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Ex. MET-PHL-040 Order Primary source read

Lifeline Service Schedule (release of Apr. 7, 2020)

SEPTA Moves to Reduced 'Lifeline Service Schedule' Effective Thursday, April 9 - Operations Focused on Essential Travel; For Health and Safety, All Others Urged to Stay Home

SEPTA (General Manager Leslie S. Richards) · Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) (Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties) (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) (Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties) · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Metropolitan Transportation Authorities Act, 74 Pa.C.S. ch. 17; SEPTA operating authority
Issued
2020-04-07 Apr. 7, 2020
Effective
2020-04-09
End
Phased restoration from the region's Yellow Phase (June 2020); reduced schedules continued through 2021 (secondary, MET-PHL-091) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Apr. 9, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • all SEPTA riders; SEPTA Transit Police controlling station access
Functions reached
  • WF commuting workforce across the five counties
  • TR travel
  • CB customers reaching stores, offices and clinics by transit
Collection
Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

Starting on Thursday, April 9, SEPTA will move to a new 'Lifeline Service Schedule,' operating as much service as possible with our healthy and available employees, but with limited lines and routes. SEPTA is now asking all riders to wear masks or other facial coverings, consistent with new CDC guidelines, to protect both riders and operators.... Access to stations will be limited, and SEPTA police will engage customers to ensure that they are traveling for essential purposes. 'If you are not traveling to an essential job or for urgent personal business like a medical appointment, you need to stay home and help us preserve service and space for those who need it most,' Richards said.

Enforcement

SEPTA operating rules; SEPTA Transit Police controlling station access; rider caps enforced by operators

Notes

Six Regional Rail lines suspended, ten Market-Frankford and eight Broad Street stations closed, bus and trolley service cut to about 60 routes with rider caps of 20 per bus and 25 per trolley (contemporaneous press, secondary)

Retrieval note

SEPTA's own release.