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Ex. MET-BOS-092MBTA face-covering requirement for all customers effective May 6, 2020 (with rear-door boarding and disinfection protocols)Executive Order for Face Coverings Takes Effect Wednesday, May 6 (posted May 5, 2020)MBTA (implementing COVID-19 Order No. 31)Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthoritySector regulatorMay 5, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-026Temporary Emergency Order Concerning Gatherings in the City of CambridgeTemporary Emergency Order Concerning Gatherings in the City of Cambridge (October 2, 2020)Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City ManagerCity of Cambridge, MassachusettsCityOct. 2, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-067Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Gathering LimitationsCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Gathering LimitationsMayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)City of Somerville, MassachusettsCityOct. 5, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-093MBTA notice: face covering enforcement takes effect November 6, 2020Face Covering Enforcement Takes Effect November 6 (posted November 6, 2020)MBTAMassachusetts Bay Transportation AuthoritySector regulatorNov. 6, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-010Order Establishing Supplemental COVID-19 Restrictions in the City of Boston (the Boston 'modified Phase 2 Step 2' rollback)Order Establishing Supplemental COVID-19 Restrictions in the City of BostonBoston Public Health Commission, Interim Executive Director Rita NievesCity of Boston, MassachusettsCityDec. 14, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-029Temporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II, Step 2 of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of CambridgeTemporary Emergency Order Requiring a Modified Rollback to Phase II, Step 2 of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of Cambridge…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad J. Sayah, M.D.) and City Manager (Louis A. DePasquale)City of Cambridge, MassachusettsCityDec. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-094FMCB approval of Forging Ahead short-term service reductions for FY21 (commuter rail and ferry from January 2021; bus and rapid transit from March 2021)MBTA Control Board Approves Short-Term Service Changes to Match Current Low Ridership Patterns (posted December 14, 2020)MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB)Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthoritySector regulatorDec. 14, 20202021 Q12021 Q2Travel and quarantineOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-012Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Changes to Restaurant Capacity RestrictionsThe Licensing Board for the City of Boston's Advisory Regarding Changes to Restaurant Capacity RestrictionsLicensing Board for the City of BostonCity of Boston, MassachusettsCityMar. 1, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-017City of Boston announcement: Boston enters a modified Phase 3, Step 2 on March 1, 2021 with exceptionsBoston will enter modified version of Phase 3, Step 2 of the State's reopening plan on Monday (boston.gov, February 26, 2021)Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Chief of Health and Human Services Marty MartinezCity of Boston, MassachusettsCityFeb. 26, 20212021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-032Temporary Emergency Order Advancing to Phase III, Step 2 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan with Certain ExceptionsTemporary Emergency Order Advancing to Phase III, Step 2 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan with Certain Exceptions, Issued on February…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City ManagerCity of Cambridge, MassachusettsCityFeb. 26, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-018City of Boston announcement: modified Phase 4, Step 1 effective March 22, 2021Mayor Walsh announces Boston to move into modified Phase 4, Step 1 of the Massachusetts Reopening Plan (boston.gov, March 19, 2021)Mayor Martin J. WalshCity of Boston, MassachusettsCityMar. 19, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-033Temporary Emergency Order Delaying Phase IV, Step 1 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan and Concerning Gatherings in the City of CambridgeTemporary Emergency Order Delaying Phase IV, Step 1 of the Commonwealth's Reopening Plan and Concerning Gatherings in the City of Cambridge…Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City ManagerCity of Cambridge, MassachusettsCityMar. 22, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read

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