The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; D.C., Maryland and Virginia compact agency) · Washington suburbs · Maryland
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- WMATA Compact operating authority; Pandemic Response Plan activated Jan. 29, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24
- End
- Phased out under the gradual recovery plan (front-door boarding and fares resumed Jan. 3, 2021; not verified here) (read as 2021-01-03)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to Jan. 3, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineOther
- Addressees
- all Metrobus riders
- commuting workforce of the region
- Functions reached
- WF workforce commuting
- CB customer access
- TR
- Collection
- Washington suburbs MET-DCM
Operative words
Metro General Manager/CEO Paul J. Wiedefeld authorized rear-door boarding following a request [from the union]... Starting tomorrow, all Metrobus riders are asked to enter and exit the bus using the rear door at all [stops]... [operators may bypass stops when] the bus is at its maximum capacity to maintain social distancing requirements.
Enforcement
Transit operator directive
Notes
The rear-door and capacity rules limited bus capacity across the region.
Retrieval noteAgency release describing its own operating directive; file name carries the date of the first service reductions (Mar. 16, 2020) rather than the release date (Mar. 23, 2020).