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News Archive

  • March 2, 2023

    FTA issues Special Directive 22-5 to require the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to address ongoing safety concerns and interim findings uncovered during FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) initiated in April 2022. This Special...

  • March 2, 2023

    FTA issues Special Directive 22-6 to require the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to address ongoing safety concerns and interim findings from FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI)  initiated in April 2022. This Special...

  • March 2, 2023

    FTA issues Special Directive 22-7 to require the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to address ongoing safety concerns and interim findings uncovered during FTA’s Safety Management Inspection (SMI) initiated in April 2022. This Special...

  • March 2, 2023

    FTA issues Special Directive 22-8 to require the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to oversee the implementation of the four Special Directives issued to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) that address immediate...

  • March 2, 2023

    FTA issues Special Directive 22-9 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,...

  • March 2, 2023

    FTA issues Special Directive 22-10 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,...

  • March 2, 2023

    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,...

  • March 2, 2023

    FTA issues Special Directive 22-13 to require the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to oversee the implementation of the four Special Directives issued to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) that address findings...

  • March 1, 2023

    Presentation for the State Safety Oversight Reporting (SSOR) Refresher Training Webinar.

  • March 1, 2023

    This fourth article of the ESRP series explores how an agency can use ESRP series explores how an agency can use ESRP data to identify a safety concern.  This article was originally published in the January 2023 issue of the...