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FTA Announces Four More SSO Certifications

FTA has announced that ­Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Wisconsin have obtained federal certification of their rail transit State Safety Oversight (SSO) Programs in advance of the April 15, 2019, deadline.

These four states bring to 21 the number of U.S. states and territories that have obtained certification by that date, out of a total of 30 states and 31 SSO Programs. By federal law, the deadline cannot be waived or extended; if a state fails to meet the deadline, FTA is prohibited from awarding any new funds to transit agencies within the state until certification is achieved.

Arkansas DOT is responsible for providing safety oversight of the Rock Region METRO streetcar system in North Little Rock. Louisiana DOT is responsible for providing safety oversight of the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority streetcar system. Texas DOT is responsible for providing safety oversight of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit and Houston METRO light rail systems, the Dallas and El Paso streetcar systems and the Galveston and McKinney Avenue Transit Authority (Dallas) trolley systems. Wisconsin DOT is responsible for providing safety oversight of the Milwaukee and Kenosha Area Transit streetcar systems.

To achieve FTA certification, an SSO Program must meet several federal statutory requirements, including establishing an agency that is financially and legally independent from the rail transit agencies it oversees. In addition, a state must ensure that its agency adopts and enforces relevant federal and state safety laws, has investigatory authority and has appropriate financial and human resources for the number, size and complexity of the rail transit systems within the state’s jurisdiction.+

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