Mask usage across all agencies remains above 90%. Since the last Mask Force event in December, mask usage on the subways has increased above 90% again, with the latest survey measuring current mask usage at 95%.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) held its 17th ‘Mask Force’ event today, with MTA leaders and volunteers distributing thousands of free masks throughout the transit system. Masks are still required onboard trains, buses, paratransit vehicles, and at indoor stations regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status. The city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission on Tuesday tweeted: “Masks are still required in all taxis and for-hire vehicles.Mask Usage on Subways Increases to 95% See Photos of Today’s Mask Force Event
In a statement on their website, Uber still encouraged those who are more comfortable wearing masks to continue their use if it makes them feel safer.īut not in New York City. Uber and Lyft on Tuesday also dropped their mask requirements. Anyone needing or choosing to wear one is encouraged to do so.”Īccording to Gothamist, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, will require masks on the PATH train and at JFK and LaGuardia Airports, but not at Newark. Phil Murphy tweeted that he would be following the federal judge’s ruling and lifting the mask mandate for NJ Transit on April 19.Īmtrak has adjusted its mask policy, with its website stating, “masks are welcome and remain an important preventive measure against COVID-19. Shortly after the Transporation Security Administration (TSA) announced the mandates lifting at airports, New Jersey Gov. On April 18, a federal judge in Florida denied the extension of the mask requirement for public transit, although the CDC had extended it until May 3 nearly a week before, according to the New York Times. The MTA said they will continue to follow the CDC’s guidelines and monitor Covid-19 metrics within the transit system. In the subway, mask compliance is around 83 percent, with 70 percent of riders wearing their mask correctly, according to the MTA’s data. In the buses, mask compliance has dropped to around 88 percent, with 73 percent of riders wearing their masks correctly, meaning both nose and mouth covered. at the city’s 15 busiest bus stations and a “representative systemwide statistical sample” for the subway, the MTA’s data shows that mask compliance has wavered slightly over the past couple of months. Using observational data gathered between 7 a.m. The MTA has been monitoring mask compliance in buses and on the subway. “A case-control study of over 3,000 participants demonstrated 56% to 83% lower odds of contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus among those who reported always wearing a mask in indoor settings compared to those who didn’t.”Īnother study yielded similar results: “A study of household transmission found that, in households with an index patient infected with the Omicron variant, household contacts who wore masks had a 43% lower chance of becoming infected compared to those who did not wear masks.”
Bassett referenced two CDC studies that gave valuable insight into the effect masks had on transmission within indoor settings.
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