A jarring helmet-cam video is raising alarms among Oakland cyclists, after an AC Transit operator appears to steer a bus back into a bike lane on Foothill Boulevard and nearly run over a rider. The cyclist, who asked that his last name be withheld out of fear of retaliation, says the close call has him wondering if he might not make it to work alive one day. The footage is renewing scrutiny of a notoriously tense stretch of Foothill near neighborhood schools where buses and bikes are forced to mix.
Video shows driver ‘queue-jumping’ and aggressive maneuvers
The clip, recorded on Dec. 4, appears to show the bus diving into the bike lane to “queue-jump” slow-moving traffic, then tailgating, honking and finally swerving toward the rider in what the…..