Metra COVID-19 operating rules: mask mandate and alternate schedules (agency page as archived Aug. 2, 2021)

The record

Jurisdiction

Metra commuter rail service area (Cook and the five collar counties) · Chicago · Illinois

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Regional Transportation Authority Act, 70 ILCS 3615; masks compelled by the Governor's executive orders and the CDC conveyance order / TSA directives

Issued

2021-08-02 Aug. 2, 2021

Effective

Alternate schedules from March 2020; masks mandatory throughout (read as 2021-08-02)

End

In force through Q3 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Aug. 2, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther

Addressees

• Metra riders

Functions reached

• WF suburban workforce commuting to Chicago offices, hospitals and job sites (reduced schedules; masks)
• CB
• TR

Collection

Chicago MET-CHI

Operative words

the wearing of a mask on public transportation is now both a state and federal mandate. Failure to comply may result in denial of boarding or removal from the vehicle. Ticket agents will not sell you a ticket unless you are wearing a mask.... Metra lines operating weekend service have temporarily switched to Sunday/Holiday schedules on both weekend days.... Saturday service is suspended on the SouthWest Service Line and on the Blue Island Branch of the Metra Electric Line.... As ridership grows, Metra will add cars to trains and add trains to the schedule

Enforcement

Notes