Section 29.303. Service standards and requirements

(a) Time schedules. Common carriers providing scheduled route service shall file with the Commission an original of time schedules applicable to the service at least 10 days prior to the effective date thereof. Printed time schedules and information with respect thereto shall be made available to the public upon a reasonable request.

(b) Notice of schedule changes. Notice of proposed changes in routes or in time schedules involving retiming or withdrawal of a trip shall be conspicuously posted in vehicles engaged in services affected by the changes and at stations and stops where practicable, for at least 10 days prior to the effective date thereof. Notice of any changes shall be provided to the Commission, in writing, 10 days prior to implementation. This section relating to changes in time schedules does not apply to that portion of the service that is and will continue to be rendered on headways of 20 minutes or less.

(c) Unexpected demands. Changes in time schedules to meet unexpected changes in traffic demands such as might occur upon changes in shift periods of industrial establishments, changes in school periods, or similar conditions which prevent prior notice of digression will not be construed as being in violation of this section.

(d) Supplementary service. Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent the rendition of additional or supplementary service without prior notice, on any part of a scheduled route, to meet varying traffic demands.

The provisions of this § 29.303 adopted January 23, 1981, effective January 24, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 409; amended August 4, 2006, effective August 5, 2006, 36 Pa.B. 4181; amended January 10, 2014, effective January 11, 2014, 44 Pa.B. 249. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (321678) and (326547).

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 29.303 amended under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § § 501, 504, 523, 1102, 1103, 1301, 1501, 1502, 1504, 1506, 1508 and Chapters 23 and 25.

Cross References

This section cited in 52 Pa. Code § 29.301 (relating to conditions); and 52 Pa. Code § 29.353 (relating to method of operation in paratransit service).