{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-001","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maryland (Baltimore region; MARC Penn, Camden and Brunswick Lines to Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, W. Va.)","state":"DC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","eco":"","issuer":"Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA)","authority":"MDOT MTA operating authority under Transp. § 7-204; State office-building closure directed by the Governor (recited: \u0027State office buildings have been closed to the public\u0027)","instrument":"MDOT MTA \u0027Coronavirus Updates\u0027 service-status notice, last updated Mar. 17, 2020 7:00 p.m.: system-wide service reductions effective Mar. 18, 2020; rear-door boarding on all bus routes; Transit Store and Reduced Fare Certification Office closed from Mar. 16","title":"Coronavirus Updates - Service Status (service reductions on all vehicle modes effective Wednesday, March 18)","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-18 (service reductions on all modes; MARC \u0027R\u0027 schedule from Mar. 17; Transit Store and Reduced Fare Certification Office closed from Mar. 16)","end":"Front-door boarding and cash fares resumed July 12, 2020 (Ex. 003); Light Rail and Metro Subway Saturday schedules and MARC/Commuter Bus reductions relaxed June 8, 2020 and re-imposed Nov. 2, 2020 (Ex. 003, 004); Transit Store reopened Aug. 31, 2020 (Ex. 004)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-07-12","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["TRAV","CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["all MDOT MTA riders","bus operators","paratransit (Mobility) customers","Transit Store and Reduced Fare Certification Office customers"],"clause":"MDOT MTA will implement service reductions on all vehicle modes effective Wednesday, March 18.... to minimize operator contact with riders, MDOT MTA will implement rear-door boarding on all bus routes with riders encouraged to pay transit fares with the CharmPass mobile ticketing app, CharmCard or paper ticket that will be visually validated... Light Rail - on weekdays (Monday - Friday) Light Rail will operate on a Saturday schedule... Metro Subway... will operate on a Saturday schedule... MARC Train - will begin operating on a \u0027R\u0027 schedule on all three lines effective Tuesday, March 17... Mobility - paratransit service will continue to book and provide medical trips... All other trips are canceled until further notice... Transit Store - State office buildings have been closed to the public. As a result, the Transit Store located at 6 St. Paul Street in Baltimore will be closed beginning Monday, March 16.","enforcement":"Operating rule of the carrier (boarding and fare-validation practice; trip cancellations); no penalty clause; the underlying State office-building closure is a gubernatorial direction","functions":["WF commuting workforce (Saturday schedules on weekdays; MARC R schedule; Express BusLink later suspended)","CB customer access (paratransit non-medical trips canceled; Transit Store and certification office closed)","TV travel (commuter rail to Washington reduced)","OP office (State office buildings closed to the public)"],"notes":"Earliest instrument in the Maryland transit series; the reductions it announces continued in one form or another on MARC and Commuter Bus into July 2021 (Ex. 005). Service announcement of a State agency; graded context. The rear-door-boarding rule and the paratransit trip cancellations are binding operating rules on riders.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mta.maryland.gov/coronavirus","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200318005247/https://www.mta.maryland.gov/coronavirus","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":534098,"grade":"primary","character":"binding","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-001","citation":"Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA), MDOT MTA \u0027Coronavirus Updates\u0027 service-status notice, last updated Mar. 17, 2020 7:00 p.m.: system-wide service reductions effective Mar. 18, 2020; rear-door boarding on all bus routes; Transit Store and Reduced Fare Certification Office closed from Mar. 16 (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-001)","stateName":"District of Columbia","related":["AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-002","AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-003"]}