These cable providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Up next a house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee hears testimony from amtrak c. E. O. Steven gardner and the executive director of the northwest Corridor Commission on improving Train Service and efficiency. They also discuss passenger safety, route options in the midwest and west coast and high speed rail. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair may call recess at any time. Without objection, so ordered. I recognize myself for Opening Statement for five minutes. Todays hearing examines the current and future state of amtrak. The Infrastructure Investment and job act gave historic funding to railroads with a large portion of that money going to amtrak. Amtrak is a federally chartere
Hall, or even near the art museum. That will have no vehicles whatsoever. If your car is parked anywhere inside this black line, you will get towed. At todays press conference, mayor nutter said businesses will be impacted, deliveries of food and supplies might be disrupted during the weekend, but we have learned that some taxi cabs will be able to operate within center city. Will there be challenges, yes. There will be some inconvenience, yes. There will be disruption in your life, depending on where you live and all those kind of things, yes, yes, yes on down the line. But come on. This is a moment for us to shine and to be excited and to be as supportive and demonstrate a level of civic pride. Reporter the mayor says that this world meeting of families conference has so far exceeded all other past conferences in terms of the number of people that have been registering so they are still expecting about 1. 5 Million People to come into the city. But what we got out of todays conferenc
Will transform philadelphia during the papal visit. Good evening. Im jacqueline london. Im jim rosenfield. Fencing and metal detectors. If you are in the green area, you will drive out but you wont be allowed to drive back in. In the yellow area, no cars allowed. In the red section, you will have to go through security screening to walk in. Live coverage on the impact all over our area. We begin with nbc 10s randy giyllenhaal where some of the tightest security will be. Reporter we are inside what will become one of the most secure zones in the entire city. Officials unveiled their plan today to protect the pope and also manage these massive crowds that are expected. It comes in two layers, one for the people and another for the cars. A lot of people are coming to philadelphia. Reporter appearing with the secret service, the mayor revealed the popes security plan. Everything shown in red near the art museum, the parkway and Independence Hall will be locked down for at least two days. W
Roadways and as we head into the rest of today, things look pretty good, especially if you take the pa turnpike eastbound between ft. Washington and bensalem. The good news is, the lane restrictions we saw earlier have now been lifted. That should help you get to work faster. Some of your drive times for 95 northbound, 476 to 676, the average speed is about 68 miles per hour. That drive will take you 13 minutes. 95 northbound, 676 to aramingo avenue, that will take you five minutes and on 95 northbound, 676, cottman avenue, thats taking you eight minutes this time of the morning. Chris . Were following breaking news rather unexpected out of new jersey. Within the past hour, a small earthquake hit in somerset county, just north of bernardsville, 70 miles from philadelphia. We just learned you could feel it in four neighboring counties. It registered a magnitude 2. 5. Thats a small one. There are no reports of damage. Well continue to follow this breaking news and bring you relevant info
Faster. More details coming up in ten minutes. Were following breaking news out of north jersey this morning, a magnitude 2. 5 earthquake hit Somerset County around 4 00 a. M. It hit north of bernardsville, about 70 miles away from philadelphia. We just found out they could feel it in four neighboring counties, a little shaking going on. A 2. 5, not a large one. At this point no reported damage or injuries. Heres a map again of where it happened, bernardsville inc Somerset County. Well continue to follow this breaking news and bring you more information as soon as we get it. Preparing for the pope. Were 40 days away from pope francis coming to philadelphia. Matt delucia has more information. Reporter the Mayors Office released more updated plans as for how people are going to get around and how you will need to plan over this next month and a half or so before the pope comes. This map right here is an indicator of what you can expect. The yellow area, you cant bring any cars into that