Recipient of federal assistance · BOSTON, MA

MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY received $623M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 16 actions, +34% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $4.6B. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($625.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$623M
New awards
5
Actions
16
Since FY2021
$4.6B
UEI
JMUMDCV44J11
Location
BOSTON, MA
Other recipients
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.7BFY2021
  2. 575.3MFY2022
  3. 259.4MFY2023
  4. 1.1BFY2024
  5. 466MFY2025
  6. 623MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$623M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program$241.4M39%
  2. 20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$189.1M30%
  3. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$176.3M28%
  4. 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs$18.5M3.0%
  5. 20.327 · Railroad Crossing Elimination$4M0.6%
  6. 97.075 · Rail and Transit Security Grant Program-$6.3M0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$625.2M100%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Railroad Administration$4M0.6%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PROJECT IS REQUESTING $283235887 IN FFY25 FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE MEGA GRANT PROGRAM TO REPLACE THE DRAW 1 RAIL…$472.3M
    20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Jan 16, 2025 – Sep 24, 2026· MA-2025-006
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS GRANT IS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO PROJECTS WITH EXISTING FEDERAL AWARDS. A SEPARATION WAS REQUESTED BETWEEN BIL…$427.7M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Grant· Aug 27, 2024 – Sep 29, 2026· MA-2024-020
  3. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO REQUEST $241208221 IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS:TRACK…$386.3M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Grant· Sep 18, 2024 – Sep 29, 2026· MA-2024-031
  4. NORTH STATION SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS RED LINE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND BUS AND FERRY VEHICLE OVERHAULS$144.3M
    20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Sep 19, 2022 – Feb 25, 2026· MA-2019-023
  5. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO REQUEST FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS:CMAQ:COLUMBUS AVE. BUS LANE PHASE…$72.5M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· May 21, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· MA-2026-008
  6. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO REQUEST $70957896 IN FEDERAL FUNDING WITH A $17739494 LOCAL MATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING…$70.9M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· May 20, 2026 – May 20, 2026· MA-2026-006

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $98.3K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $14.4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $50.5M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.