{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-089","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New York (New York City; all MTA local and Select Bus Service buses)","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","eco":"","issuer":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA); New York City Transit; MTA Bus Company","authority":"MTA operating and fare authority; EO 202.18 mask requirement (recited: \u0027the requirement to wear a mask while on board\u0027)","instrument":"MTA press release, Aug. 18, 2020: front-door boarding and fare collection resume on all local and SBS buses Aug. 31, 2020; rear-door boarding had been implemented Mar. 23, 2020; polycarbonate operator barriers on 4,800 local buses; seat behind the operator blocked; forgone bus fares of $159 million; Bridge and Tunnel Officers and EAGLE teams to enforce fare payment and mask requirement","title":"MTA Announces Front-Door Boarding and Fare Collection to Resume on All Local and SBS Buses Beginning Monday, August 31","dateIssued":"2020-08-18","effective":"2020-03-23 (rear-door boarding; fares effectively uncollected on local buses) to 2020-08-31 (front-door boarding and fare collection resume)","end":"2020-08-31","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2020-08-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["OTHER","MASK","TRAV"],"addressees":["riders of all MTA local and SBS buses","bus operators"],"clause":"The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced front-door boarding and fare collection on all local and SBS buses will resume Monday, August 31... the MTA led the way for other transit agencies by implementing rear-door boarding measures on March 23 to protect frontline employees from the spread of COVID-19 early in the pandemic.... Based on the number of riders who actually boarded over the last several months, if the MTA had collected bus fares, those fares would have amounted to $159 million.... The changes include blocking off the seat directly behind the bus operator... The MTA continues to block off the front two rows on express buses... MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officers and NYC Transit agents (EAGLE teams) will be deployed throughout the bus system to remind customers of the need to pay the fare while entering through the front door starting August 31 and of the requirement to wear a mask while on board.","enforcement":"EO 202.18 mask requirement (with a $50 fine from Sept. 14, 2020, Ex. 091) enforced by MTA officers; fare evasion rules (21 NYCRR 1050.4)","functions":["WF commuting workforce (five months of rear-door boarding and blocked seating on the nation\u0027s largest bus system)","CB customer access","TV travel"],"notes":"Authority operating rule and end-date document (rear-door boarding Mar. 23 - Aug. 31, 2020) with the mask requirement under EO 202.18 restated. MTA subway and rail instruments are in AVIATION-SURFACE (Ex. 080-082 there).","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":190547,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-089","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-089","citation":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA); New York City Transit; MTA Bus Company, MTA press release, Aug. 18, 2020: front-door boarding and fare collection resume on all local and SBS buses Aug. 31, 2020; rear-door boarding had been implemented Mar. 23, 2020; polycarbonate operator barriers on 4,800 local buses; seat behind the operator blocked; forgone bus fares of $159 million; Bridge and Tunnel Officers and EAGLE teams to enforce fare payment and mask requirement (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-089)","stateName":"New York","related":[]}