SEPTA implemented a series of service changes before and during the COVID-19 crisis designed to maximize the health and safety of employees.This started with enhanced cleanings of stations and vehicles in early March, well before the shutdowns of businesses, schools and other non-essential services. As the crisis worsened, SEPTA reduced service schedules to a Saturday level, a major component of which has been to create the safest environment possible for employees:

• • Only buses in service with shields for operators

• • Only buses in service with plastic seats – best for maintaining clean surfaces

• • Working with the union to reassign some bus operators to clean vehicles

• • We are expediting the installation of protective shields for trolleyses

• • Rear-door boarding on buses and trolleys, which suspends on-board fare payment. This means customers will no longer have to stop at the front of the bus near operators to pay or validate fares

• • Actively pursuing a purchase of at least 10,000 masks to be distributed to frontline employees

-via Press Release