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Safety and mobility updates: on-site CDL testing, roadway-worker protection and expanded senior and homelessness transportation

Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority · January 10, 2026

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Summary

COPTA received program reports on safety (on-site third-party CDL examiners and a completed Roadway Worker Protection Program) and mobility services (64% trip-growth since 2020, a relaunch of a stay-housed eviction-hearing pass program and grant-supported expansions).

Eugene Fritz of safety and Marilyn (mobility management) briefed the board on program-level developments.

Safety: Eugene Fritz said Embark now has two third-party CDL examiners (Tressa Tretter and Dina Ross) enabling on-site CDL testing and shortening turnaround times previously constrained by DPS scheduling. He described an FTA-required safety oversight technical training and the department’s completion of a Roadway Worker Protection Program by Dec. 2,…

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