The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County Transit System) · Milwaukee and Madison · Wisconsin
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Transit operator rules for the county system; MCO § 62-8 and, from Aug. 1, 2020, DHS Emergency Order #1 (statewide face coverings)
- Issued
- 2020-07-23 July 23, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-08-01 (masks); passenger limit of 10 per bus already in force (read as 2020-08-01)
- End
- Masks continued under the statewide order to Mar. 31, 2021 and under the federal CDC order from Feb. 1, 2021 to 2022; passenger cap relaxed later in 2020 (date not verified) (read as 2021-03-31)
- In force
- Aug. 1, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- all passengers
- MCTS employees
- Functions reached
- WF workforce commuting (ten passengers per bus)
- TR travel
- CB customer base reaching businesses by transit
- Collection
- Milwaukee and Madison MET-MKE
Operative words
masks or face coverings will be required on buses starting Saturday, August 1.... To help allow for social distancing, a maximum of 10 passengers are allowed on a bus.... Please enter the bus through the front door and exit via the rear door... The MCTS Administration Building is closed to visitors.
Enforcement
Operator policy; on-board signage
Notes
A ten-passenger cap on a standard bus is roughly a quarter of seated capacity; the cap limited the commute of every transit-dependent worker in the county.
Retrieval noteArchived page rendered to PDF (Wayback capture 2020-07-24).