Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. Phoenix and Tucson
  3. MET-PHX-029

Ex. MET-PHX-029 Order Primary source read

Valley Metro COVID-19 rider face-covering requirement and service reductions (page 'COVID-19 updates: face coverings required')

COVID-19 updates: face coverings required

Valley Metro (Boards of Directors) and Phoenix City Council (service actions) · Maricopa County, Arizona (Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority; City of Phoenix Public Transit Department) (Sector regulator)

Open exhibit (PDF, 1.4 MB)Source (opens in a new tab)Archived copy (opens in a new tab)
The COVID Project

The record

Jurisdiction
Maricopa County, Arizona (Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority; City of Phoenix Public Transit Department) · Phoenix and Tucson · Arizona
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Valley Metro RPTA and Valley Metro Rail board authority over service and rider rules; Phoenix City Council actions of Apr. 6, Apr. 23 and Oct. 21, 2020
Issued
2020-07-01 July 1, 2020
Effective
2020-07-01 (face coverings required on all Valley Metro services; Ex. MET-PHX-042); Phoenix bus capacity limits from the week of Apr. 13, 2020; Phoenix service reductions from May 4, 2020; light rail reduced schedule from Apr. 11, 2020 (read as 2020-07-01)
End
Pre-COVID Phoenix bus service restored Oct. 26, 2020; face-covering requirement continued through Sept. 30, 2021 under Valley Metro policy and the federal conveyance order (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
July 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther
Addressees
  • all riders of Valley Metro bus, light rail, paratransit, Dial-a-Ride and vanpools
  • Phoenix transit riders
Functions reached
  • WF workforce commuting (masks; capacity caps; reduced service May 4-Oct. 26, 2020)
  • TRAV local travel
  • CB customers reaching businesses by transit
Collection
Phoenix and Tucson MET-PHX

Operative words

Valley Metro is requiring all riders to wear face coverings on all public transit services: bus, light rail, paratransit, Dial-a-Ride and vanpools. This includes on-board vehicles and at stops, stations and transit centers.... Beginning the week of April 13, passenger space on buses will be limited for the safety of the operators and riders. If the rider capacity is reached, bus operators may not allow boardings until additional capacity is available.... To see the Phoenix City Council action approved on April 6, visit phoenix.gov/newsroom/public-transit/1078.... Starting Monday, May 4, due to the continued impacts of COVID-19, the city of Phoenix Public Transit Department will reduce service on bus routes in Phoenix. See the Phoenix City Council action approved on April 23... Phoenix City Council has reinstated early morning bus service beginning Monday, Oct. 26.... Beginning Monday, May 18, Tempe FLASH bus service will be suspended until August 20, 2020.

Enforcement

Transit personnel instructed not to prevent riders without a face covering from boarding (education-first)

Notes

Also records: light rail adjusted schedule from Apr. 11, 2020 (15-minute frequency, no late-night Friday-Saturday service); Express and RAPID schedules reduced Apr. 6, 2020; Tempe Orbit reduced Apr. 6-July 27, 2020; Scottsdale trolley weekdays only from Aug. 3, 2020; Rt. 685 trips cut July 28, restored Sept. 14, 2020. Phoenix release titles: 'Phoenix Public Transit Service Reductions to Begin Monday, May 4' (newsroom/public-transit/1161) and 'Phoenix Public Transit Department to Restore Pre-COVID Bus Services' (1585).

Retrieval note

Primary as to Valley Metro's own rule and service statements; the Phoenix City Council actions are verified_secondary (release bodies are script-rendered and not preserved).

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.