§ 7.2.102. PASSENGER CONDUCT REGULATIONS.  


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  • For any passenger or other person in or about any public transit station (including an outdoor high-level boarding platform or station operated by the Bay Area Rapid Transit District), Proof of Payment area, streetcar, cable car, motor coach, trolley coach or other public transit vehicle to commit any of the acts described below:
    (a) Playing unreasonably loud sound equipment on or in a system facility or vehicle, or failing to comply with the warning of a transit official related to disturbing another person by loud or unreasonable noise;
    (b) Smoking, eating, or drinking in or on a system facility or vehicle in those areas where those activities are prohibited;
    (c) Expectorating upon or within a system facility or vehicle;
    (d) Willfully disturbing others on or in a system facility or vehicle by engaging in boisterous or unruly behavior;
    (e) Carrying an explosive or acid, flammable liquid, or toxic or hazardous material in a system facility or vehicle;
    (f) Urinating or defecating in a system facility or vehicle, except in a lavatory. However, this paragraph shall not apply to a person who cannot comply with this paragraph as a result of a disability, age, or a medical condition;
    (g) Willfully blocking the free movement of another person in a system facility or vehicle.
    (h) Skateboarding, roller skating, bicycle riding, or roller blading in a system facility, vehicle, or parking structure. This restriction does not apply to an activity that is necessary for utilization of the transit facility by a bicyclist, including, but not limited to, an activity that is necessary for parking a bicycle or transporting a bicycle aboard a transit vehicle as permitted by the Municipal Transportation Agency. (128)
    Editor's Note:
    Some of the provisions of this Article conclude with parenthetical references to section numbers of the former Traffic Code. See Sec. 7.1 regarding authority to issue citations by referencing those numbers.
    (i) Selling or peddling any goods, merchandise, property, or services of any kind whatsoever on transit facilities, vehicles, or property of the Municipal Railway without the express written consent of the Municipal Railway or its duly authorized representatives.
    (j) For any person to engage any operator of any streetcar, cable car, bus or trolley coach in conversation, except for the purpose of procuring necessary information.
    (k) Failing to yield seating reserved for an elderly person or person with disabilities.
    (Amended by Ord. 287-08, File No. 081340, App. 12/5/2008; Ord. , File No. 160385, App. 7/20/2016, Eff. 8/19/2016)