FTA issues Special Directive 22-11 to require the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to address findings documented in FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) report released on August 31, 2022. Conducted between April 14 and June 30, 2022, FTA’s SMI reviewed the MBTA rail transit system management, operations, and maintenance programs. This Special Directive identifies three findings requiring action that the MBTA must take to improve MBTA’s management of its safety committee process, employee safety reporting program, and safety promotion activities.

• FTA Correspondence to the MBTA for Special Directive 22-11