Independence day in a few minutes. I am not the only one looking to get out of town for the week. In fact, you can see that in your main travel times this morning. There are a lot of people headed no work at 4 31. Look at this in the yellow at alta mont pass. 24 minutes heading through the or out of tracy triangle. 14 minutes on east shore freeway to. Get there, thats 25 minute ride and 37 minutes easy as you head out of the south bay this morning. Off to the san mateo bridge where theres no problems in the westbound commute direction. You have company but not a whole lot. Eastbound is looking good as well. Now off to the bay bridge in the cash lanes we are seeing some traffic and backup but in the fast track lanes you are good to go. Metering lights are not on. Headlights moving quickly on the east shore freeway. Ve livcturesnasa launching the oryeien spacecraft that happened an halfhour ago at Cape Canaveral air force station in florida. They sent it up a on a formerballistic missile
Ukee has the night off. Septa Regional Rail is running with one third less of its fleet because of a structural problem. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt has been following this story season life outside septa headquarters with more on what computers are facing and how theyre dealing with this rough ride. David . Reporter such a frustrating day for those septa commuters, but the head of septa predicts that tomorrow will actually be a bigger problem. Rush hour just a few hours ago packed more than usual. And you Better Believe that commuters noticed. They were ill prepared. There was no excuse for this. Reporter septa pulled 120 silver liner five cars on friday after an employee discovered a leaning train. Officials found small cracks on beams in 115 of the cars. As long as our safety is being considered i think thats the most important thing. Reporter theres no question the reduced service is an inconvenience. The impact is so immense that i hope that this was something that they t
Silver liner five cars on friday after an employee discovered a leaning train. Officials found small cracks on beams in 115 of the cars. As long as our safety is being considered i think thats the most important thing. Reporter theres no question the reduced service is an inconvenience. The impact is so immense that i hope that this was something that they thought of long and hard about and it wasnt just a last minute decision. Reporter septa officials held the third News Conference in three days to address the issues. Were moving very very quickly and focusing on our customers and getting the silver liner five cars back in service. Reporter tears eat yall laser beams currently being repaired. Eyewitness news has learned the 120 silver liner five cars built at this hyundai rotem facility in south philadelphia. Late tuesday, the Transportation Workers Union local 234 released a statement accusing septa officials of knowing about the issues for at least a month. Septa spokesperson fired