The mission of the Boston Transportation Department is to promote public safety, manage the City's transportation network, and enhance the quality of life for residents of our City neighborhoods. Accomplishment of our mission is ensured through the use of planning, coordinated engineering, education and enforcement. The Transportation Department strives to improve circulation in and around the City, enhance public transportation services, gain efficiencies in the management of parking resources, adjudicate and collect fines, collaborate with relevant agencies and encourage the use of alternate transportation modes.
Transportation Department Operating Budget Over Time
Transportation Department FY18 Operating Budget by Account
Personnel Services
Contractual Services
Supplies & Materials
Current Chgs & Oblig
Equipment
Other
Transportation Department
Performance Goals
Parking Clerk
Provide people-focused service
Traffic Management & Engineering
Design, construct, and maintain streetscapes that prioritize moving people safely and provide people focuses of service.
Encourage multimodal, active transportation
Enhance Boston's walkability and neighborhood interconnectedness
Provide people-focused service
Policy & Planning
Design, construct, and maintain streetscapes that prioritize moving people safely
Traffic Enforcement
Design, construct, and maintain streetscapes that prioritize moving people safely
Traffic Operations
Enhance Boston's walkability and neighborhood interconnectedness
To efficiently maintain traffic signs and parking meters throughout the city
Transportation Department
External Funds Projects
Boston Bike Share
Various funding sources will support the Boston Bike Share program, including grants from the Federal Transit Authority, sponsorship donations, funds from the Boston Public Health Commission’s ARRA grant, the Barr Foundation and other state funding sources. The program began in FY12 and has 1,800 bicycles at publically accessible stations for member use.
Boston Mobility Action Plan
The Mobility Plan developed a long term vision to guide transportation policy and investments coupled with an action plan of projects. Barr funding supports a full time position for 2 years starting in FY15 to manage an ongoing capital program. The grant ended in FY17.
Connect Historic Boston
The National Park Service funded the creation of an intermodal design plan to connect visitors from regional transportation systems and existing bicycle and pedestrian paths to National Park sites and the Boston Harbor Islands. The design was completed in FY14.
Parking Facilities Fund
The City owns and operates several revenue producing parking lots. The resulting revenue from these lots goes into the fund to support their non-personnel operating expenses. This is an ongoing revolving account.
Traffic Management Center
The Traffic Management Center grant provided new financial resources to expand operational coverage in order to fully utilize existing technology and help monitor and improve the flow of traffic through the City. Funding has been provided thru FY18 by the Federal Highway Administration and Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and Construction.
Transportation Department - Authorizing Statutes
Establishing Boston Traffic Commission: Power and Duties, 1929 Mass. Acts ch. 263, §§ 1-2, as amended; 1957 Mass. Acts ch. 253, § 1, as amended.
Powers and Duties of Commissioner of Traffic and Parking, CBC St.7 § 201.
