Face coverings to be required on Metro, Connector buses

Beginning Monday, May 18, face coverings will be required on Metro trains, Metrobuses, Metro stations, and Fairfax Connector buses.

Face coverings can include bandanas, scarves, neck gaiters, or homemade masks.

Up to now, face coverings on local transit was strongly recommended. Now it is a requirement as Metro moves toward an eventual recovery with more riders using the system. For now, Metro is open for “essential travel only.”

“Every person who wears a face covering on Metro is helping to keep others safe, and this is especially important for Metro’s frontline employees,” says Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld. “In the age of COVID-19, we all share a responsibility for frontline worker safety, and that’s what this is all about.”

For Connector buses, while the face-covering requirement takes effect May 18, there will be a one-week grace period through May 24.