Trips will remain free-of-charge until further notice on all MAX buses. CARES Act funding has allowed MAX to continue to offer free rides to its passengers, MAX Deputy Director Beth Higgs explained in an email to The Sentinel. We understand that the pandemic is a financial hardship for many, so free rides just makes good sense. Fare collection will resume in the upcoming months.
Masks will be required to ride, in accordance with a national public transportation mask mandate issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the urging of President Joe Biden.
MAX Transit has been operating only its demand-response system, called Reserve-A-MAX, since March 18 last year.