{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-005","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":"Federal conveyance mask order and TSA directives (the Maryland face-covering orders having been terminated by Order 21-06-15-01 effective July 1, 2021); MDOT MTA service-planning authority","instrument":"MDOT MTA \u0027COVID-19 and MDOT MTA\u0027 page as captured July 12, 2021: \u0027Masks are required to be on for the duration of your ride on transit\u0027; temporary strategic service reductions to MARC Train and Commuter Bus continuing; Transit Store temperature checks and seven-customer capacity limit; Reduced Fare Certification Office by appointment, ten-customer limit","title":"COVID-19 and MDOT MTA - How To Ride; Status of Transit Service (masks required for the duration of the ride; MARC and Commuter Bus reductions continuing)","dateIssued":"2021-07-12","effective":"As captured July 12, 2021 (mask requirement continuing from Apr. 18, 2020 and, from Feb. 1, 2021, under the federal order; MARC and Commuter Bus reductions continuing from Nov. 2, 2020)","end":"Federal transit mask requirement continued past Sept. 30, 2021 (vacated Apr. 18, 2022); end of the MARC and Commuter Bus reductions not documented in this cluster","startDate":"2021-07-12","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","TRAV","CAP"],"addressees":["all MDOT MTA riders","MARC and Commuter Bus commuters","Transit Store and certification office customers"],"clause":"Wear a mask - or even better, two masks - before, during and after boarding any MDOT MTA vehicle. Masks are required to be on for the duration of your ride on transit.... While employers continue to support telework options and customers limit their use of transit to essential travel, the latest statistics show that ridership on commuter services continues to rebound slower than expected. Based on these trends, and to adjust service to meet demand, MDOT MTA has implemented temporary, strategic service reductions to MARC Train and Commuter Bus while continuing to operate core Local Bus on normal schedules.... All customers are required to undergo a temperature check before entry. Transit Store capacity is limited to seven customers at all times.","enforcement":"Federal: TSA civil penalties under the security directives (initially $250 to $1,500, doubled from Sept. 10, 2021) and refusal of boarding under the CDC order; carrier condition of carriage","functions":["WF commuting workforce (mask condition on every transit commute in Q3 2021; reduced commuter rail and bus frequency)","TV travel","CB customer access (capacity limits and screening at customer offices)","OP office (employers\u0027 continuing telework, recited by the authority)"],"notes":"Q3 2021 instrument for Maryland transit: the authority\u0027s own page, captured July 12, 2021, states the mask requirement and the continuing commuter-service reductions. Implementing rule under the federal conveyance order.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mta.maryland.gov/coronavirus","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210712230502/https://www.mta.maryland.gov/coronavirus","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":603411,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-005","citation":"Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA), MDOT MTA \u0027COVID-19 and MDOT MTA\u0027 page as captured July 12, 2021: \u0027Masks are required to be on for the duration of your ride on transit\u0027; temporary strategic service reductions to MARC Train and Commuter Bus continuing; Transit Store temperature checks and seven-customer capacity limit; Reduced Fare Certification Office by appointment, ten-customer limit (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-005)","stateName":"Maryland","related":[]}