The 10year treasury yield hitting fouryear high on the news. Now a 2. 80 , yeah, things are getting interested. This is ahead of jobs report due in two and a half hours, economists are looking for 180,000 jobs added to the economy in the month of january with Unemployment Rate holding steady. It was Technology Trifecta on wall street last night. Apple topped expectations, iphone sales were down, short of expectations, a different story for amazon, the Company Posted the largest profit in history. Take a look on the premarket. More on those numbers coming up this morning. Overall markets had a mixed performance. Worst week since september 2015. S p. Take a look at indices this morning, down across the board. 23 points lower, cac quarante down 1 and a quarter percent as dax index in germany. In asia markets were mostly lower with the exception of china, shanghai composite up 1 and a half of 1 . Bitcoin taking a tumble, lost half of its value in just the last six weeks, look at that, 8,14
Place. Ill be talking to the mayors Economic Development office and the work force unit to see to what extent they can help us. There was an article in the city, theres pockets of this city that are relatively high unemployment rates. I think hopefully theres in opportunities we have, but its something we have to monitor unless we put more medallion but the main point is moving in accordance of what you authorized over the last year and a half or so. Next with regard to safety in the south of market area. I want to talk about two different things. 6th street. On folson street, we held a Community Meeting a couple of weeks back to talk about the proposed pilot on folsome. Theyre being studied that is evaluating a number of street gates and street changes throughout that whole corridor, but what we have been working towards on folsome between 11th and 4th is doing a pilot where well remove a travel lane to create a much better buffer, easier to see bike lane much as weve done on 8th stre
To seek your approval, but with your approval were still on track with that to do it by the end of the year. In the same spirit of piloting, weve been working on 6th street to get sidewalk ball bouts. Doing work like that takes a long time to go through all the public process and design and environmental process and construction, yet 6th street has the highest pedestrian activity in the city and does have an among the highest commission rates, so in parallel with a larger Street Project that were working with the community and our partners and with supervise kims office, were doing a pilot and i believe theyre all in the ground or going in the ground from market to howard, six different locations putting in temporary sidewalk and doing it with paint and planters and safe posts so rather wait on the process, well do it now and shortening crossing distances and giving us the ability to evaluate how these functions as we develop the full project. Well be having a Community Meeting to foll
Folsome. Theyre being studied that is evaluating a number of street gates and street changes throughout that whole corridor, but what we have been working towards on folsome between 11th and 4th is doing a pilot where well remove a travel lane to create a much better buffer, easier to see bike lane much as weve done on 8th street in that same area. Weve been working with supervisor kims office. Ive done a lot of outreach and the staff has contacted more than 25 community groups. Generally the potential pilot has been received and people are asking us to go further than 11th to 4th. We held a Public Meeting on friday and well be coming to the mta board at the next meeting to get your approval. Although its a pilot, we want to seek your approval, but with your approval were still on track with that to do it by the end of the year. In the same spirit of piloting, weve been working on 6th street to get sidewalk ball bouts. Doing work like that takes a long time to go through all the public
High unemployment rates. I think hopefully theres in opportunities we have, but its something we have to monitor unless we put more medallion but the main point is moving in accordance of what you authorized over the last year and a half or so. Next with regard to safety in the south of market area. I want to talk about two different things. 6th street. On folson street, we held a Community Meeting a couple of weeks back to talk about the proposed pilot on folsome. Theyre being studied that is evaluating a number of street gates and street changes throughout that whole corridor, but what we have been working towards on folsome between 11th and 4th is doing a pilot where well remove a travel lane to create a much better buffer, easier to see bike lane much as weve done on 8th street in that same area. Weve been working with supervisor kims office. Ive done a lot of outreach and the staff has contacted more than 25 community groups. Generally the potential pilot has been received and peo