{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-048","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina (all NCDOT ferry routes)","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","eco":"","issuer":"North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division","authority":"Ferry Division schedule authority; \u0027lower demand for ferry travel as schools are closed and people remain at home during the outbreak\u0027 (recited)","instrument":"NCDOT release, Mar. 19, 2020: new ferry schedules effective Friday, Mar. 20, 2020 on all routes (Currituck-Knotts Island three round trips; Hatteras-Ocracoke eleven departures; Cedar Island-Ocracoke and Swan Quarter-Ocracoke two or three; Cherry Branch-Minnesott and Bayview-Aurora reduced; Southport-Fort Fisher closed for construction) until further notice; Ocracoke-bound ferries closed to visitors under the Hyde County declaration","title":"N.C. Ferry System Adopts Alternate Schedules During COVID-19 Outbreak","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","effective":"2020-03-20","end":"Increased schedules from May 23, 2020 (Ex. 051)","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-05-23","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["TRAV"],"addressees":["ferry passengers on all routes"],"clause":"Beginning Friday, the N.C. Department of Transportation\u0027s Ferry System is adopting a new set of schedules to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. The new schedules will allow for deeper cleaning of ferry vessels, while also adapting to lower demand for ferry travel as schools are closed and people remain at home during the outbreak.... These schedules will remain in place until further notice. (Please note: For Ocracoke-bound ferries, visitors will not be allowed due to an emergency declaration issued Wednesday by Hyde County.)","enforcement":"Operator schedule decision; Hyde County restriction enforced at terminals","functions":["TV travel","WF commuting workforce (Cherry Branch-Minnesott and Bayview-Aurora commuter crossings reduced)","CB customer access"],"notes":"Service announcement graded context; the Ferry Division\u0027s own attribution of the reductions to closed schools and people remaining at home.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":69276,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-048","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-048","citation":"North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division, NCDOT release, Mar. 19, 2020: new ferry schedules effective Friday, Mar. 20, 2020 on all routes (Currituck-Knotts Island three round trips; Hatteras-Ocracoke eleven departures; Cedar Island-Ocracoke and Swan Quarter-Ocracoke two or three; Cherry Branch-Minnesott and Bayview-Aurora reduced; Southport-Fort Fisher closed for construction) until further notice; Ocracoke-bound ferries closed to visitors under the Hyde County declaration (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-048)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-050","AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-051"]}