vernal equinox. in english that means the beginning of the spring. so, now we can watch the days start to get a little bit longer , clear, chilly right now. buddy has spring flowers to take to school and now our temperatures are in the 30 s but with a little bit of the breeze it feels chillier then that. icial time 7:04.ting to rise almost there 34 degrees but feels like 27 your number is a eight outeels like winter now bye we will recover to 53 degrees. tonight, cloudy sky, couple showers while sleeping overnight with the low of 39, tell what you happened aern dayt , happy spring, bob kelly. 7:01. we have an accident here causing delays, i-95 northbound, right at the 320 on ramp here. th i ramp because you don t have a lot of acceleration time. it is like hold your breath, hit your gas and go. obviously that didn t work for these guys here today. northbound l i-95, again, heading out of delco, pennsylvania commodore barry but before the blue route, we will see a slow down
professors statewide has accepted concessions to salary and benefits in exchange for eliminating most of the 249 changes the state system was demanding in terms of status for adjunct professors for example. we talked with a relieved faculty member a moment ago. very much a relief. i was anticipating we would be out for at least for weeks. we were all ready to do it. we didn t want to do it. we didn t want to do this in there first place, right. so i m relieved. reporter: the faculty union says it will release details of the contract that still must be ratified but all homecoming activities here including the marching band appearing in the homecoming parade at tomorrow s football game are now a go. i m so excited about that. homecoming is going to be a blast. reporter: jim, the school was going forward with the full homecoming activities despite the strike. now west chester s football team will host cheney state tomorrow, another state university that was involved in t
was an unpreventable crash. that being said. our expert says. most trucking companies will give employees a chance to explain what happened. and if they re in the clear, like this man, it shouldn t affect them. it is unfair. it s a dramatic thing. drivers are people just like us. they ve got families. they ve got emotions and feelings and when something like that happens it can have a long-term effect. as of right now the driver was probably asked to take a drug test. but that s just a requirement required by the state. some people we talked to said they know the driver, and that he s one of the safest ones out there. we do have his name, but we ve decided not to publish it for the family s privacy. we also now have the name of the man who was killed his name is lewis william borland. he was 34 years old. and running from the police so he wouldn t be arrested for attempted murder. coming up at 6 we ll have more on the recovery process for this the man who opened fire i
place? so with respect to the vehicle inspections, as i mentioned rides that are fulfilled on our platform are provided through our standard vehicle supply. those are our typical lyft vehicles which to my knowledge don t require any special equipment. they are not vehicles equipped with a ramp or lift, they are for meeting the same mechanical requirement and go through that same inspection process that has been required by us and the puc which complies with the general population. there is not special training with respect to the provision of rides to individuals with disabilities and i certainly would be open to conversation about any content that you would recommend be included for those individuals who will be receiving rides on the lyft platform. for example i mentioned that these individuals will receive a text message inviting them to communicate with the driver to communicate their access needs. those individuals that can enter a standard vehicle, if it s your opinio
a contract available to make these kinds of vehicles more accessible. that sounds like a great idea. sure. i m trying to add substance. moving forward to the hard of hearing. i love hearing about reaching out to that community. when talking about having access to communicating with the passengers via tablets are you referring to vrs, video relay services? i wish i knew the exact specific devices. i know those are used in some cases as well as ipads, where they go back and forth. so for deaf drivers, maybe more preferential to using asl instead of simple texting. if you have these video relay services in place, you are still going off a delay and having asl interpretation. there is a cost measure too trying to provide everything through technology has it s limitations to a degree. i think i just have one or two more. we have harriet and roland have questions. in regards to meeting the the training , the on board training process for the drivers. how long is this traini