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HART COVID-19 Update (service reductions Mar. 20, Apr. 1 and Apr. 22, 2020; face coverings required under Tampa EO 2020-27; employee testing)

HART COVID-19 Update

Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) · Hillsborough County, Florida (Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority) (County)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Hillsborough County, Florida (Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority) · Tampa Bay · Florida
Level
County
Authority
Fla. Stat. ch. 163, pt. V (regional transportation authorities); City of Tampa EO 2020-27; Hillsborough Safer-At-Home Order
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-20 (streetcar hours); 2020-04-01 and 2020-04-22 (bus, van and streetcar reductions); 2020-06-19 (face coverings) (read as 2020-03-20)
End
Service restored in steps from mid-2020; masks required under the federal mandate through Q3 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther
Addressees
  • HART riders; employers dependent on transit in Hillsborough County
Functions reached
  • WF workforce commuting
  • CB customer access
  • TR transport
Collection
Tampa Bay MET-TPA

Operative words

HART has announced a reduction of bus, van, and streetcar service levels, beginning April 1, 2020. These service changes reflect closures along routes, reduced demand for service, and in support of Hillsborough County's 'Safer-at-Home' order... an additional reduction of transit service beginning Wednesday, April 22, 2020... By City of Tampa Executive Order 2020-27, HART customers are now REQUIRED to wear face [coverings]... Service hours on the TECO Line Streetcar System are being reduced beginning March 20, 2020.

Enforcement

Agency operating rules; Tampa EO 2020-27 (civil infraction); federal mandate from Feb. 2021

Notes

The agency attributes its April 2020 service cuts to route closures and the County's Safer-At-Home order

Retrieval note

Live agency blog (running update from Mar. 13, 2020) rendered to PDF with headless Edge on Sept. 26, 2026; text verified. [bytes=796234].