The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Bi-State Development Agency (Metro Transit), Missouri-Illinois · St. Louis · Missouri
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- TSA Security Directive SD 1582/84-21-01 series (federal face mask requirement effective Feb. 1, 2021); CDC conveyance mask order, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025; Bi-State operating authority
- Issued
- 2021-05-18 May 18, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-05-18 (continuing policy since May 2020) (read as 2021-05-18)
- End
- Federal requirement extended by TSA SD 1582/84-21-01B to Jan. 18, 2022; in force on Sept. 30, 2021 (read as 2022-01-18)
- In force
- May 18, 2021 to Jan. 18, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- all riders and employees
- transit centers and MetroLink platforms
- Functions reached
- WF commuting workforce through Q3 2021
- TV
- CB
- Collection
- St. Louis MET-STL
Operative words
Masks or face coverings continue to be required for everyone when riding on MetroBus, MetroLink or Metro Call-A-Ride services, and while at Metro Transit Centers and on MetroLink station platforms. Masks are required [regardless of whether a rider is] vaccinated. Metro Transit's mask policy, which was established in May 2020, [continues] to comply with the federal face mask requirement from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The TSA established a face mask requirement on February 1, 2021, for [transportation networks] including public transit systems. Metro Transit will continue to comply with this federal policy, which is currently in effect until September 13, 2021.
Enforcement
Denial of boarding; federal civil penalties under the TSA directive
Notes
Q3 2021 instrument: the metro's transit mask rule was in force on every day of the third quarter of 2021 on the Missouri and Illinois sides alike.
Retrieval noteRelease dated May 18, 2021 on its face.