{"id":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-055","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"AVIATION-SURFACE","eco":"","issuer":"Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak)","authority":"M.G.L. c. 161A, § 3","instrument":"MBTA service revisions of Mar. 23-25, 2020: Commuter Rail Reduced Service Schedule modified; all non-essential travel discouraged","title":"MBTA Discourages All Non-Essential Travel (targeted adjustments to Commuter Rail capacity effective Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-25","end":"superseded by later revisions (Apr. 6, 2020 and June 2020 restorations)","startDate":"2020-03-25","endDate":"2020-04-06","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["MBTA riders and employers in eastern Massachusetts"],"clause":"\u0022The MBTA has announced additional service revisions in a continuing effort to protect the health and safety of the T\u0027s customers and workforce, and to preserve transit services for those who are essential to slowing the spread of COVID-19, or otherwise must travel for purposes that are absolutely necessary. Effective Wednesday, March 25, the MBTA will modify the Commuter Rail\u0027s Reduced Service Schedule to allow for 5 trains to arrive in Boston prior to 7 AM.\u0022 \u0022MBTA is strongly urging customers to avoid any and all unnecessary travel.\u0022","enforcement":"MBTA operating authority","functions":["WF commuting workforce (service preserved for essential workers only)","TR","CB"],"notes":"The transit agency\u0027s implementation of the Commonwealth\u0027s essential-services order of Mar. 23, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mbta.com/news/2020-03-23/mbta-discourages-all-non-essential-travel","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200324060427/https://www.mbta.com/news/2020-03-23/mbta-discourages-all-non-essential-travel","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":384857,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE","url":"/library/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-055","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-055","citation":"Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak), MBTA service revisions of Mar. 23-25, 2020: Commuter Rail Reduced Service Schedule modified; all non-essential travel discouraged (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-055)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-054"]}