{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-071","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island (statewide)","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","eco":"","issuer":"Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA)","authority":"Executive Order 20-24 (recited: \u0027Passengers must wear face coverings in public, per Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo\u0027s Executive Order 20-24\u0027); RIPTA operating authority (20-passenger limit; facility closures)","instrument":"RIPTA \u0027Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)\u0027 page, updated Oct. 13, 2020: transit for essential travel only; passengers must wear face coverings per EO 20-24; no more than 20 passengers on any fixed-route bus; Kennedy Plaza, Newport and Pawtucket transit centers and both Photo ID offices closed; Lost and Found by reservation, masks required","title":"RIPTA\u0027s Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) - UPDATED: October 13, 2020 (face coverings per Executive Order 20-24; no more than 20 passengers per bus; transit centers closed)","dateIssued":"2020-10-13","effective":"As stated Oct. 13, 2020 (EO 20-24 from Apr. 18, 2020; passenger limit and closures from spring 2020)","end":"Transit centers still closed June 7, 2021 (Ex. 072); face coverings continued under EO 20-24 and successors and, from Feb. 1, 2021, the federal conveyance order (Ex. 072); end of the 20-passenger cap not documented","startDate":"2020-10-13","endDate":"2021-06-07","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["MASK","CAP","CLOSE","TRAV"],"addressees":["RIPTA fixed-route, Flex and RIde paratransit passengers","transit center and Photo ID office customers"],"clause":"To prevent the spread of the COVID-19, transit should be used for essential travel only.... Do I have to wear a face mask? Yes. Passengers must wear face coverings in public, per Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo\u0027s Executive Order 20-24.... Seating Reduction: To help ensure that there is enough room for proper social distancing, we have reduced the number of passengers on board. No more than 20 passengers will be allowed on any fixed-route bus. What is closed? Kennedy Plaza Intermodal Transportation Center. Newport Transportation Center. Pawtucket Transit Center. Photo ID Office at Kennedy Plaza. Photo ID Office at RIPTA Headquarters","enforcement":"EO 20-24 (R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9; violation a misdemeanor under § 30-15-14, as the Rhode Island State file records); RIPTA passenger cap enforced at boarding; facility closures","functions":["WF commuting workforce (statewide 20-passenger cap on every bus; masks; essential travel only)","CB customer access (transit centers and ID offices closed)","TV travel"],"notes":"Implementing rule under EO 20-24 plus a hard statewide capacity cap and facility closures in force through at least the fourth quarter of 2020 and, for the closures, into June 2021 (Ex. 072).","sourceUrl":"https://www.ripta.com/covid-19/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201016204940/https://www.ripta.com/covid-19/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1548223,"grade":"primary","character":"binding","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-071","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-071","citation":"Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA), RIPTA \u0027Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)\u0027 page, updated Oct. 13, 2020: transit for essential travel only; passengers must wear face coverings per EO 20-24; no more than 20 passengers on any fixed-route bus; Kennedy Plaza, Newport and Pawtucket transit centers and both Photo ID offices closed; Lost and Found by reservation, masks required (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-071)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":[]}