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Michigan Achieves SSO Certification
FTA announced that Michigan has obtained federal certification of its rail transit State Safety Oversight (SSO) Program in advance of the April 15, 2019, deadline, becoming the 22nd state to achieve this certification.
Michigan DOT is responsible for providing safety oversight of the Detroit People Mover automated guideway and Q Line streetcar system, also in Detroit.
Federal law requires states with rail transit systems to obtain FTA certification of their SSO Programs by April 15, 2019. By federal law, the deadline cannot be waived or extended, and if a state fails to meet the deadline, FTA is prohibited by law from awarding any new federal transit funds to transit agencies within the state until certification is achieved. A total of 30 states must obtain certification of 31 SSO Programs by the deadline.
An SSO certification status table is available here.
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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