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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-003 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

MDOT MTA 'Coronavirus Updates' notice, last updated June 30, 2020 12:30 p.m.: Phase 1 status through July 12 (Saturday schedules on Light Rail and Metro Subway; rear-door boarding; Express BusLink suspended); Phase 2 from July 12, 2020 (front-door boarding and cash fares resume); MARC and Commuter Bus back to published R and S schedules from June 8, 2020; face coverings required

Coronavirus Updates - Phase 1: Current Status through July 12; Phase 2: Increase Service (front-door bus boarding resumes July 12)

Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA) · Maryland (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Maryland
Level
State
Authority
MDOT MTA 'Phase 2: Increase Service' plan; face coverings 'REQUIRED' under Order 20-04-15-01 (recited)
Issued
2020-06-30 June 30, 2020
Effective
2020-06-08 (MARC and Commuter Bus return to published R and S schedules); 2020-07-12 (front-door boarding and cash fares resume); face coverings continuing from Apr. 18, 2020 (read as 2020-06-08)
End
Fall 2020 reductions to MARC and Commuter Bus re-imposed Nov. 2, 2020 (Ex. 004); Express BusLink still suspended Nov. 2020 (Ex. 004) (read as 2020-11-02)
In force
June 8, 2020 to Nov. 2, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • all MDOT MTA riders
  • employers (telework encouraged)
Functions reached
  • WF commuting workforce (weekday Saturday schedules on rail through July 12; Express routes suspended)
  • CB customer access (rear-door boarding, no cash fares to July 12)
  • TV travel (MARC R schedules)
  • OP office (telework encouraged)
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

By reducing unnecessary travel, transit becomes safer for those who depend on it... MDOT MTA encourages all employers to consider telework options where possible... Effective April 18, 2020 at 7:00 a.m.... all riders using public transit... are REQUIRED to wear face coverings.... Phase 2: Increase Service... Front-door bus boarding resumes July 12... Cash fares will be accepted... Phase 1: Current Status through July 12... Effective April 6, all nine Express BusLink routes... are temporarily suspended.... Light Rail - on weekdays (Monday - Friday) Light Rail will operate on a Saturday schedule... Commuter Bus - effective, Monday June 8, 2020, Commuter Bus will return to operating on the published 'S' schedule for all routes, except Route 201... MARC Train - effective, Monday June 8, 2020, MARC Train will return to operating on the published R schedules

Enforcement

Order 20-04-15-01 penalties for the mask rule (misdemeanor); operating rules of the carrier otherwise

Notes

Dates the end of the rear-door-boarding and no-cash period (July 12, 2020) and the partial restoration of commuter service (June 8, 2020). Mixed: implementing mask rule plus service announcement.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (July 3, 2020) of the authority's own page, 'Last Updated: 06/30/2020 12:30 PM'. Filename date (July 1) is approximate; date_issued is the page's own update date.

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