{"id":"MET-PHL-040","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) (Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties)","state":"PA","metro":"PHL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"SEPTA (General Manager Leslie S. Richards)","authority":"Metropolitan Transportation Authorities Act, 74 Pa.C.S. ch. 17; SEPTA operating authority","instrument":"Lifeline Service Schedule (release of Apr. 7, 2020)","title":"SEPTA Moves to Reduced \u0027Lifeline Service Schedule\u0027 Effective Thursday, April 9 - Operations Focused on Essential Travel; For Health and Safety, All Others Urged to Stay Home","dateIssued":"2020-04-07","effective":"2020-04-09","end":"Phased restoration from the region\u0027s Yellow Phase (June 2020); reduced schedules continued through 2021 (secondary, MET-PHL-091)","startDate":"2020-04-09","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["TRAV","MASK","CAP"],"addressees":["all SEPTA riders; SEPTA Transit Police controlling station access"],"clause":"Starting on Thursday, April 9, SEPTA will move to a new \u0027Lifeline Service Schedule,\u0027 operating as much service as possible with our healthy and available employees, but with limited lines and routes. SEPTA is now asking all riders to wear masks or other facial coverings, consistent with new CDC guidelines, to protect both riders and operators.... Access to stations will be limited, and SEPTA police will engage customers to ensure that they are traveling for essential purposes. \u0027If you are not traveling to an essential job or for urgent personal business like a medical appointment, you need to stay home and help us preserve service and space for those who need it most,\u0027 Richards said.","enforcement":"SEPTA operating rules; SEPTA Transit Police controlling station access; rider caps enforced by operators","functions":["WF commuting workforce across the five counties","TR travel","CB customers reaching stores, offices and clinics by transit"],"notes":"Six Regional Rail lines suspended, ten Market-Frankford and eight Broad Street stations closed, bus and trolley service cut to about 60 routes with rider caps of 20 per bus and 25 per trolley (contemporaneous press, secondary)","sourceUrl":"http://septa.org/media/releases/2020/4-7-20.html","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200411222420/http://septa.org/media/releases/2020/4-7-20.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":176830,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PHL","url":"/library/MET-PHL-040","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PHL-040","citation":"SEPTA (General Manager Leslie S. Richards), Lifeline Service Schedule (release of Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-040)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["MET-PHL-091","MET-PHL-041"]}