{"id":"MET-BAL-107","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Baltimore region (MDOT MTA)","state":"MD","metro":"BAL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration","authority":"MTA operating authority; CDC Order under 42 U.S.C. § 264 (86 Fed. Reg. 8025) and TSA Security Directive 1582/84-21-01 (federal transit mask mandate)","instrument":"MDOT MTA COVID-19 page (captured July 12, 2021): masks required for the duration of every ride; Express BusLink and LocalLinks 38 and 92 suspended; MARC on R schedules; Commuter Bus reductions","title":"MDOT MTA Coronavirus (COVID-19) page, July 2021","dateIssued":"2021-07-12","effective":"In force July 12, 2021 (capture date); continuing","end":"Federal transit mask mandate ended Apr. 18, 2022.","startDate":"2021-07-12","endDate":"2022-04-18","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["all transit riders and operators","employers whose workforce commutes by transit","MARC commuters to Washington"],"clause":"Wear a mask - or even better, two masks - before, during and after boarding any MDOT MTA vehicle. Masks are required to be on for the duration of your ride on transit.... MDOT MTA has implemented temporary, strategic service reductions to MARC Train and Commuter Bus while continuing to operate core Local Bus [service]... All local bus, Metro Subway, and Light Rail service is running per schedule with the following exception: all Express Bus routes and LocalLinks 38 and 92 remain suspended. MARC Train is operating on the published R schedules with limited supplemental service for the Penn and Brunswick Lines.","enforcement":"Federal CDC order and TSA security directives (civil penalties); MTA rules of conduct","functions":["WF workforce commuting","TR transit","CB customers arriving by transit"],"notes":"The Q3 2021 transit instrument for the Baltimore region: masks mandatory and nine express routes plus two school routes still suspended on July 12, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mta.maryland.gov/coronavirus","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210712230502/https://www.mta.maryland.gov/coronavirus","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1498708,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-BAL","url":"/library/MET-BAL-107","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-BAL-107","citation":"Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration, MDOT MTA COVID-19 page (captured July 12, 2021): masks required for the duration of every ride; Express BusLink and LocalLinks 38 and 92 suspended; MARC on R schedules; Commuter Bus reductions (Ex. MET-BAL-107)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MET-BAL-105","MET-BAL-106"]}