{"id":"MET-SDF-011","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky (TARC service area)","state":"KY","metro":"SDF","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Transit Authority of River City (TARC), Co-Executive Director Margaret Handmaker","authority":"KRS ch. 96A; TARC\u0027s control of its vehicles; CDC guidance recited; drivers designated \u0027critical infrastructure workers\u0027","instrument":"TARC to Implement Additional COVID-19 Measures: Passengers Must Wear Face Coverings and Exit Bus through Rear Door","title":"Face coverings required; rear-door exit required; essential-trips limitation continued","dateIssued":"2020-04-17","effective":"2020-04-26 (Sunday)","end":"not stated; face coverings on TARC continued under the Governor\u0027s EO 2020-586 (July 10, 2020 to June 11, 2021) and the CDC conveyance order (Feb. 1, 2021 onward, FED file)","startDate":"2020-04-26","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","TRAV"],"addressees":["all TARC passengers"],"clause":"Beginning Sunday, April 26, in a continued effort to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, TARC is implementing two new measures: All passengers are required to exit the rear doors; All passengers are required to wear a face covering... The only exceptions to these two new rules will be that those with mobility issues may choose the exit best suited to them, and children under 2 and those passengers with breathing difficulties will be exempt from wearing a face coverings.... TARC would also like to issue a reminder that ridership on ALL TARC BUSES remains limited to \u0027essential services only.\u0027","enforcement":"operational rule of the transit authority","functions":["WF workforce commuting","CB transit-dependent customers","TV travel"],"notes":"Local transit mask mandate eleven weeks before the State\u0027s (July 10, 2020) and nine months before the federal conveyance order; masking on TARC was continuous from Apr. 26, 2020 through Sept. 30, 2021 under successive local, State and federal instruments.","sourceUrl":"https://www.ridetarc.org/additional-covid-measures/","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200523070442/https://www.ridetarc.org/additional-covid-measures/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":186181,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SDF","url":"/library/MET-SDF-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SDF-011","citation":"Transit Authority of River City (TARC), Co-Executive Director Margaret Handmaker, TARC to Implement Additional COVID-19 Measures: Passengers Must Wear Face Coverings and Exit Bus through Rear Door (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-011)","stateName":"Kentucky","related":["MET-SDF-009","MET-SDF-010"]}