A pedestrian who was seriously injured after being struck by a Muni bus last year will receive a $575,000 settlement from the transit agency. Kevin Michael Wong, a San Francisco native, was crossing Beale and Market streets Jan. 10, 2011, when he was hit by a Muni bus taking a right turn. Wong suffered significant back injuries as a result of the accident and had to leave his position as an information technology specialist, said his lawyer Matt White. Wong eventually underwent back surgery at the behest of his doctors, and was unable to regain his old job, White said. Read More

Few jobs are more sedentary than being a Muni bus driver, a position that requires workers to sit for long hours with little physical movement. With precious few opportunities for exercise, maintaining a healthy diet should be essential for the operators. But finding nutritious food sources at driver’s workplaces is usually a fruitless task — pun intended. Read More

In the coming years, BART is going to have a lot more riders than it can handle, which means the transit agency is going to need a lot more money to buy a lot more trains. Read More

Three neighborhood residents have filed an appeal against a bike and pedestrian project near the Panhandle, hoping to halt it for further environmental review. In the works for more than a decade, a separated bike lane on a three-block stretch of both Fell and Oak streets was approved last month by the board of directors of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which oversees cycling policies in The City. The plan also called for pedestrian safety upgrades and the removal of 55 parking spaces. Read More

Two fresh faces will join the BART board of directors, including one newcomer who knocked off a two-term incumbent in a race that was heavily funded by building contractors. Zakhary Mallett, 25, pulled off a surprising victory over District 7 Director Lynette Sweet, a board member since being appointed in 2003. District 7 includes the eastern sliver of San Francisco where Sweet is from and portions of Alameda and Contra Costa counties. While Sweet won handily among San Francisco residents, voters in the East Bay largely went for Mallett. Read More

Dave Sutton winces every time he hears about a head-on collision on the Golden Gate Bridge. It could be from the pain — 30 percent of his body has been scarred with burn wounds, and he’s missing a leg and fingers on his right hand. But it’s usually from the knowledge that the latest accident could easily have been prevented. Read More

The 72 percent of voters who approved a $195 million bond measure Tuesday to improve public parks rose “above the noise” to invest in The City, said the chief of the Recreation and Park Department. Proposition B, which required two-thirds approval, faced an unusual array of opposition — mostly from critics who were concerned with the privatization of the department under General Manager Phil Ginsburg. Read More