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This is a later sketch. All of these are still really sketches from where we had hoped and are hoping to provide some direct access to the waterfront for humanpowered boating as well as other marine activities as youll see also in just a moment. This is a detail of the site plan. And just to mention to you, one of the key features here, this plaza thats in between the arena and the retail is actually raised so youll see a series of ramps and steps leading up to that. And that brings you up to the level of the entrance into the arena and allows for views of the harbor front in a unique way slig...

Into the water and create an interesting focal point along this portion of the waterfront that is essentially today an open space in between Giants Stadium and the financial district and the bay bridge itself. One of the other views, studies that we did was simply from public spaces. So, this is a view from an area that is essentially where main street reaches down to bryant street. Today thats a lesser known street. But in the future when transbay terminal is built, one will imagine that street will be more pedestrianized than it is today. And also well see more traffic moving, pedestrian tra...

Perception if there was a major event on one part of town draining other parts of town from resources. We developed the people plan to float the high level of transit above the baseline so you could see the Ongoing Service in every neighborhood isnt really affected by the great demand in the northeast waterfront. That would be the basis for this assessment. We dont want to cannibalize transit to feed another. That comes with a cost. We can provide the cost. I had a chance to meet with the ceo of the warriors, [speaker not understood]. And hes approached our cfo with some innovative ideas with ...

Water taxi is a new animal. The port just finished the fee process. I was on the water taxi with the bidders because i wanted to see what value they could add specifically for americas cup. My brain doesnt stop therethv i wanted to look atwater taxi as a resource. [speaker not understood]. I want to talk to them more extensively about next year. This gives us plenty time what water taxis mean by the time it is open in 2017, 2018. Thank you. I just want to say i think this is a truly critical part of this development as we move forward and i appreciate the work that is happening in this area. I...

There wasnt a level of commitment. Heres what i can tell you. At americas cup we learned what we can do. We have a team, a system that is going to be incidental or instrumental to managing loads that are above and beyond extraordinary. I think that is one of the big concerns if we have an arena and ballpark and new development at pier 70, clearly there are going to be demands on the system that are bigger. If i can interject and im sorry to interrupt. I think mta did an outstanding job around the americas cup and whatever the 12 things were happening in the city the same day. Absolutely outsta...