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Fare suspension and modified (Saturday) service schedule (announced Mar. 24, 2020)

Metro To Suspend Fare Collection and Modify Service Schedule Beginning March 29

Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA), Metro · Hamilton County, Ohio (Metro service area) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Hamilton County, Ohio (Metro service area) · Cincinnati · Ohio
Level
County
Authority
R.C. 306.35
Issued
2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-03-29
End
fares resumed 2020-04-12 (Ex. MET-CIN-018); full service restored 2020-06-28 (Ex. MET-CIN-017) (read as 2020-04-12)
In force
Mar. 29, 2020 to Apr. 12, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • Metro riders
  • Metro sales office
Functions reached
  • WF workforce commuting (reduced service; express routes suspended)
  • TR transit
Collection
Cincinnati MET-CIN

Operative words

Effective Sunday, March 29, Metro will temporarily suspend all fare collection and implement a modified service schedule... Metro will continue to operate with most weekday routes operating on a Saturday schedule until further notice.... Express routes with a local route option will not operate.... Metro's sales office will be closed starting Monday, March 30, 2020, until fare collection resumes.

Enforcement

Transit authority operating order

Notes

Metro attributes the reduction to the State stay-at-home order and ridership decline (Ex. MET-CIN-017).