The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- SEPTA · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- SEPTA operating authority; consistent with the Commonwealth's and the City's face-covering requirements
- Issued
- 2020-06-05 June 5, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-08
- End
- Continued under SEPTA policy and, from Feb. 1-2, 2021, under the CDC conveyance order (86 Fed. Reg. 8025) and TSA Security Directive 1582/84-21-01 series (federal layer); SEPTA lifted its requirement Apr. 18, 2022 (post-period) (read as 2022-04-18)
- In force
- June 8, 2020 to Apr. 18, 2022
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- Functions reached
- WF every transit commute in the five counties masked
- TR
- CB
- Collection
- Philadelphia MET-PHL
Operative words
With ridership expected to increase as the region moves into the Yellow Phase of Pennsylvania's COVID-19 recovery plan, SEPTA will require all riders to wear a face covering starting Monday, June 8. The face-covering requirement is consistent with policies put into place by the Commonwealth, the City of Philadelphia and local businesses.... In addition, rider limits for buses and trolleys will remain in effect to promote social distancing, and there are signs marking off seats to indicate where passengers should sit to maintain a safe space.
Enforcement
SEPTA rider rules; from Feb. 2021 federal law (TSA civil penalties) and the City's transit-mask clause (Ex. MET-PHL-018 Section 2(A)(1))
Notes
Rider limits on buses and trolleys continued into summer 2020
Retrieval noteFor Q3 2021 cite the federal conveyance order and TSA directives (FED layer) with this release as SEPTA's implementing rule.