{"id":"MET-SEA-021","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"King County, Washington (King County Metro Transit; also reports Sound Transit and Seattle Streetcar)","state":"WA","metro":"SEA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"King County Metro (King County Executive Dow Constantine)","authority":"King County emergency proclamation of Mar. 1, 2020; Metro\u0027s operating authority over fares and boarding","instrument":"Metro announcement: fare collection discontinued and rear-door boarding required from Mar. 21, 2020; service reductions from Mar. 23, 2020","title":"King County Metro to discontinue fare collections, direct riders to board buses at rear doors, beginning March 21","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-21 (fares); 2020-03-23 (reduced schedule)","end":"Fares resumed Oct. 1, 2020 (MET-SEA-023); rear-door boarding continued after Oct. 1 for riders not paying at the front","startDate":"2020-03-21","endDate":"2020-10-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["all riders of Metro buses, water taxi and Access paratransit","Sound Transit and Streetcar riders (parallel action)"],"clause":"Effective with the start of service Saturday, March 21, riders will not be required to pay fare when riding King County Metro services, including buses, water taxi and Access paratransit, until further notice. Riders also will be directed to board and exit at the rear doors of buses, unless they need the boarding ramp.... Sound Transit also announced it is stopping collection of fares on all modes and directing riders to board at the back doors. Streetcar also is discontinuing the collection of fare.","enforcement":"Operating rule of the transit agency","functions":["WF commuting workforce (service reductions from Mar. 23, 2020)","TR travel","CB transit-dependent customers"],"notes":"Also documents Metro\u0027s temporary service reductions beginning Mar. 23, 2020 and ridership down about 60 percent from 2019. Sound Transit\u0027s parallel fare suspension and rear-door boarding are verified_secondary from this Metro statement.","sourceUrl":"https://kingcountymetro.blog/2020/03/20/king-county-metro-to-discontinue-fare-collections-direct-riders-to-board-buses-at-rear-doors-beginning-march-21/","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200322043741/https://kingcountymetro.blog/2020/03/20/king-county-metro-to-discontinue-fare-collections-direct-riders-to-board-buses-at-rear-doors-beginning-march-21/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":251170,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SEA","url":"/library/MET-SEA-021","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SEA-021","citation":"King County Metro (King County Executive Dow Constantine), Metro announcement: fare collection discontinued and rear-door boarding required from Mar. 21, 2020; service reductions from Mar. 23, 2020 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-021)","stateName":"Washington","related":["MET-SEA-023"]}