The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Utah Transit Authority service area (Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, Tooele and Box Elder Counties; Park City-Salt Lake Connect) · Salt Lake City · Utah
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- CDC Order under 42 U.S.C. 264 (86 Fed. Reg. 8025) and TSA security directives, implemented as UTA rider rules; UTA Board service decisions
- Issued
- 2021-08-12 Aug. 12, 2021
- Effective
- Masks: from the CDC order (Feb. 1, 2021) through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond; service adjustments from Apr. 5, 2020 (read as 2021-02-01)
- End
- beyond Sept. 30, 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Feb. 1, 2021 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 quarantineOther
- Addressees
- every UTA customer and employee
- riders of TRAX, FrontRunner, S-Line, buses, Ski Bus, paratransit, UTA On Demand and PC-SLC Connect
- Functions reached
- WF every commuting employee in the metro (mask duty; reduced service)
- TV
- CB transit-dependent customers
- Collection
- Salt Lake City MET-SLC
Operative words
UTA Required to Comply with Federal Face Mask Requirement. The CDC has implemented an order... requiring that face masks be worn by all travelers into, within, or out of the United States, including public transit. In compliance with this order, masks are required to be worn by UTA customers and employees on our system, on our buses and trains, and at our stations.... Signs have been posted on our buses advising riders to board through the rear doors.... Bus Operators and Transit Police Officers are conducting visual fare inspections only... UTA has seen a significant decrease in ridership due to the COVID-19 pandemic.... we have implemented several service adjustments to meet current ridership levels and allow for social distancing on our vehicles.
Enforcement
Federal order (CDC/TSA) enforced by UTA; riders without masks refused
Notes
Also records that Salt Lake and Davis Counties moved from High to Moderate on the Transmission Index on Mar. 4, 2021 'while the face mask mandate remains in effect'
Retrieval noteThe agency's own published rule; no Board resolution retrieved. Earlier captures (Apr. 15 and July 15, 2020; Feb. 17, 2021) exist but the archive would not serve them.