28.15 Regulations. A. Prohibited Activities on District Transit System: (1) Failure to Vacate Elderly and Disabled Priority Seating: No person shall fail to vacate seats on a District Vehicle designated for use by individuals with disabilities and those qualified for senior citizen (Honored Citizen) discount transit fares, when requested to do so by a peace officer or a District employee.
(2) Smoking: No person shall aboard a District Vehicle, in any elevator, in or upon a District Station, or within any space or area where posted signage prohibits smoking: (a) Smoke an electronic cigarette, tobacco or any other substance; (b) Inhale water vapor through use of a heated device; or (c) Carry any heated, lighted or smoldering substance, in any form.
(3) Food and Beverages: No person shall bring or carry aboard a District Vehicle food or beverages in open containers, nor consume food aboard a District Vehicle.
(4) Radios, Compact Disk Players and other Sound-Emitting Devices without Earphones: No person except a peace officer, firefighter, District employee, or emergency response professional, in the course of employment, shall operate a radio, compact disk player, MP3 player, video player or other sound-emitting device, aboard any District Vehicle or in or upon any District Station, unless the only sound produced by such item is emitted by a personal listening attachment (earphone) audible only to the person carrying the device producing the sound
(5) Shopping Carts and Unfolded Carriages or Strollers: (a) After boarding a District bus, a carrier or stroller must be folded and stowed in a manner not to impede other passengers, unless it is occupied by a child. If occupied by a child. If occupied by a child, an unfolded carriage or stroller may be permitted to travel on a District Vehicle only under the following circumstances: (i) there is adequate space in the priority seating area for the carriage or stroller, (ii) the carriage or stroller will not block the aisle or otherwise impede passengers, (iii) the carriage or stroller must remain under the control of an adult at all times, and parked with its brakes locked (if brakes are available), and (iv) the carriage or stroller is parked so that the child occupying it faces toward the rear of the District Vehicle
(b) Whenever an older adult or person with a disability wishes to sit in the priority seating area, or whenever the operator of the District Vehicle recognizes that the person has a right to sit in the priority seating area, the operator shall instruct the adult responsible for the carriage or stroller that: (i) the child must be removed from the carriage or stroller and transferred to a seat (or held by an adult), and (ii) the carriage or stroller must be folded and stowed out of the way so that it does not impede passengers.
(c) No person shall bring or carry a commercial shopping cart aboard any type of District Vehicle. Non-commercial, individual-sized grocery storage carts not exceeding 18 inches deep, 18 inches wide and 30 inches high (excluding wheels and handles), are allowed provided they do not block aisles, stairways or doorways.
(d) No person shall abandon a commercial shopping cart upon a District Station or District Parking Facility.
(6) Animals Except Properly Controlled Service Animals, Properly Contained Pets and Police Dogs: No person shall bring or carry aboard a District Vehicle or be present in or upon a District Station, the Tilikum Crossing Bridge or the Lafayette Pedestrian Bridge with an animal except:
Service Animals: A person accompanied by a Service Animal or a person training a Service Animal, so long as the animal is under the control of its handler, housebroken and restrained by leash, harness or other device made for the purpose of controlling the movement of an animal. A Service Animal may be carried on its handler’s person but may not occupy a separate seat.
(ii) Pets: A person transporting a pet if: (1) the animal is kept and held at all times within a secure container appropriate and constructed for carrying the size and type of animal; (2) the container does not block an aisle, stairway or doorway; (3) the animal can be transported without risk of injury to the animal and without risk of harm or inconvenience to other riders or District personnel, and (4) the animal can be transported in accordance with all other provisions of the TriMet Code.
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