{"id":"MET-SLC-090","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Utah Transit Authority service area (Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, Tooele and Box Elder Counties; Park City-Salt Lake Connect)","state":"UT","metro":"SLC","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Utah Transit Authority (public transit district, Utah Code 17B-2a-8)","authority":"CDC Order under 42 U.S.C. 264 (86 Fed. Reg. 8025) and TSA security directives, implemented as UTA rider rules; UTA Board service decisions","instrument":"UTA \u0027Coronavirus COVID-19 Updates\u0027 rider page (capture of Aug. 12, 2021): \u0027UTA Required to Comply with Federal Face Mask Requirement\u0027; rear-door boarding; visual fare inspection; service adjustments","title":"Utah Transit Authority: Coronavirus COVID-19 Updates (masks required on all UTA vehicles and stations; service adjustments to ridership; free fares to vaccination appointments)","dateIssued":"2021-08-12","effective":"Masks: from the CDC order (Feb. 1, 2021) through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond; service adjustments from Apr. 5, 2020","end":"beyond Sept. 30, 2021","startDate":"2021-02-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["every UTA customer and employee","riders of TRAX, FrontRunner, S-Line, buses, Ski Bus, paratransit, UTA On Demand and PC-SLC Connect"],"clause":"UTA Required to Comply with Federal Face Mask Requirement. The CDC has implemented an order... requiring that face masks be worn by all travelers into, within, or out of the United States, including public transit. In compliance with this order, masks are required to be worn by UTA customers and employees on our system, on our buses and trains, and at our stations.... Signs have been posted on our buses advising riders to board through the rear doors.... Bus Operators and Transit Police Officers are conducting visual fare inspections only... UTA has seen a significant decrease in ridership due to the COVID-19 pandemic.... we have implemented several service adjustments to meet current ridership levels and allow for social distancing on our vehicles.","enforcement":"Federal order (CDC/TSA) enforced by UTA; riders without masks refused","functions":["WF every commuting employee in the metro (mask duty; reduced service)","TV","CB transit-dependent customers"],"notes":"Also records that Salt Lake and Davis Counties moved from High to Moderate on the Transmission Index on Mar. 4, 2021 \u0027while the face mask mandate remains in effect\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.rideuta.com/Rider-Info/Coronavirus-COVID-19-Updates","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210812152222/https://www.rideuta.com/Rider-Info/Coronavirus-COVID-19-Updates","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2000753,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SLC","url":"/library/MET-SLC-090","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SLC-090","citation":"Utah Transit Authority (public transit district, Utah Code 17B-2a-8), UTA \u0027Coronavirus COVID-19 Updates\u0027 rider page (capture of Aug. 12, 2021): \u0027UTA Required to Comply with Federal Face Mask Requirement\u0027; rear-door boarding; visual fare inspection; service adjustments (Ex. MET-SLC-090)","stateName":"Utah","related":["MET-SLC-091"]}