The COVID Project
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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Maryland
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Federal conveyance mask order and TSA directives (the Maryland face-covering orders having been terminated by Order 21-06-15-01 effective July 1, 2021); MDOT MTA service-planning authority
- Issued
- 2021-07-12 July 12, 2021
- Effective
- As captured July 12, 2021 (mask requirement continuing from Apr. 18, 2020 and, from Feb. 1, 2021, under the federal order; MARC and Commuter Bus reductions continuing from Nov. 2, 2020) (read as 2021-07-12)
- End
- Federal transit mask requirement continued past Sept. 30, 2021 (vacated Apr. 18, 2022); end of the MARC and Commuter Bus reductions not documented in this cluster (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- July 12, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- all MDOT MTA riders
- MARC and Commuter Bus commuters
- Transit Store and certification office customers
- Functions reached
- WF commuting workforce (mask condition on every transit commute in Q3 2021; reduced commuter rail and bus frequency)
- TV travel
- CB customer access (capacity limits and screening at customer offices)
- OP office (employers' continuing telework, recited by the authority)
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT
Operative words
Wear a mask - or even better, two masks - before, during and after boarding any MDOT MTA vehicle. Masks are required to be on for the duration of your ride on transit.... While employers continue to support telework options and customers limit their use of transit to essential travel, the latest statistics show that ridership on commuter services continues to rebound slower than expected. Based on these trends, and to adjust service to meet demand, MDOT MTA has implemented temporary, strategic service reductions to MARC Train and Commuter Bus while continuing to operate core Local Bus on normal schedules.... All customers are required to undergo a temperature check before entry. Transit Store capacity is limited to seven customers at all times.
Enforcement
Federal: TSA civil penalties under the security directives (initially $250 to $1,500, doubled from Sept. 10, 2021) and refusal of boarding under the CDC order; carrier condition of carriage
Notes
Q3 2021 instrument for Maryland transit: the authority's own page, captured July 12, 2021, states the mask requirement and the continuing commuter-service reductions. Implementing rule under the federal conveyance order.
Retrieval noteRendered Wayback capture of July 12, 2021 (banner shows timestamp and URL). The page footer carries a stale 'Last Updated: 3/4/2020' string; the content (vaccination-site table, two-mask advice) is 2021 content and the capture date is used as date_issued. Filename date (Aug. 1, 2021) is approximate.