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vacancies have resulted from the -- vacancies of conrad wu and brian larkin. i understand mr. larkin is seeking reappointment. with that, we can take any questions. commissioner avalos: are any of the candidates here? mr. larkin? commissioner farrell: given that these are generally supported by district, has commissioner chiu expressed any preference here? >> no, we have not heard confirmation. commissioner avalos: since we do not have mr. larkin here --nñ did have a conversation with...

to the farm size of the signalized intersections. when a bus comes to a red light, if it were the stock on the one side, bus stops, the signal is green. just as the buses pulling out, the light turns red so you sit there through another cycle. by moving the buses to the far side of the bus stop, we will eliminate that. were thinking of the time savings that brt could accomplish could be accomplished just as easy by making those kinds of changes. among the things that are supposed to be...

project. it would be nice to do it to stitch the community together. we have heard the north and south sides fear filmore have felt divided for a long time and -- near fillmore have filled divided for a long time and wish to be connected. we have benefits beyond transit and were looking at whether or not we can include this as part of the project. we can definitely include this in our environmental document so it has environmental clearance. perhaps the idea is if we could include it i...

brt -- buses are not as affected by the traffic. where do we and the dedicated lanes? we have identified two options. at 20 fifth avenue or 33rd ave. there is some questions about which potential transit generators do we want to catch vs. how expensive a project we want to be building here? the idea of ending the lane does not mean weekend bus service. this is a slide that shows an example of a transition where if we have dedicated lanes, this example shows a center alternative. there ...

curb lanes. or three and four in which we run the buses in the center. alternative three being a center alternative that has dual medians and four being one that has a center median. the difference between three and four is which side of the bus you board on. four require stores and the left so you can get on the bus from the median. -- the doors on the left so you can get on the bus from the medium. others include, there are a number of classes of bus service. we want to keep them all...

staggering 1,000 points in one week alone. jenna: nicole is watching this for us. why are we seeing down stocks trade higher. >> reporter: volatility seems to be the new normal. we are up 262 points, a gain of about 2 1/2% on the dow. we are starting to feel a little better after what we saw in europe. there was so much concern about france and the french franc. feeling a little better from citigroup, they are extending credit lines to the french bank. that gave comfort to the market. ...

staggering 1,000 points in one week alone. jenna: nicole is watching this for us. why are we seeing down stocks trade higher. >> reporter: volatility seems to be the new normal. we are up 262 points, a gain of about 2 1/2% on the dow. we are starting to feel a little better after what we saw in europe. there was so much concern about france and the french franc. feeling a little better from citigroup, they are extending credit lines to the french bank. that gave comfort to the market. ...

plan does not convince me, and whether it is was, "well, we are going to look into desal," and she said that did not make her more comfortable because there is a lot of controversy over that. climate change, using all of this energy to produce a water source piccata adding to greenhouse gases, so i think it is a good point. youre going to hear from organizations that are concerned at some point, and maybe it is better to hear in the first place, because i do not think people believe th...

some 27 other small businesses that have worked really hard to get to a place where they can be and allow the city to contribute and help. we did not hear a lot of times -- we hear a lot of complaints about how the city has not been doing things, but thanks to our small business commission, which is here today, and theyre wonderful work and their director who has been advising me on a number of fronts -- their wonderful work and their director who has been advising me on a number of fr...

were put on by the members of the board, it is so very much in agreement. we did try to address that here, with appealing to voters initiation measure. this is something i will continue to take a look at. >> we have a simple downloads in the website, we were trying to see with this number look like. there were a few things -- we had a tax issue and things like that. there is no cost for the comptroller for those issues. i will send the analysis around your office and this will be poste...