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PATCO Takes COVID-19 Pledge Aimed At Safety For Riders, Employees

The Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) is proud to join more than 200 other transit agencies across the country in a pledge to riders that our systems are operating safely as the nation continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) established the "Safety & Health Commitments Program" to protect riders and employees so that public transportation can continue to deliver safe and valuable services.

The program is designed to help public transit agencies put in place their own, individualized policies and practices that transit users deserve.

The Program focuses on four core categories of responsibilities for the health and safety of every transit agency and their passengers:

• Following public health guidelines from local officials; we ask that riders follow these guidelines as well;
• PATCO is proactively protecting riders by cleaning and sanitizing train cars daily; we ask that riders protect each other by wearing required face coverings;
• Keeping passengers informed and empowered to choose the safest times and trains to ride, we ask that riders give each other safe space and, if possible, utilize PATCO during off-peak hours;
• Putting health first by requiring riders and employees to avoid public transit if they have been exposed to COVID-19 or feel ill.

"We engage in this pledge with great pride and realize a large majority of the measures included in the APTA program are practices PATCO has been doing since the beginning of the pandemic," said PATCO General Manager John Rink. "The health and safety of our passengers and employees is our top priority and taking this pledge reinforces our commitment."

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