatives do provide a dedicated lane for buses and differentiated further from the current diamond lanes by colored pavement or by a small curve or other clear differentiation. all alternatives include high quality station platforms with level loading. passengers can load and unload the bus thr

b.r.t. when you get to van ness or before you get to van ness, splits between geary -- does that mean we will have dedicated bus lanes on those streets? >> let me ask the project manager for the geary b.r.t. address your question. commissioner sugaya: also along geary, only going to be one way west, which means people coming to the hospital will have to take -- walk a block to the hospital, is that right? >> yes, correct. we aren't planning to change the one-way configuration, simply to delineate the bus lane a little bit better and make pedestrian improvements. for your first question, we are looking at what's called a transition area and specifically looking at the area between polk and franklin to understand how the bus moves from the side running in the one way cuplet to running on geary, particularly if it is the alternative, and that analysis is under way and not complete but we are looking at what the design treatment needs to be as well as the technology of the signal in order to make sure it happens both efficiently and safely. commissioner sugaya: is the e.i.r. -- this isn't related