A cyclist was nearly run over by an apparently enraged AC Transit operator on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 4, in front of Franklin Elementary on Foothill Boulevard in Oakland.
George, who asked Streetsblog to withhold his last name out of fear of retaliation, said he was riding in the bike lane when he noticed a huge shadow coming from behind him and heard honking. He turned around to see an AC Transit bus in the bike lane tailgating him. He stopped riding and confronted the driver and told them to return to the motor vehicle lane. The bus driver did so, briefly, but then swerved aggressively back into the bike lane in an apparent attempt to crush him with the side of her bus.
“It’s not like she could say she didn’t see me,” explained George…