https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/22/masks-off-at-bart-agency-may-end-face-covering-rule-again/ > One of the last remnants of the Bay Area’s pandemic-era lockdowns – BART’s mandatory face covering policy – could become a relic on Thursday. > The transit agency’s board of directors will vote Thursday evening on whether to effectively end the mandate on Oct. 1 and hand over future masking authority to Robert Powers, BART’s general manager. Powers would be allowed to reinstate a mask mandate only if certain conditions are met, including COVID-19 cases surging locally or nationwide, or if mask mandates are reinstated in any of the five Bay Area counties in which BART operates.