TriMet, TriMet COVID-19 updates, Mar. 11-Apr. 7, 2020: rider limit of 10-15 per bus from 5 p.m. Apr. 2, 2020; temporary service reductions effective Apr. 5, 2020; cash suspended on buses; seats marked off; all non-essential TriMet staff to work remotely; Board meetings by teleconference; ridership down 64.6 percent (Ex. MET-PDX-046)
City Manager Eric Holmes (attested by City Clerk Natasha Ramras; approved as to form by City Attorney Jonathan Young), Emergency Order No. 2020-08 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-052)
TriMet (General Manager Doug Kelsey), Temporary service reductions effective April 5, 2020 (58 of 85 bus lines adjusted to roughly Saturday schedules; MAX every 15 minutes with commute-period trains suspended; WES every 45 minutes; Line 272 suspended; 24-hour lines not overnight; weekly bus hours down 21 percent); cash no longer accepted on buses; hiring freeze (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-048)
TriMet (mass transit district under ORS ch. 267), implementing OHA face-covering direction, TriMet COVID-19 rider rules (page as updated July 18, 2020): face coverings required of all riders and employees (riders from May 15, staff from May 8, 2020); buses limited to 10-15 riders (moving to 19-24); seating restrictions; cash not accepted on buses; reduced service; essential trips only (Ex. MET-PDX-045)
Mayor Ted Wheeler, Extension of Emergency Declaration Through July 16, 2020 (In the Matter of the Local Emergency Within the City of Portland Declared on March 12, 2020) (July 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-001)
Port of Portland (owner and operator of PDX), PDX 'Travel Safe' rules (page as of July 31, 2020): face coverings required at PDX except children under two and persons with medical conditions; persons meeting arriving passengers to wait outside the terminal; B/C checkpoint hours reduced; numerous shops and restaurants closed; CBP Trusted Traveler Enrollment Center suspended to at least Sept. 8, 2020; MAX airport station closed Mar. 29-Aug. 1, 2020 (Ex. MET-PDX-049)
