{"id":6186,"date":"2021-02-11T12:54:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T20:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=6186"},"modified":"2021-02-11T12:54:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T20:54:20","slug":"a-reminder-to-mask-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/a-reminder-to-mask-up\/","title":{"rendered":"A reminder to mask up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While our community continues to combat COVID-19, we want to remind our riders to continue to stay safe and wear a mask. In addition to the state mandate, it is now a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-protecting-the-federal-workforce-and-requiring-mask-wearing\/\">federal mandate<\/a> to wear a face mask that covers both the nose and mouth when using our transit service and entering RTC property.<\/p>\r\n<p>Requiring face masks when onboard our vehicles and entering our facilities is not a new policy for the RTC, but we have made a few adjustments for the safety of our riders and drivers:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Masks with slits\/holes, scarves, handkerchiefs, ski masks and bandanas are no longer approved forms of face coverings.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Face masks must contain at least two layers of fabric, per CDC and federal mandate guidelines.\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/prevent-getting-sick\/about-face-coverings.html\">Here is a helpful guide to selecting the right mask<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Riders ages two or older are now required to wear face masks.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Since the pandemic began, the RTC has spent $14 million to support and promote the safety of our drivers and riders through enhanced cleanings, driver enclosures and much more. We\u2019ve also distributed over 9,000 masks to riders in need.<\/p>\r\n<p>Stay safe, Southern Nevada!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While our community continues to combat COVID-19, we want to remind our riders to continue to stay safe and wear a mask. In addition to the state mandate, it is  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":6187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[98,89,22,29],"class_list":["post-6186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-covid19","tag-paratransit","tag-safety","tag-transit"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}