A group of transit agencies joined forces to share a message with riders across all transit networks: Wherever and whenever you ride, wear a mask.
The group of transit employees explains in a video they are doing everything they can to get riders to their destinations safety, but they can’t do it alone. They request riders to wear a mask for themselves, their fellow travelers and their communities. The transit employees then state who they wear their own masks to protect.
The video includes transit representatives from:
- Foothill Transit in West Covina, Calif.
- Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nev.
- Trinity Metro in Fort Worth, Texas
- Greater Peoria Mass Transit (CityLink) in Peoria, Ill.
- Metro Transit in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
- Milwaukee County Transit System in Milwaukee, Wis.
- Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA/Metro) in Cincinnati, Ohio
- King County Metro in Seattle, Wash.
- Blacksburg Transit in Blacksburg, Va.
An accompanying blog written by Drew Kerr, senior communications specialist with Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Transit, explains Metro Transit has placed reminders to use face coverings throughout the transit system and has distributed nearly 100,000 masks to those in need of one – all efforts expected to continue throughout 2021, even as more people receive vaccination against COVID-19.
All of the participating agencies in the video have also signed on to the American Public Transportation Association’s Health & Safety Commitments Program, which was launched in September and lays out a set of actions both agencies and riders can take to keep the risk of transmission of viruses low while using public transportation during the COVID-19 crisis.
The 39-second video can be viewed here: