Subject of the investigation. Muni has equipped allists buses with the hard rubber bumper hardly visible in front of the rear wheel designed to sweep people safely out of the way in accidents. We have had them since 2007. We check it when we can but not a regulatory requirement. Reporter in this kpix 5 video of last fridays accident that killed a 78yearold bicyclist, no wheel guard is visible leaving many to wonder if a wheel guard was on the bus and working, would it have saved his life . Its too early to confirm the details including whether or not the s1 guard was on this bus at that particular time. Reporter this s1 guard website video shows how it works. A stuntman acting as a bicyclist struck by a bus falls under the back wheel. Inner in scenario a departing passenger rushes to get back on the bus and falls. A skateboarder collides with a bus and the pedestrian in a crosswalk is struck by a bus. Safety equipment on buses is obviously a very good idea. It should be our last resort
Van ness is the first one out of the gate. Reporter next up geary boulevard. Then maybe geneva avenue in the south of the city. So far, the plan is drawing mixed reviews among van ness merchants. If you dont have a parking, people are not going to come in. I have seen the drawings. I think it looks beautiful. Reporter so you can see, you got a choice in a car of either being part of the backup or taking a back seat. Its not a pretty one. But thats the way things are in the bay area now. We only have so much room, more and more people are moving, and they got to get around some way. And if it costs parking, so be it. Anybody got a question real quick . Well, yeah, phil. Im curious reporter thats it. Okay, all right, phil, thank you. Reporter phil matier, kpix 5. The sfmta board is expected to take up the environmental report next week. Then it goes on to the federal transit administration. There is a crisis in californias Education System as Graduation Rates fall. Its so bad, in one Bay
time, bob. take a look at the baltimore area, it is just on the west side of town exactly where we said, as you can see on the west side of town from rice town right through woodlawn east of columbia, that is west of the belt way and it is moving due north in some of the areas, we saw massive flooding and there is more as you can see and more down to the south, but we are dealing with this activity throughout the night and at times we will be dealing with this again tomorrow. as far as warnings are concerned, yes we have flash- flood warnings through southern pennsylvania and as you can see, along the susquehanna along the potomac, a lot of streams are flooding as we speak. as far as the rainfall numbers, there is additional half to three quarters since we bit these graphics and a lot of places are over five inches of rain and a lot of place also come over six inches of rain during the current rainfall event. we will be doing well at least through the afternoon and tomorrow