{"id":"MET-AUS-088","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority service area (Austin and suburbs)","state":"TX","metro":"AUS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro)","authority":"CapMetro board and executive authority over fares and rider rules during the Stay Home - Work Safe period","instrument":"CapMetro press release: \u0027CapMetro Fare-Free Service to Continue Through May\u0027","title":"Release confirming fare suspension from April 1, 2020 through May 2020, rear-door boarding, essential trips only, and mandatory face coverings for all customers","dateIssued":"2020-04-27","effective":"2020-04-01 (fare suspension); face coverings required of all customers as of the release","end":"2020-05-31 (fare-free period); face-covering requirement continued (Ex. MET-AUS-087)","startDate":"2020-04-01","endDate":"2020-05-31","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["MASK","TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["all CapMetro customers and operators"],"clause":"CapMetro will continue the implementation of free fares for all customers through the month of May. The agency first suspended its fares on April 1 to protect customers and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.... We ask our customers to use transit for essential trips only during the Stay Home-Work Safe shelter-in-place period.... In addition, customers may only board using the rear door, and a yellow chain barrier has been installed on buses to provide separation for our operators... All bus and rail operators have been provided with facial coverings, and all customers are required to wear facial coverings while using CapMetro services.","enforcement":"Operator and security enforcement; face coverings supplied to riders without one","functions":["WF transit-commuting workforce: essential trips only, rear-door boarding, face coverings","TR/TV","CB"],"notes":"Evidences the transit layer of the Austin stay-home period. File name dated 2020-05-11; the release is dated April 27, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.capmetro.org/news","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":179615,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-AUS","url":"/library/MET-AUS-088","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-AUS-088","citation":"Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro), CapMetro press release: \u0027CapMetro Fare-Free Service to Continue Through May\u0027 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-088)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-AUS-087"]}