BUTTE COUNTY, CA (MPG) - In compliance with the California Department of Public Health’s Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings (issued June 18, 2020) Butte Regional Transit (B-Line) began implementation of the sections related public transit on Wednesday, June 24.

The document mandates that face coverings must be worn when people are “waiting for or riding on Public Transportation or Paratransit.” The guidance also states that a face covering must be worn while “driving or operating any Public Transportation or Paratransit vehicle when passengers are present.” For the past two months the B-Line drivers have already been following that second recommendation by wearing a mask while operating the vehicles while passengers were on board. 

Beginning on Wednesday, June 24, passengers are required to wear a face mask while riding in any B-Line vehicle. If the passenger does not have their own face covering, the driver will offer them a face mask (while the supply lasts). If the passenger refuses to wear a face covering while riding, they will be denied service. Understand this is not a B-Line directive, but a mandate from the State. Please do not take any frustration out on the driver, they are just following the State order.