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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-035 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

CTDOT press release, Mar. 27, 2020: New Haven Line to an hourly schedule from Mar. 30, 2020 ('approximately 50 percent less than a normal weekday schedule'); New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury Lines reduced; Hartford Line special weekday schedule; Shore Line East weekend schedule continuing; statewide rear-door boarding on buses; public to reserve bus service for ESSENTIAL TRAVEL ONLY

CTDOT Issues Update on Bus and Rail Service

Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT); Public Transportation Bureau Chief Richard Andreski; Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi (quoted) · Connecticut (New Haven Line and branches; Hartford Line; Shore Line East; statewide bus) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Connecticut (New Haven Line and branches; Hartford Line; Shore Line East; statewide bus) · Connecticut
Level
State
Authority
CTDOT rail and bus authority; 'requests by Governor Ned Lamont for citizens to Stay Safe, Stay Home' (recited)
Issued
2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
Effective
2020-03-30
End
New Haven Line service augmented from June 2020 ('limited schedule' June 17, 2020, Ex. 041); Danbury and Waterbury branch service suspended into fall 2020 (Waterbury restored Oct. 26, 2020, Ex. 040) (read as 2020-06-17)
In force
Mar. 30, 2020 to June 17, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineOther
Addressees
  • New Haven Line, Hartford Line and Shore Line East customers
  • bus customers statewide
Functions reached
  • WF commuting workforce (New Haven Line to New York halved; branch lines cut)
  • TV travel
  • CB customer access
  • OP office (the authority attributes the decline to 'increased teleworking' under the Governor's order)
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

The rail service changes follow a significant decline in ridership, the result of increased teleworking and requests by Governor Ned Lamont for citizens to 'Stay Safe, Stay Home.'... Beginning Monday, March 30, the New Haven Line will operate on an hourly schedule, with extra trains during peak times weekdays. This is approximately 50 percent less than a normal weekday schedule. The New Canaan Line, Danbury Line and Waterbury Line will also operate on a reduced schedule.... In all locations statewide, customers must board from the rear door (when available) with the exception of persons in wheelchairs and others who require the bus to kneel. The Department strongly encourages the public to reserve bus service for ESSENTIAL TRAVEL ONLY

Enforcement

Operator schedule decisions; statewide boarding directive ('customers must board from the rear door')

Notes

The State DOT's own attribution of the 50 percent cut in the nation's busiest commuter line to teleworking and the Governor's Stay Safe, Stay Home order. Service announcement graded context; the rear-door rule is a binding operating directive.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Mar. 29, 2020) of portal.ct.gov/DOT/News-from-t... (banner URL truncated); release dated 03/27/2020. The CT.gov banner in the capture recites the Stay Safe, Stay Home order.

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