it is not perfect but it is a great step in the right direction and we are excited about this program. finally based on a lot of advocacy, we got the region to create a new, regional funding program known as the transit performance initiative. the region committed 500 million dollars to this program between now and 2040; in the past the region never had a program like this. they had a freeware performance initiative about better managing the freeway system. without there were better ways to manage the transit system better through capital improvements, turnaround tracks, things like that. those are four really important moves that have happenedin this transportation investment strategy. of course it does not cover all the needs that we have here in san francisco. for example it only keeps operations and make and for the roads and the transit system that about a two-day level. that is not necessarily a great state of disrepair. there is a next-generation transportation ideas t
we have to make surethat we have a voice. a lot of this in san jose. unlike san francisco, in san jose most of the job centers are not within the downtown area opposite of what the situation is. , it makes that most difficult it explains why it is that way and why we have low projections in places like contra costa, low, even though the population is much larger than that of san francisco county and san mateo county which is slightly less. i can understand. at least contra costa has more transit than even the south bay does. my other question for in terms of transportation and you can answer this is probably not. what i am interested in, i have always tried to figure out exactly what kind of planning goes into transportation; it seems like it moves slowly, with no guiding idea at the end of that make sense. san francisco is a small city geographically, so dense that it is logical that we aim for transit below ground or above ground to move quickly from one part of the cit