Ottawa’s transit service making face masks mandatory for staff and passengers

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Transit riders will need to wear a face mask to board OC Transpo buses and the O-Train starting June 15.

OC Transpo will implement a new policy making masks mandatory on all buses and the O-Train.OTTAWA -- Transit riders in Ottawa will need to wear a face mask to board OC Transpo buses and the O-Train starting June 15.

“The Service Recovery Plan places the safety of our riders and employees first. The move to mandatory masks will be challenging, but necessary for passenger and employee safety,” said Allan Hubley, Transit Commission Chair. Staff recommend that in keeping with Ottawa Public Health guidelines, OC Transpo make non-medical cloth masks or equivalent face coverings mandatory in all stations and on board all buses, trains, Para Transpo minibuses and Para Transpo vehicles.

OC Transpo is currently operating on a Saturday schedule between Monday and Saturday due to low ridership. Transportation Services General Manager John Manconi told Council on Wednesday that ridership has started to increase over the last two weeks.

 

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So...the driver will be wearing a mask for their entire shift? Increase in bus crashes coming....

Prepare for more cars on the road.

Just look around… we are forced to live beneath their rules under the guise of COVID-19… and I will let you in on a bigger secret: soon, it is going to get much worse👈

Reminds me of when the German Government forced the Jews to wear arm bands. This virus has a 99.985 survival rate What is really going on here?

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