{"id":"MET-STL-041","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Bi-State Development Agency (Metro Transit), Missouri-Illinois","state":"MO","metro":"STL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Metro Transit (Bi-State Development)","authority":"Bi-State Development Agency Compact; transit operating authority; Illinois Executive Order 2020-32 (face coverings) recited","instrument":"Metro Transit COVID-19 Update: Face Coverings Required for Metro Transit Riders Starting on May 11","title":"Face coverings mandatory for all Metro Transit customers and employees on MetroBus, MetroLink and Metro Call-A-Ride from Monday, May 11, 2020; riders without face coverings not permitted to board","dateIssued":"2020-05-05","effective":"2020-05-11","end":"Continued without interruption; from Feb. 1, 2021 under the TSA security directive (Ex. MET-STL-043); in force Sept. 30, 2021","startDate":"2020-05-11","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","TRAV"],"addressees":["all Metro Transit customers and employees"],"clause":"Beginning Monday, May 11, face coverings are mandatory for all Metro Transit customers and employees when riding MetroBus, MetroLink or Metro Call-A-Ride services.... Transit riders must wear their face coverings during their entire trip on a Metro Transit vehicle.... Transit users who are not wearing a face covering will not be permitted to board MetroBus, MetroLink or Metro Call-A-Ride vehicles. The requirement to wear face coverings on public transit follows recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and a requirement issued by the State of Illinois... [Metro has been] waiving the collection of cash fares on MetroBus since March 21, and riders have been boarding buses via the rear doors.","enforcement":"Denial of boarding","functions":["WF commuting workforce (mask condition of transit)","TV","CB"],"notes":"Establishes the transit mask rule two months before the City and County general mask orders (July 3, 2020) and confirms rear-door boarding and fare waiver from Mar. 21, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.metrostlouis.org/news-release/covid-19-update-face-coverings-required-for-metro-transit-riders-starting-on-may-11/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200930035126/https://www.metrostlouis.org/news-release/covid-19-update-face-coverings-required-for-metro-transit-riders-starting-on-may-11/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":264315,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-STL","url":"/library/MET-STL-041","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-STL-041","citation":"Metro Transit (Bi-State Development), Metro Transit COVID-19 Update: Face Coverings Required for Metro Transit Riders Starting on May 11 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-STL-041)","stateName":"Missouri","related":["MET-STL-043","MET-STL-042","MET-STL-039"]}