The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Tuesday that it would return to front-door boarding and begin collecting fares on buses in New York City on Aug. 31. The MTA switched to rear-door boarding on most of its buses in March to reduce interactions between passengers and bus drivers as a safety measure during the new coronavirus pandemic. Workers in the authority’s subway and bus divisions accounted for most of the 131 transit workers who have died during the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 18, 2020 19:07 UTC