{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-015","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ TRANSIT)","authority":"Executive Order No. 165 (recited: \u0027requires all staff \u0026 customers to wear face coverings on board all transit vehicles and inside all stations \u0026 facilities\u0027); NJ TRANSIT\u0027s own extension to platforms and stations \u0027regardless of physical distance\u0027","instrument":"NJ TRANSIT press release, July 30, 2020: cash fares and front-door boarding resume Aug. 3, 2020 on buses with operator barriers; cash fares and front-door boarding \u0027remain temporarily suspended\u0027 on buses without barriers; face coverings required under EO 165 on all vehicles and in all stations and facilities and on outdoor platforms and stops where distancing is not practicable; \u0027Your Ride to Recovery\u0027 guidelines; employers asked to keep employees working from home or stagger hours","title":"Cash Fares and Front Door Boarding Resume on NJ TRANSIT Buses August 3rd - Protective Barriers Installed Near Bus Operators","dateIssued":"2020-07-30","effective":"2020-08-03 (cash fares and front-door boarding on barrier-equipped buses); 2020-07-15 8:00 p.m. (EO 165 face coverings)","end":"Face coverings on transit continued under EO 165, EO 192 and EO 242 para. 13 and, from Feb. 1, 2021, under the federal conveyance order; rear-door boarding ended bus by bus as barriers were installed (fall 2020)","startDate":"2020-08-03","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","OTHER","EMP"],"addressees":["all NJ TRANSIT customers (vehicles, stations, platforms, stops)","all public-facing NJ TRANSIT employees","employers (asked to continue work from home or stagger hours)"],"clause":"Cash fares and front door boarding will remain temporarily suspended on buses which have not yet had the barrier installation.... As a precaution to prevent the spread of COVID-19, cash fares on buses were temporarily suspended with customers restricted to rear-door boarding to increase social distancing between bus operators and customers.... Governor Murphy\u0027s Executive Order 165 requires all staff \u0026 customers to wear face coverings on board all transit vehicles and inside all stations \u0026 facilities. Masks are also required on all outdoor train platforms \u0026 bus stops when distancing is not practicable. NJ TRANSIT requires all public-facing employees to wear face coverings at all times when performing their duties.... Employers can also play a significant role by helping flatten the peak travel curves and spread ridership more evenly over the entire service day by encouraging employees to continue to work from home if they can, or stagger work hours and work days.... Customers are required to do the same under Governor Murphy\u0027s Executive Order 165... NJ TRANSIT has extended this requirement to the entire journey to also include all NJ TRANSIT-owned public spaces (e.g. stairs, platforms and stations), regardless of physical distance.","enforcement":"EO 165 penalties (N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49, -50: disorderly persons offense; up to six months\u0027 imprisonment, $1,000 fine); NJ TRANSIT condition of carriage","functions":["WF commuting workforce (mask condition for the entire journey; bus boarding and fare restrictions continuing)","OP office (employers asked to keep staff at home or stagger hours)","HR (public-facing employee mask rule)","CB customer access","TV travel"],"notes":"Implementing rule under EO 165 with the carrier\u0027s own extension beyond the order (masks on all platforms and stations regardless of distance). The employer-directed request (continue work from home; stagger hours) is the transit authority\u0027s own statement of the compelled commuting pattern.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":141068,"grade":"primary","character":"binding","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-015","citation":"New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ TRANSIT), NJ TRANSIT press release, July 30, 2020: cash fares and front-door boarding resume Aug. 3, 2020 on buses with operator barriers; cash fares and front-door boarding \u0027remain temporarily suspended\u0027 on buses without barriers; face coverings required under EO 165 on all vehicles and in all stations and facilities and on outdoor platforms and stops where distancing is not practicable; \u0027Your Ride to Recovery\u0027 guidelines; employers asked to keep employees working from home or stagger hours (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-015)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-014"]}