The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority · Atlanta · Georgia
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- MARTA Act; agency rules of conduct
- Issued
- 2020-07-15 July 15, 2020
- Effective
- By 2020-07-15 (agency announced a formal system-wide mask policy in mid-2020 per 11Alive) (read as 2020-07-15)
- End
- Superseded and reinforced by the CDC conveyance mask order, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025 (effective Feb. 1, 2021), and TSA Security Directive 1582/84-21-01 (in force through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond; federal instruments) (read as 2021-02-01)
- In force
- July 15, 2020 to Feb. 1, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirement
- Addressees
- Functions reached
- WF workforce commuting by rail and bus
- CB transit-dependent customers
- Collection
- Atlanta MET-ATL
Operative words
Attention riders: MARTA requires you to wear a face mask or cloth covering over your nose and mouth to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Ride with Respect!
Enforcement
Agency rule; from Feb. 1, 2021 federal law (42 U.S.C. § 264; TSA directive)
Notes
Transit mask requirement for the region's 400,000-plus daily pre-pandemic riders; Q3 2021 in force under the federal order (cite FED exhibits by name).
Retrieval noteAgency's own page read; the date the requirement began (spring 2020) not fixed.