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MDOT MTA COVID-19 service reductions, boarding rules and face-covering requirement (agency web notice, captured Apr. 17, 2020)

MDOT MTA Coronavirus (COVID-19) page: service status and face-covering requirement

Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration · Baltimore region (MDOT Maryland Transit Administration: Local Bus, Light RailLink, Metro SubwayLink, MobilityLink, Commuter Bus, MARC) (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Baltimore region (MDOT Maryland Transit Administration: Local Bus, Light RailLink, Metro SubwayLink, MobilityLink, Commuter Bus, MARC) · Baltimore · Maryland
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
MTA operating authority (Md. Code, Transp. tit. 7); Governor's Orders 20-03-19-01 (transit) and 20-04-15-01 (face coverings)
Issued
2020-04-17 Apr. 17, 2020
Effective
Service reductions Mar. 18, 2020; Express BusLink and LocalLink 38/92 suspended Apr. 6; Saturday schedules Apr. 14; Commuter Bus and MARC reductions Apr. 13; face coverings 7:00 a.m. Apr. 18, 2020 (read as 2020-03-18)
End
Front-door boarding resumed July 12, 2020 (MET-BAL-106); route suspensions and mask rule continuing July 2021 (MET-BAL-107) (read as 2020-07-12)
In force
Mar. 18, 2020 to July 12, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther
Addressees
  • all transit riders
  • operators
  • employers whose workforce commutes by transit
Functions reached
  • WF workforce commuting
  • TR transit access for customers
  • HR
Collection
Baltimore MET-BAL

Operative words

In an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, PLEASE USE TRANSIT FOR ESSENTIAL TRAVEL ONLY.... Effective April 18, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. to reduce the spread of COVID-19, all riders using public transit including local bus, light rail, metro subway, commuter bus, MARC Train and Mobility/paratransit service are [required] to wear face coverings.... MDOT MTA will implement service reductions on all vehicle modes effective Wednesday, March 18. Effective April 14, local bus service will operate on a base Saturday schedule Monday through Saturday... Effective April 6, all nine Express BusLink routes... and LocalLink 38 and 92, which primarily serve schools that are now closed, are temporarily suspended... MDOT MTA will implement rear-door boarding on all bus routes... Light Rail... on weekdays... will operate on a Saturday schedule... Metro Subway... Saturday schedule... State office buildings have been closed to the public. As a result, the Transit Store located at 6 St. Paul Street in Baltimore will be closed beginning Monday, March 16.

Enforcement

Governor's Order 20-04-15-01 (misdemeanor) for face coverings; MTA rules of conduct

Notes

The Baltimore region's transit agency reduced every mode to weekend-level service and suspended school and express routes for the whole of 2020 Q2.

Retrieval note

Rendered from the Wayback capture of the agency's own notice (method recorded by the tool as rendered-live of the archive URL).

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