​For Immediate Release: April 19, 2022
Contact:
Erin Henson, 410-865-1025
Jim Joyner, 410-865-1030 

MDOT Announces Masks Now Optional
at BWI Marshall Airport and on MTA Transit Systems

HANOVER, MD (April 19, 2022) – The Transportation Security Administration has rescinded the new Security Directives requiring mask use on public transportation and transportation hubs that were scheduled to take effect today. Effective immediately, masks are now optional in the terminal and on flights arriving and departing from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Masks also are optional on all Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration buses, trains, and Mobility vehicles.