kim dacey checking on your morning commute. overall looking very nice. one problem spot in the city. a crash on 24 and howard street. otherwise, the major roadways are checking out ok. 49 miles per hour heading south on the harrisburg expressway. 56 as a continued down on the j.f.x. towards the city. looking pretty nice all the way around. we should not encounter any problems. all lanes are open. this is 95 south of eastern avenue. both directions are looking good north and southbound. this is 895 south. very light volume for this time of the morning. no problem spots and no delays. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> we are looking pretty good on the rails. no delays on the marc trains. one delay at cathedral and mind and spirit a diversion at lawrence. the mta is launching a new e- mail notification system today. all subscribers must register as a new user. i'm kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> we have had a pleasant change t

kim dacey checking on your morning commute. we have an accident -- a vehicle fire, a truck fire southbound 795. we're checking on that to see if any lanes are closed. we have some fire activity in nottingham. a report of a crash at eastern and white marsh boulevard. 24 and howard, trucking accidents. we have confirmed the crash on the ramp to the inner loop of the beltway. the outer loop on the west side looking at 12 minutes. six minutes on 95 southbound. 17 minutes between the 95's. we are looking good on the major roadways. you can see the outer loop starting to increase in volume. this is 95 in the area of white marsh. we're moving just fine southbound. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony has a check of the forecast. >> a nice start on this friday morning. note low clouds or drizzle. look at the temperatures -- no low clouds or drizzle. 59 in catonsville. a mixture of sun and clouds. a 20% chance for a rain shower. high temperature in the low to mid 70's. things will change over the weekend. first here is keith mil

. -- dacey i.t -- the cit applications will be out next week. the city could use your service. especially with dealing with mental health crisis -- crises. and to help the stakeholders who put together the training that will be launched in the next couple of months. i think it will be at to week or so turnaround to apply for the position. i do want to get the word out there. >> thank you. line-item 3d. announcements and scheduling . is there anything we need to discuss tonight? >> the chief gave such an impressive report i am most reluctant to bring this up. at one point when we were talking, you indicated the academy and it looks like we will get an academy this year and you have indicated at an earlier meeting that there would be testing for qualified applicants. i wanted to put out there that as soon as you have had the thoughts and everything together in terms of what you are looking for in canada its, it would be of interest as it would be two other commissioners to see what those " the taste -- qualification criteria would consist of and not only let us know but also an o