Oklahoma § 69-322 - Office of Mobility and Public Transit

§ 69-322. Office of Mobility and Public Transit

A. There is hereby created the Office of Mobility and Public

Transit within the Department of Transportation. All current

Transit Division responsibilities, including oversight and

management of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grants and

resources and the State Management Plan, are moved to the Office of

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries

Mobility and Public Transit. Notwithstanding this subsection, the

Office of Mobility and Public Transit will not be responsible for

oversight and management of FTA grants and resources received by

transit agencies as a direct recipient of the FTA as that is not a

current responsibility of the Transit Division. All Federal Transit

Administration program implementations not currently managed by the

Department of Transportation shall be moved to the Office of

Mobility and Public Transit from other state agencies and other

state programs. The Office of Mobility and Public Transit is

charged with overseeing a network of public transit systems that

receive adequate funding to ensure the mobility needs of all

Oklahomans are met in a safe, affordable, reliable, consistent and

coordinated fashion.

B. The Office of Mobility and Public Transit shall promulgate

rules and procedures to:

1. Implement innovative pilot programs including, but not

limited to, microtransit and autonomous vehicles in the following

systems:

a.

EMBARK,

b.

Tulsa Transit,

c.

Little Dixie Transit, and

d.

other transit systems as determined by the Department

of Transportation;

2. Implement expansion of the current Veterans' Ride Connect

call center at Pelivan Transit to create a "one call/one click"

statewide system for all citizens; and

3. Develop the Oklahoma Public Transit Policy Plan. The plan

will be developed jointly by the Department of Transportation and

the Oklahoma Transit Association.

a.

A copy of the plan shall be submitted to the Governor,

the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate by July 1, 2020.

b.

The plan shall:

(1) be all-inclusive of the public transit systems in

the state,

(2) reflect the results of the 2018 Oklahoma Transit

Needs Assessment conducted by the Small Urban and

Rural Transit Center,

(3) include all stakeholder input,

(4) provide for future collaboration and coordination

of an effective network of public transit systems

across the state,

(5) provide for future collaboration and coordination

among all public transit agencies and systems and

all stakeholders with an interest in public

transit, and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries

(6)

provide for future collaboration and coordination

among all state agencies with an interest in

public transit including, but not limited to,

the:

(a) Oklahoma Department of Commerce,

(b) Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation

Services,

(c) Oklahoma Department of Human Services,

(d) Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and

Substance Abuse Services,

(e) Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs,

(f) Oklahoma Association of Centers for

Independent Living,

(g) Oklahoma Health Care Authority,

(h) Oklahoma Employment Security Commission,

(i) Oklahoma State Department of Education,

(j) Oklahoma Department of Environmental

Quality, and

(k) Oklahoma Department of Labor.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 143, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019.