The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Twin Cities metropolitan area · Minneapolis-St. Paul · Minnesota
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Metropolitan Council transit operating authority; Emergency Executive Order 20-81 (face coverings, July 25, 2020)
- Issued
- 2020-07-30 July 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-30 (fares Aug. 1, 2020) (read as 2020-07-30)
- End
- Not verified (page unchanged at the Sept. 18, 2020 capture) (read as 2020-09-18)
- In force
- July 30, 2020 to Sept. 18, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- all Metro Transit customers
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Minneapolis-St. Paul MET-MSP
Operative words
Face coverings are required for all customers, with limited exceptions.... To help customers maintain social distancing, no more than 10 people may be allowed on a 40-foot bus, and no more than 15 people may be allowed on a 60-foot bus at a time (drivers may exercise some discretion). When a bus has reached capacity, drivers will display 'Next Bus Please'... Beginning Aug. 1, enter through the front door on buses (any door on METRO lines); onboard fare payment is required on buses.
Enforcement
Operational; riders without face coverings may be refused
Notes
Rider caps of 10 and 15 on a system whose standard buses seat about 40 and 60: a capacity order on the region's transit commerce.
Retrieval noteNo 2021 capture of this page exists; the 2021 transit mask requirement rests on the federal CDC order and TSA directives.