The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Virginia (Prince William County, Manassas, Manassas Park; commuter service to Washington, D.C., the Pentagon and Navy Yard) · District of Columbia
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- PRTC fare and facility authority under § 33.2-1915
- Issued
- 2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-18 (until further notice) (read as 2020-03-18)
- End
- Fare-free local service still in effect Apr. 20, 2020 (Ex. 043, 056); end not documented in this cluster (read as 2020-04-20)
- In force
- Mar. 18, 2020 to Apr. 20, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- OmniRide Local, Metro Express and Express riders
- Transit Center visitors
- Functions reached
- WF commuting workforce (Northern Virginia to D.C. commuter buses; fare rules changed)
- CB customer access (lobby closed)
- Character
- binding
- Collection
- State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT
Operative words
Until further notice, OmniRide has implemented several changes to help protect the public and OmniRide employees from the COVID-19 pandemic while still providing vital mobility services in our community. OmniRide's Local and Metro Express services will operate fare free.... OmniRide will no longer accept cash fares or cash reloading of SmarTrip cards on board Express buses.... Finally, until further notice, the OmniRide Transit Center main lobby will be closed.... The exterior restrooms at the Transit Center also will be closed.
Enforcement
Operator fare and facility rules
Notes
Authority operating rule of a regional commission in the Washington commuter shed; the fare-free and no-cash rules are binding fare rules.
Retrieval noteRendered copy of the OmniRide service update 'Posted: 03/18/2020' (no Wayback banner in the text layer; the site alert references the Apr. 27 express reduction, so the capture postdates Apr. 20, 2020).