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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-089 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

MTA press release, Aug. 18, 2020: front-door boarding and fare collection resume on all local and SBS buses Aug. 31, 2020; rear-door boarding had been implemented Mar. 23, 2020; polycarbonate operator barriers on 4,800 local buses; seat behind the operator blocked; forgone bus fares of $159 million; Bridge and Tunnel Officers and EAGLE teams to enforce fare payment and mask requirement

MTA Announces Front-Door Boarding and Fare Collection to Resume on All Local and SBS Buses Beginning Monday, August 31

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA); New York City Transit; MTA Bus Company · New York (New York City; all MTA local and Select Bus Service buses) (State)

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Jurisdiction
New York (New York City; all MTA local and Select Bus Service buses) · New York
Level
State
Authority
MTA operating and fare authority; EO 202.18 mask requirement (recited: 'the requirement to wear a mask while on board')
Issued
2020-08-18 Aug. 18, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23 (rear-door boarding; fares effectively uncollected on local buses) to 2020-08-31 (front-door boarding and fare collection resume) (read as 2020-03-23)
End
2020-08-31
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to Aug. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther
Addressees
  • riders of all MTA local and SBS buses
  • bus operators
Functions reached
  • WF commuting workforce (five months of rear-door boarding and blocked seating on the nation's largest bus system)
  • CB customer access
  • TV travel
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced front-door boarding and fare collection on all local and SBS buses will resume Monday, August 31... the MTA led the way for other transit agencies by implementing rear-door boarding measures on March 23 to protect frontline employees from the spread of COVID-19 early in the pandemic.... Based on the number of riders who actually boarded over the last several months, if the MTA had collected bus fares, those fares would have amounted to $159 million.... The changes include blocking off the seat directly behind the bus operator... The MTA continues to block off the front two rows on express buses... MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officers and NYC Transit agents (EAGLE teams) will be deployed throughout the bus system to remind customers of the need to pay the fare while entering through the front door starting August 31 and of the requirement to wear a mask while on board.

Enforcement

EO 202.18 mask requirement (with a $50 fine from Sept. 14, 2020, Ex. 091) enforced by MTA officers; fare evasion rules (21 NYCRR 1050.4)

Notes

Authority operating rule and end-date document (rear-door boarding Mar. 23 - Aug. 31, 2020) with the mask requirement under EO 202.18 restated. MTA subway and rail instruments are in AVIATION-SURFACE (Ex. 080-082 there).

Retrieval note

Rendered copy of the MTA press release 'Updated August 18, 2020 4:00 p.m.' (live new.mta.info page; no Wayback banner). The filename date (Aug. 26) is off; date_issued is Aug. 18, 2020. Mar. 23, 2020 is the start of rear-door boarding the release reports, not the release's date; not changed.

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