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RTA Statement on Mandatory Face Coverings on Public Transportation (Feb. 5, 2021)

RTA Statement on Mandatory Face Coverings on Public Transportation

Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority · Cuyahoga County, Ohio (GCRTA service area) (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Cuyahoga County, Ohio (GCRTA service area) · Cleveland · Ohio
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Executive Order 13998 (Jan. 21, 2021); CDC conveyance mask order, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025 (eff. Feb. 1, 2021); TSA SD 1582/84-21-01 (federal layer: FED-A)
Issued
2021-02-05 Feb. 5, 2021
Effective
2021-02-01 (federal order) / 2021-02-05 (statement) (read as 2021-02-01)
End
Federal mandate extended to Jan. 18, 2022 (MET-CLE-042) and beyond (read as 2022-01-18)
In force
Feb. 1, 2021 to Jan. 18, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • all GCRTA passengers
  • operators and Transit Police
Functions reached
  • WF commuting workforce
  • CB customers
  • TR
Collection
Cleveland MET-CLE

Operative words

Our Operators will instruct all passengers to wear a mask while riding... the Operator will contact Transit Police, and they will address the passenger at the nearest stop.

Enforcement

Transit Police enforcement 'through communication'; masks supplied at Tower City and Windermere

Notes

Local implementation of the federal conveyance order.

Retrieval note

Agency release (live page, Sept. 26, 2026).