Hours will push in the mid60s by 7 00 a. M. , by 10 00 a. M. , 67. 1 00, 71 and todays high at 74. Im tracking what else to expect for the rest of your work week coming up in my full forecast. Lets check with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. And the pope is coming to town, we have closures in effect right now. Kelly drive between fairmount drive and eakins owe valley closed until tuesday. During our afternoon rush yesterday we saw some added volume and cars actually fanning out onto the schuylkill expressway. More specifically the vine street expressway had the hardest hit yesterday. Also because of the ben franklin parkway being closed and there are no parking areas around the ben franklin parkway. Its pretty much in between 12th and 25th, self blocks north and south. Ill go over those restrictions for you. Thanks. Today philadelphia goes global as the city becomes the backdrop for thousands of visitors for the world meeting of families. Events are planned all week at t
Wanted to withdraw his guilty plea. He pleaded guilty to using a gun in the assault of two security guards during his escape. His lawyers say he involuntarily entered that plea and wants it tossed out. He was supposed to be sentenced today to at least 32 years in prison june a High School Teacher in our area is facing serious charges for prostitution and solicitation of a minor. Richard was arrested yesterday in montgomery county. We have a copy of a letter that went home to students yesterday. In it the glen l institute said a longterm substitute teach ler take over until further notice and a counsel ler is being provided to talk to students. You may want to keep your umbrella handy. A few raindrop are in the forecast. And heres amelia segal. Hey, amelia. The time period is between 4 00 and 10 00 p. M. Theres already tracking for clouds. Were tracking this line of broken showers, maybe a few isolated thunderstorms as well. This could affect the evening commute. 7 00 still tracking rai
Were concerned about. General public drivers picking up street hails. Last week in the last few weeks there was a registered sex offender actually found to be trying to pick up a street hail so this is a real concern to us when private vehicles that are not clearly marked are providing services so we know the values of Good Customer Service and non discrimination. All customers are required to be served in the taxi industry, all neighborhoods are required to be served. We can do better on that. All cabs are required to accept credit cards and debit cards and then theres the clear and fair structure. Accessibility taxis have been part of our para Transit Program since 1981 so we have a long history in working with them and weve had Wheelchair Accessible taxis since is the 1994. If there were no para Transit Service we estimate it would cost the city approximately 6 million more in those para transit trips to be provided on vans. We talked ability the clean area requirements and the fact
Let me know. I really wanted to position the sfmtas values related to a regulated taxi industry and that theres a public good to having a regulated taxi industry and that we have an interest in maintaining a strong and healthy taxi industry. And we champion that through these values of public safety, Good Customer Service, accessibility and sustainability. And weve heard a lot of comments are the ble report so i wont go into the details about public safety, but we know include insurance and vehicle inspections and clearly marked vehicles, drivers training, background checks, et c. We have noticed through our Enforcement Team that there has been an up tick in violations associated with street hails of non tnc vehicles and non taxi vehicles so this is something were concerned about. General public drivers picking up street hails. Last week in the last few weeks there was a registered sex offender actually found to be trying to pick up a street hail so this is a real concern to us when pr
Up street hails. Last week in the last few weeks there was a registered sex offender actually found to be trying to pick up a street hail so this is a real concern to us when private vehicles that are not clearly marked are providing services so we know the values of Good Customer Service and non discrimination. All customers are required to be served in the taxi industry, all neighborhoods are required to be served. We can do better on that. All cabs are required to accept credit cards and debit cards and then theres the clear and fair structure. Accessibility taxis have been part of our para Transit Program since 1981 so we have a long history in working with them and weve had Wheelchair Accessible taxis since is the 1994. If there were no para Transit Service we estimate it would cost the city approximately 6 million more in those para transit trips to be provided on vans. We talked ability the clean area requirements and the fact that many 7 them are low [inaudible] program. Also,