# COMAR Title 11 — Department of Transportation

## Subtitle 08 — State Rail Transit Safety Oversight

### Chapter 01 — Federal Transit Administration Regulations

#### Regulation .01 Authority Under 49 U.S.C. §5329 and 49 CFR Part 674.

*COMAR 11.08.01.01*

The State of Maryland has designated the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) as the State Safety Oversight Agency, the agency responsible for rail transit safety oversight in the State. These regulations establish the system safety requirements for each rail fixed guideway public transportation system solely within the State of Maryland, including those systems and parts of systems in engineering and construction, to comply with the provisions of the Rail Safety Oversight Program.