{"id":"MET-HOU-058","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO)","state":"TX","metro":"HOU","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"METRO Board Chair","authority":"transit authority operating rules","instrument":"A Letter from the METRO Board Chair: How METRO Has Responded to the COVID-19 Outbreak, with fact sheet","title":"Letter from the METRO Board Chair and COVID-19 fact sheet","dateIssued":"2020-05-18","effective":"measures in effect as of May 18, 2020","end":"rolling","startDate":"2020-05-18","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["METRO riders and employees"],"clause":"METRO has asked its riders to take only essential trips... Temporarily suspending fares... Giving all employees temperature checks upon reporting to work... Requiring bus operators to wear masks... Implementing rear-door bus boarding for all but mobility-impaired [riders]... Making buses available to handle overflow from the reduced seating capacity... Encouraging riders to wear masks... providing a mask to any rider who lacks one.","enforcement":"operating rules","functions":["WF commuting workforce","CB","TV"],"notes":"Weekday ridership about 100,000 against a normal 280,000; Park \u0026 Ride service suspended except to the Texas Medical Center, partial resumption May 18, 2020","sourceUrl":"https://www.ridemetro.org/MetroPDFs/AboutMETRO/COVID-19/COVID-19-Letter-from-the-Chair-and-Fact-Sheet.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210722150947/https://www.ridemetro.org/MetroPDFs/AboutMETRO/COVID-19/COVID-19-Letter-from-the-Chair-and-Fact-Sheet.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":250198,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-HOU","url":"/library/MET-HOU-058","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-HOU-058","citation":"METRO Board Chair, A Letter from the METRO Board Chair: How METRO Has Responded to the COVID-19 Outbreak, with fact sheet (May 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-058)","stateName":"Texas","related":[]}