First, the rendering does not show a lane of parking, so Van Ness is going from 3 lanes to 2.<p>Second, current bus traffic on Van Ness makes it effectively 2 lane for car traffic. The lane nearest to the sidewalk has a stopped bus every few blocks, and there&#x27;s lots of inefficiencies with cars getting stopped, then waiting for an opening to get around the bus. Making the lane dedicated will not decrease car throughput significantly,while simultaneously increasing transit throughput for the busses.<p>Third, a temporary slowdown does not stop BRT from being rapid all the rest of the time.<p>BRT is an inexpensive way to increase throughput on existing infrastructure. Though I would heavily support subway, BRT will improve transit much sooner.<p>Finally, BRT can easily coexist with subway, and will likely be used heavily when subways finally do get built. So opposing the near-term improvement does not damage longer term possibilities for improvement.