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find ways to workable solutions in a comprehensive citywide fashion that allow the tour operators to continue to enhance the visitor experience and at the same time, be respectful of the neighborhoods and protect what we really have here, and that's the charm of those neighborhoods and to educate around that. so with that, i'll turn it over to my colleague. >> good afternoon. my name is daniel oppenheim and i wear three hats today. one is a citizen of san francisco for over 35 years. second is the owner of a tour company called the urban safari. but most importantly as the spokespers...

supervisor chu, and supervisor chu, i want to thank you so much for your willingness to be flexible in the sound ordinance and to move away from what we consider an environmental disaster, which was the use of plastic headsets. the quality of the tours would suffer dramatically, and in the cities in which they've been used, the guests onboard complained that the tour doesn't have any liveliness or any punch to it. in addition, there's tripping hazards that occur as people get on and off the bus with cords hanging down. lastly, we's talking about throwing over 2 million pieces of plas...

environmental concerns like san francisco, we thought that that was a mess. so we worked closely with supervisor chu in drafting this at tern national legislation and we're delighted to work in testing buses and absolutely wants to and will comply with existing ordinances regarding 50 feet. and in addition, there's additional language that also talks about the height, not just the distance away from the bus, but additionally a five-foot and i believe 20-foot limit that we met. there are noise-dampening systems that can be placed on the buses to be sure that we comply with that. also,...

the tour bus sizes to eight or less, and you know there's certain neighborhoods around the city where there's signs posted, you basically take one bus and suddenly introduce six to eight tour advance, and then turn around and complain about traffic problems. so from strictly a movement of people standpoint, buses are the most effective way to do that. if you eliminate advance all together and put people in advance, you've gone from one 45-passenger bus to 20 cars. so we don't think that's the solution and that's why, again, i, for the third time -- and i'm sorry if i repeat myself --...

certain neighborhoods, and i just want to talk about how disastrous that could be to a city that focuses on tourism. if you put on average 40 to 50 persons on a bus and then suggest that we don't want large buses in our neighborhood, but rather limit the tour bus sizes to eight or less, and you know there's certain neighborhoods around the city where there's signs posted, you basically take one bus and suddenly introduce six to eight tour advance, and then turn around and complain about traffic problems. so from strictly a movement of people standpoint, buses are the most effective w...