{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-024","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Washington (all WSF routes)","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","eco":"","issuer":"Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries (WSF); Assistant Secretary Amy Scarton","authority":"\u0027statewide restrictions in place to help slow the spread of COVID-19\u0027 (recited); Secretary of Health\u0027s order (recited: \u0027masks are required aboard our vessels and throughout our terminals in compliance with the state\u0027s health order\u0027); WSF COVID-19 Response Service Plan","instrument":"WSDOT news release, Dec. 18, 2020: public asked to limit state ferry rides to essential purposes over the holidays under statewide restrictions; masks required aboard vessels and in terminals; modified timetables continue (final round trips suspended on three routes; Triangle two-boat; no Sidney service); WSF \u0027will enforce reduced occupancy in terminals and on sailings for walk-on passengers\u0027","title":"Limit state ferry travel to essential trips over holidays","dateIssued":"2020-12-18","effective":"2020-12-18 through the holiday period (Dec. 25, 2020 and Jan. 1, 2021 holiday schedules); modified timetables continuing","end":"Statewide rollback ended with \u0027Healthy Washington - Roadmap to Recovery\u0027 Jan. 11, 2021; masks continued under Order 20-03 series and the federal conveyance order; reduced schedules continued into 2021 (Ex. 096)","startDate":"2020-12-18","endDate":"2021-01-11","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["TRAV","MASK","CAP"],"addressees":["the public (essential ferry travel only)","WSF passengers (masks; occupancy limits)"],"clause":"With statewide restrictions in place to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the public is being asked to limit rides on state ferries to essential purposes only over the Christmas and New Year\u0027s holiday season.... \u0027If you must ride our ferries, remember that masks are required aboard our vessels and throughout our terminals in compliance with the state\u0027s health order...\u0027... Several routes are operating on modified timetables under WSF\u0027s COVID-19 Response Service Plan... Seattle/Bainbridge, Seattle/Bremerton and Mukilteo/Clinton: Final daily round trip suspended. Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth: Two-boat schedule instead of three; late-night sailings suspended... To maintain physical distance standards, WSF will enforce reduced occupancy in terminals and on sailings for walk-on passengers.","enforcement":"Secretary of Health order penalties (misdemeanor, RCW 70.05.120); WSF occupancy enforcement","functions":["TV travel (holiday travel limited to essential purposes; reduced timetables)","WF commuting workforce (masks and occupancy caps)","CB customer access"],"notes":"Winter 2020-21 re-tightening as applied to the State ferry system: an implementing statement of the Governor\u0027s rollback and the Secretary\u0027s mask order with the authority\u0027s own occupancy enforcement.","sourceUrl":"https://wsdot.wa.gov/news/2020/12/18/limit-state-ferry-travel-essential-trips-over-holidays","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201218170347/https://wsdot.wa.gov/news/2020/12/18/limit-state-ferry-travel-essential-trips-over-holidays","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":86911,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-024","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-024","citation":"Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries (WSF); Assistant Secretary Amy Scarton, WSDOT news release, Dec. 18, 2020: public asked to limit state ferry rides to essential purposes over the holidays under statewide restrictions; masks required aboard vessels and in terminals; modified timetables continue (final round trips suspended on three routes; Triangle two-boat; no Sidney service); WSF \u0027will enforce reduced occupancy in terminals and on sailings for walk-on passengers\u0027 (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-024)","stateName":"Washington","related":["AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-096"]}