Mask-wearing is now an option for Rhode Island public transit services.
Mask mandates have been dropped on RI Public Transit Authority buses, MBTA and Amtrak trains, and at T.F. Green Airport.
Agencies are making decisions this week following a federal judge's action against a national public transit mask requirement.
The latest from Washington is that the Justice Department will appeal that judge's ruling if the CDC determines the mandate remains necessary for the public's health.
Meantime, some residents say they feel better to wear the mask as an extra precaution and mass transit says that's ok with them.
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