Here is the latest tonight. Pennsylvania congressman bob brady has joined the negotiations whe negotiations. He is hoping to help both sides. Septa headed to court. It says it obtained an injunction that stops piqueters from interfering with Regional Rail service. They blame some of todays gridlock on Striking Union members who prevented Regional Rail trains from reporting to work. The crews that drive those trains. Tonight we have live team coverage, how to sur vief the impacts, and even how you can get a free ride tomorrow. We begin with Brandon Hudson where the negotiations are stretching into the night. Brandon. Jacquelin and jim. Earlier tonight congressman bob brady walked out this door to give us an update on those septa negotiations. He says he is already concerned that the strike in one day he wants to see it end as soon as possible. Reporter long lines in a taxi line outside 30th street station. In the short time we were there after the evening rush hour we noticed it got lon
Right . Right. And the striking workers, they are back on the picket lines. Most of them have been here for quite a while. A lot have not left at all. In fact, you can see just behind us there, this he have a whole setup with a barbecue grill, tables there. These guys are plan for the long haul here although they do hope that a deal comes quickly so they can go back to work. Theyre among the nearly 5,000 who walked off the job more than 24 hours ago. Negotiations continued well into the night. Septa says they and the transport Workers Union local 234 continue to make steady progress toward reaching an agreement on a new contract. At one point yesterday during the evening rush as we mentioned, picketers started interfering with Regional Rail service. A judge stepped in to stop that. Congressman bob brady stepped into the negotiating process. The big issues have been health care and pensions. Brady told us he is concerned about this stretching into election day. I worry about people not
Bicycle, its nowhere near as cold as yesterday. The temperatures have been running 10 to 15 degrees warmer, a beautiful start. 49 degrees in the suburbs. Thats down one degree in the last hour. Thats now 44 degrees in the Lehigh Valley. Thats up a degree in the last hour. 53 now at philadelphia international. Thats also up. Weve got a southwesterly wind at 5 miles an hour. Thats not a big win but that is a warming direction for us. Thats going to lead to a big warmup during the day. Heading for the low 70s this afternoon with plenty of sunshine. Any light fogc disappears firs thing this morning, bright sunshine, 70s, a few scattered clouds as we head into the evening hours. Pleasant all day long for the suburbs, new jersey, the Lehigh Valley and delaware. Ill take you through it hour by hour when im back in less than ten minutes. Thank you, bill. Another rough commute is under way on the second day of the septa strike. Both sides head back to the bargaining table later this morning af
Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With jim gardner. If you called it commuter chaos you wouldnt be wrong. Center city traffic of the gridlocked and this is the way it looked inside suburban station during rush hour tonight. Endless lines and canceled trains. This is how the workday ended on day one of the transit strike. It is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is the latest on the walk out of 4700 septa workers. But it was a far smaller number that was responsible for a whole lot of commotion tonight. This was the scene at the roberts avenue rail yard in nicetown. Pickets blocked Regional Rail workers from going to work and that caused delays on selected Commuter Rail lines. Septa got an injunction forcing pickets to clear the area at 5 p. M. But by then the damage had been done. And this was the result. A commuter took these pictures inside suburban station. And you can see lines stretching throughout the terminal. Now, the point has to be made,
Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With jim gardner. If you called it commuter chaos you wouldnt be wrong. Center city traffic of the gridlocked and this is the way it looked inside suburban station during rush hour tonight. Endless lines and canceled trains. This is how the workday ended on day one of the transit strike. It is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is the latest on the walk out of 4700 septa workers. But it was a far smaller number that was responsible for a whole lot of commotion tonight. This was the scene at the roberts avenue rail yard in nicetown. Pickets blocked Regional Rail workers from going to work and that caused delays on selected Commuter Rail lines. Septa got an injunction forcing pickets to clear the area at 5 p. M. But by then the damage had been done. And this was the result. A commuter took these pictures inside suburban station. And you can see lines stretching throughout the terminal. Now, the point has to be made,