{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-003","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","eco":"","issuer":"Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA)","authority":"MDOT MTA \u0027Phase 2: Increase Service\u0027 plan; face coverings \u0027REQUIRED\u0027 under Order 20-04-15-01 (recited)","instrument":"MDOT MTA \u0027Coronavirus Updates\u0027 notice, last updated June 30, 2020 12:30 p.m.: Phase 1 status through July 12 (Saturday schedules on Light Rail and Metro Subway; rear-door boarding; Express BusLink suspended); Phase 2 from July 12, 2020 (front-door boarding and cash fares resume); MARC and Commuter Bus back to published R and S schedules from June 8, 2020; face coverings required","title":"Coronavirus Updates - Phase 1: Current Status through July 12; Phase 2: Increase Service (front-door bus boarding resumes July 12)","dateIssued":"2020-06-30","effective":"2020-06-08 (MARC and Commuter Bus return to published R and S schedules); 2020-07-12 (front-door boarding and cash fares resume); face coverings continuing from Apr. 18, 2020","end":"Fall 2020 reductions to MARC and Commuter Bus re-imposed Nov. 2, 2020 (Ex. 004); Express BusLink still suspended Nov. 2020 (Ex. 004)","startDate":"2020-06-08","endDate":"2020-11-02","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["MASK","TRAV","CRT"],"addressees":["all MDOT MTA riders","employers (telework encouraged)"],"clause":"By reducing unnecessary travel, transit becomes safer for those who depend on it... MDOT MTA encourages all employers to consider telework options where possible... Effective April 18, 2020 at 7:00 a.m.... all riders using public transit... are REQUIRED to wear face coverings.... Phase 2: Increase Service... Front-door bus boarding resumes July 12... Cash fares will be accepted... Phase 1: Current Status through July 12... Effective April 6, all nine Express BusLink routes... are temporarily suspended.... Light Rail - on weekdays (Monday - Friday) Light Rail will operate on a Saturday schedule... Commuter Bus - effective, Monday June 8, 2020, Commuter Bus will return to operating on the published \u0027S\u0027 schedule for all routes, except Route 201... MARC Train - effective, Monday June 8, 2020, MARC Train will return to operating on the published R schedules","enforcement":"Order 20-04-15-01 penalties for the mask rule (misdemeanor); operating rules of the carrier otherwise","functions":["WF commuting workforce (weekday Saturday schedules on rail through July 12; Express routes suspended)","CB customer access (rear-door boarding, no cash fares to July 12)","TV travel (MARC R schedules)","OP office (telework encouraged)"],"notes":"Dates the end of the rear-door-boarding and no-cash period (July 12, 2020) and the partial restoration of commuter service (June 8, 2020). Mixed: implementing mask rule plus service announcement.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mta.maryland.gov/coronavirus","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200703105303/https://www.mta.maryland.gov/coronavirus","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":604069,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-003","citation":"Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA), MDOT MTA \u0027Coronavirus Updates\u0027 notice, last updated June 30, 2020 12:30 p.m.: Phase 1 status through July 12 (Saturday schedules on Light Rail and Metro Subway; rear-door boarding; Express BusLink suspended); Phase 2 from July 12, 2020 (front-door boarding and cash fares resume); MARC and Commuter Bus back to published R and S schedules from June 8, 2020; face coverings required (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-003)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-002","AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-001"]}