The Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority adopted a 2025 update to its Title VI program, the board was told, meeting Federal Transit Administration reporting requirements and outlining the agency's procedures for assessing disparate impacts of major service changes.

Chip Nolan, who presented the update, said the program implements nondiscrimination obligations from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related FTA guidance in Circular 4702.1B. Nolan described Title VI notice translations for Embark (Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese), the three-year reporting cadence to the FTA, and the agency's definition of a "major service change" that triggers a required service-equity analysis. Nolan said the agency had exceeded the FTA threshold of operating 50 buses in peak service in prior cycles and that the plan codifies standards staff and other agencies use.

Nolan told trustees that major service changes are defined for Embark as route additions or route modifications that change more than 25% of route hours or miles; such changes require community meetings, board approval and a service-equity analysis to identify and mitigate disproportionate effects on minority or low-income populations. Nolan identified the Northwest Rapid launch and OKC Moves service adjustments associated with that BRT launch as the primary service changes in the covered period; staff said those analyses did not identify disparate-impact violations and that no mitigation actions were required.

Trustee questions sought clarity on whether the 25% threshold is a staff-level policy or a board-approved standard; Nolan said the threshold was part of prior Title VI updates and follows common practice among comparable transit agencies. Trustees moved, seconded and voted to adopt the resolution approving the Title VI updates; the motion passed electronically. No individual roll-call tallies were read into the public transcript.

Adoption allows Embark staff to submit the updated Title VI program to the FTA as part of the agency's triennial documentation and maintains eligibility for federal transit funding, Nolan said. The board received the presentation and adopted the resolution in the same meeting.

Votes: The board adopted the "2025 Title VI program updates" resolution (motion passed).