The COVID Project
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- Jurisdiction
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) system (buses and rail across Los Angeles County) · Los Angeles · California
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Metro's operating authority over its system (Cal. Pub. Util. Code sec. 130050 et seq.); Metro Customer Code of Conduct
- Issued
- 2020-05-07 May 7, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-11
- End
- Continued under the CDC conveyance mask order (86 Fed. Reg. 8025, Feb. 1, 2021) and TSA security directives through Q3 2021 and to Apr. 2022 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- May 11, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementOther
- Addressees
- all riders on Metro buses and trains
- Functions reached
- WF workforce commuting
- CB transit-dependent customers
- Collection
- Los Angeles MET-LA
Operative words
Metro today is revising its policy on face coverings for riders. Beginning on Monday, May 11, Metro will require all riders on buses and trains wear face coverings to help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. Up to now, Metro has been recommending face coverings. The agency will enforce this requirement to the extent that is practical... On April 6, Metro began strongly recommending that riders wear face coverings
Enforcement
Metro Customer Code of Conduct; enforcement 'to the extent that is practical'
Notes
Rendered from the Wayback Machine's capture of Metro's official announcement; Metro also cut bus and rail service in April 2020 (recited: 'As we prepare to restore bus and rail [service]') and reported 58 employee or contractor infections as of May 7, 2020
Retrieval noteThe agency's own announcement of the rule; Cite as the agency's own release.