Cherriots employee Ryan Miller marks down tape at six-foot intervals where stickers will be placed to allow for line formation under social distancing at the Downtown Transit Center on Monday, April 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
FASTSIGNS employees Jon Maxwell, right, and Leif Clem set down stickers at six-foot intervals to allow for line formation under social distancing at the Downtown Transit Center on Monday, April 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Leif Clem of FASTSIGNS sets down stickers to help with line organization for Cherriots passengers at the Downtown Transit Center on Monday, April 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Cherriots employees Ryan Miller, left, and Ron Siegrist use a tape measure to provide reference marks for social distancing stickers at the Downtown Transit Center on Monday, April 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Recently sanitized and reconfigured Cherriots buses are ready to return to the streets at the Del Webb Operations Facility on Monday, April 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
An out of service bus at the Downtown Transit Center on Monday, April 6. Cherriots service will resume on Tuesday, April 7.(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Cherriots buses that would normally sit around 30 people have been reconfigured to sit seven or eight under social distancing guidelines. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Signs at the Downtown Transit Center on Monday, April 6, provide guidelines for essential travel on buses. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Cherriots buses that would normally sit around 30 people have been reconfigured to seat seven or eight under social distancing guidelines. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Recliner chairs are pushed to the side as the Cherriots breakroom at the Del Webb Operations Facility was rearranged to accommodate social distancing on Monday, April 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
FASTSIGNS employees Jon Maxwell smoothes down a sticker at six-foot intervals to allow for line formation under social distancing at the Downtown Transit Center on Monday, April 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Cherriots buses that would normally sit around 30 people have been reconfigured to seat seven or eight people under social distancing guidelines. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Cherriots buses that would normally sit around 30 people have been reconfigured to seat seven or eight under social distancing guidelines. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Sanitizing wipes sit on a break table at the Downtown Transit Center on Monday, April 6, as the lobby of the building is now closed to the public and rearranged to provide more break room area for employees under social distancing guidelines. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Benches are cordoned off at the Downtown Transit Center on Monday, April 6, as the lobby of the building is now closed to the public and rearranged to provide more break room area for employees under social distancing guidelines. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
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