{"id":"MET-CMH-023","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) service area (Franklin County and portions of adjoining counties)","state":"OH","metro":"CMH","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Central Ohio Transit Authority (regional transit authority under R.C. ch. 306; Joanna M. Pinkerton, President/CEO)","authority":"R.C. 306.35 (transit authority powers over the operation of its system); COTA rider rules; from Feb. 1, 2021, CDC Order Requiring Masks on Conveyances and TSA security directives (federal)","instrument":"COTA \u0027Moving Forward\u0027 release (July 2020): mask-wearing policy aboard vehicles (#MaskUpCBUS)","title":"Moving Forward (July 2020): COTA safety measures and mask policy","dateIssued":"","effective":"2020 (COTA\u0027s customer mask requirement was in place before the statewide order of July 23, 2020; COTA\u0027s Aug. 2020 updates describe operators masked \u0027as part of COTA and state requirements\u0027)","end":"Merged into the federal mask requirement Feb. 1, 2021; COTA lifted its mask requirement after the federal ruling of Apr. 18, 2022","startDate":"2020-07-23","endDate":"2021-02-01","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","TRAV"],"addressees":["transit customers","COTA operators and employees"],"clause":"You will see our vehicle signage reminding you to #MaskUpCBUS!, supporting mask wearing policies aboard our vehicles and within our community.","enforcement":"Transit authority rider policy; from Feb. 1, 2021 federal law (42 U.S.C. § 264; 86 Fed. Reg. 8025) with TSA enforcement","functions":["WF workforce commuting by transit","TV travel","CB customers arriving by transit"],"notes":"COTA\u0027s separate release \u0027COTA to Require Customers to Wear Masks\u0027 (2020; undated on the current site) lists the measures taken since early March 2020: focused service (Mar. 16), fare suspension and rear-door boarding (Mar. 19), employee temperature checks (Apr. 1), Essential Travel Only policy (Apr. 3), rider cap of 20 per vehicle, sanitizing.","sourceUrl":"https://cota.com/blog/movingforward-2020-07/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":138518,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-CMH","url":"/library/MET-CMH-023","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-CMH-023","citation":"Central Ohio Transit Authority (regional transit authority under R.C. ch. 306; Joanna M. Pinkerton, President/CEO), COTA \u0027Moving Forward\u0027 release (July 2020): mask-wearing policy aboard vehicles (#MaskUpCBUS) (July 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-CMH-023)","stateName":"Ohio","related":[]}