Federal Transit Administration Ends Its Safety Oversight of the MBTA
Massachusetts State Transportation Building, Allen's Alley, Downtown Crossing, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02111, United States
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCEStated as fact, per the Governor's release on mass.gov[4]: "On September 11, 2026, the FTA issued a letter to the DPU, formally closing the final special directive".
The FTA closed its last special directive on 11 September 2026, ending four years of federal supervision of MBTA safety that began after a string of derailments, runaway trains and a Red Line death in 2022.