DTA Smoking Ordinance Goes Into Effect Sunday

By KBJR News 1

DTA Smoking Ordinance Goes Into Effect Sunday

August 6, 2010

Posted by Kevin Jacobsen

Starting Sunday people riding buses with the DTA will no longer be able to smoke in bus shelters or transit hubs.

That's when Duluth's new ordinance on the prohibition of smoking inside or within 15 feet of a bus shelter will take effect. The No Smoking Ordinance applies to all city bus shelters and transit hubs including those at UMD and Lake Superior College.

Violators could be handed $1,000 fine in accordance with the ordinance.

Duluth is the first Minnesota city to enact a "No Smoking" ordinance for bus shelters.