The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Miami-Dade County, Florida (Department of Transportation and Public Works) · Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach · Florida
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Federal mask mandate (CDC order under 42 U.S.C. s. 264 and TSA directives, as recited: 'Per federal mandate'); County transit operating authority
- Issued
- 2021-08-03 Aug. 3, 2021
- Effective
- As stated: fares suspended and capacity limited until June 1, 2021; masks required 'per federal mandate' as of Aug. 3, 2021 (read as 2021-06-01)
- End
- Not stated (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- June 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- transit riders
- STS paratransit customers
- chauffeur licensees and for-hire vehicle operators
- customers of EASY Card and Golden Passport offices
- Functions reached
- WF workforce commuting (masks; earlier capacity limits and schedule reductions)
- DR drivers and for-hire licensing (restricted hours, in-vehicle inspections)
- CRT public offices (restricted hours, masks, one customer at a time)
- Collection
- Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach MET-MIA
Operative words
Per federal mandate, face masks remain a requirement for any transit rider, both inside of a Miami-Dade Transit or STS vehicle and at a Miami-Dade Transit facility, including at bus stops and on the platforms.... Effective Tuesday, June 1 Transit fares have been reinstated... All Miami-Dade Transit modes have been restored full capacity on vehicles... Suspended fares for all Miami-Dade Transit services, including parking fees, until June 1... As of June 1, 2021, limited capacity restrictions on all transit vehicles have been lifted... The chauffeur licensing unit is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Customers must always sanitize hands upon entering the building and wear facial coverings while at the office.... You will be required to stay inside your vehicle during the inspection. Also, you must wear a facial covering during the entire inspection process... only customers requesting service will be permitted inside the office and be required to wear a face mask.
Enforcement
Federal (CDC/TSA) as recited; County office access rules
Notes
Metrorail and Metromover hours 5 a.m. to midnight from May 2, 2021; select Metrobus routes restored May 18, 2021
Retrieval noteThe County's own service page describing the federal mask mandate and its own service reductions; not an order. The federal instruments are the FED-A exhibits.