CHICAGO (CBS)-- Uber and Lyft are ditching masks, a day after a federal decide in Florida struck down a federal requirement for masks on planes and different public transportation.Lyft and Uber each introduced Tuesday that their riders and drivers now not must put on masks. #NEW: Lyft drops masks guidelines, following Uber’s steps“…Carrying a masks …
CHICAGO (CBS)– Uber and Lyft are ditching masks, a day after a federal decide in Florida struck down a federal requirement for masks on planes and different public transportation.
Lyft and Uber each introduced Tuesday that their riders and drivers now not must put on masks.
“We all know that everybody has completely different consolation ranges, and anybody who needs to proceed carrying a masks is inspired to take action. As all the time, drivers or riders can decline to just accept or cancel any journey they do not want to take,” Lyft mentioned in a press release.
“The CDC order requiring masks whereas utilizing rideshare platforms similar to Uber is now not in impact, and we have revised our COVID-19 masks and front-seat insurance policies accordingly,” Uber wrote in emails to customers on Tuesday.
Each corporations requested their drivers and riders to be respectful if somebody does and would not put on a masks.
As for Chicago’s public transportation providers, CTA and Metra are nonetheless requiring masks for riders.
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