The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Fulton, DeKalb and Clayton Counties and the City of Atlanta) · Atlanta · Georgia
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- MARTA Act (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243, as amended); agency operating authority
- Issued
- 2020-04-20 Apr. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-20
- In force
- Apr. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Telework mandateOther
- Addressees
- MARTA riders
- MARTA employees
- Functions reached
- WF workforce commuting (bus network cut from about 110 routes to 41)
- CB customers reaching stores, clinics and offices by transit
- Collection
- Atlanta MET-ATL
Operative words
Attention riders: Effective April 20th, MARTA is reducing bus service to 41 routes to prioritize essential transit service during the COVID-19 pandemic.... Employees and consultants who can work remotely should begin teleworking beginning Tuesday March 17 through March 31.... A hiring freeze is implemented effective immediately.
Enforcement
Agency operating decision under the emergency
Notes
AJC (mid-March 2020): MARTA suspended bus fare collection and moved to rear-door boarding from Thursday, March 19, 2020; rail ridership down 67 percent and bus ridership down 55 percent versus February.
Retrieval noteAgency's own page read.