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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-011 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

CTtransit Operations Update, Oct. 2, 2020: regular services operating with modifications; passengers should wear a mask or cloth face covering on all CTtransit buses and at bus stops; front-door boarding and fare collection resume Oct. 5, 2020; Connecticut Travel Advisory (14-day quarantine for travelers from impacted States) noted

Operations Updates - System-wide: Reminder: Effective October 5, 2020 Front Door Boarding and Fare Collection Resume

CTtransit (Connecticut Department of Transportation) · Connecticut (CTtransit divisions) (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Connecticut (CTtransit divisions) · Connecticut
Level
State
Authority
Governor's face-covering orders (EO 7BB, then 7NNN), recited as 'governors-order-regarding-face-coverings'; CTDOT fare-enforcement authority
Issued
2020-10-02 Oct. 2, 2020
Effective
2020-10-05 (front-door boarding and fare collection resume); face-covering rule continuing (EO 7NNN) (read as 2020-10-05)
End
Face coverings on transit continued under EO 7NNN and successors and, from Feb. 1, 2021, under the CDC conveyance order (Ex. 012) (read as 2021-02-01)
In force
Oct. 5, 2020 to Feb. 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • CTtransit passengers
  • travelers entering Connecticut from impacted States
Functions reached
  • WF commuting workforce (mask condition; fare suspension ends)
  • TV travel (14-day quarantine advisory for inbound travelers)
  • CB customer access
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

Regularly scheduled services are operating, with some modifications.... Passengers should wear a mask or cloth face covering on all CTtransit buses and at bus stops. Reminder: Effective October 5, 2020 Front Door Boarding and Fare Collection Resume... NOTE: We are unable to refund unused balances on Passes... that were initialized prior to the suspension of fare enforcement.... Attention Travelers: A Connecticut Travel Advisory is in effect. If you are coming to Connecticut from a state impacted by COVID-19, you are asked to quarantine for 14 days.... Connecticut requires face coverings and social distancing.

Enforcement

EO 7BB/7NNN penalties (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-22: fine up to $500, imprisonment up to six months, or both, as the Connecticut State file records for the Governor's civil-preparedness orders); the travel advisory became a mandatory quarantine under EO 7III (July 21, 2020) with civil penalties

Notes

End-date document for the Connecticut fare-collection suspension (Mar. 19 - Oct. 5, 2020) and a restatement of the Governor's mask order as a rider rule. Implementing rule under order.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Oct. 25, 2020) of cttransit.com/news/oper... (banner URL truncated). Page dated 'Fri Oct 02'. Filename date (Oct. 5) is the effective date.

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