Section 118 FY26 Regional Transit Authority Funding Formula
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for fiscal year 2026, $110,000,000 shall be considered operating assistance and distributed to regional transit authorities from item 1595-6370 of section 2E and item 1596-2406 of section 2F. For fiscal year 2026, $94,000,000 of the amount transferred in item 1595-6370 shall be distributed based on fiscal year 2025 distributions in accordance with the updated fiscal year 2025 bilateral memorandum of understanding between each regional transit authority and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation; provided, however, that each regional transit authority shall receive operating assistance from said item 1595-6370 of said section 2E of not less than the amount received in fiscal year 2025.
The department may require each regional transit authority to provide data on ridership, customer service and satisfaction, asset management and financial performance, including farebox recovery, and shall compile any such collected data into a report on the performance of regional transit authorities and detail each authority's progress towards meeting the performance metrics established in each memorandum of understanding.
Summary
This section sets forth the Fiscal Year 2026 funding distribution for Regional Transit Authorities.