Metro announcement: fare collection discontinued and rear-door boarding required from Mar. 21, 2020; service reductions from Mar. 23, 2020

The record

Jurisdiction

King County, Washington (King County Metro Transit; also reports Sound Transit and Seattle Streetcar) · Seattle · Washington

Level

County

Authority

King County emergency proclamation of Mar. 1, 2020; Metro's operating authority over fares and boarding

Issued

2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020

Effective

2020-03-21 (fares); 2020-03-23 (reduced schedule) (read as 2020-03-21)

End

Fares resumed Oct. 1, 2020 (MET-SEA-023); rear-door boarding continued after Oct. 1 for riders not paying at the front (read as 2020-10-01)

In force

Mar. 21, 2020 to Oct. 1, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Travel and quarantineOther

Addressees

• all riders of Metro buses, water taxi and Access paratransit
• Sound Transit and Streetcar riders (parallel action)

Functions reached

• WF commuting workforce (service reductions from Mar. 23, 2020)
• TR travel
• CB transit-dependent customers

Collection

Seattle MET-SEA

Operative words

Effective with the start of service Saturday, March 21, riders will not be required to pay fare when riding King County Metro services, including buses, water taxi and Access paratransit, until further notice. Riders also will be directed to board and exit at the rear doors of buses, unless they need the boarding ramp.... Sound Transit also announced it is stopping collection of fares on all modes and directing riders to board at the back doors. Streetcar also is discontinuing the collection of fare.

Enforcement

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