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SEPTA is Now Providing Masks For Riders
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Remember last week when that guy was physically pulled off the SEPTA bus for not wearing a mask?
Some people were wondering why the powers that be didn’t just give him a mask instead of unceremoniously tossing him from the vehicle.
Fast forward to Wednesday and now they’re doing just that, via Eyewitness News:
SEPTA is now offering riders surgical masks. Beginning today, the transit agency is making a limited quantity of surgical masks available on some vehicles, including buses, the Market-Frankford Line, the Broad Street Line, and at 69th Street, 15th Street, Suburban and Jefferson stations.
“Masks will be metered and replenished throughout the day to ensure supplies last as long as possible. When our supply is depleted, we will no longer be able to provide masks to the public,” SEPTA told Eyewitness News.
The temporary initiative is intended to allow riders time to secure their own facial coverings.
SEPTA is asking riders who have their own facial coverings to wear them and leave the masks for those who do not have one.
Common sense prevails.
FYI the Twitter video absolutely blew up. 11 million people watched the second clip:
https://twitter.com/phillyTRU/status/1248656214642262016?s=20
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com