The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- King County, Washington (King County Metro Transit) · Seattle · Washington
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Local Health Officer Directive (May 11, 2020, effective May 18, 2020); King County Executive direction to County employees
- Issued
- 2020-05-11 May 11, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-18
- End
- Continued under SOH Order 20-03 (June 26, 2020) and the federal transit mask order (Feb. 1, 2021) through and beyond Sept. 30, 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- May 18, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- all transit passengers
- Metro employees including operators
- Functions reached
- WF commuting workforce
- TR travel
- CB
- Collection
- Seattle MET-SEA
Operative words
Starting Monday, May 18 until further notice, passengers are required to wear masks or face coverings while riding transit, according to a new Public Health directive issued today by Dr. Jeff Duchin... alongside King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan.... There is no penalty for not wearing a face covering. Violation of this Directive does not create grounds to stop, detain, issue a citation, arrest, or prosecute individuals.
Enforcement
Directive without penalty ('Violation of this Directive does not create grounds to stop, detain, issue a citation, arrest, or prosecute individuals')
Notes
The King County Executive simultaneously 'directed that all county employees wear masks/face coverings in public indoor spaces or outdoors when unable to maintain distance'. Verifies the May 11, 2020 Directive's date and effective date;
Retrieval notePrimary as to Metro's rule; secondary as to the Directive.