Transportation Engineering

Papers, reports, news, and statistics on public transportation in the United States.

Fact sheets and information on construction projects, as well as timetables, stations, and routes in the Northeast Corridor.

A presentation from the Governor’s Special Panel to Review the MBTA.

A documentary film and articles on the history of Boston's streetcar lines, now largely replaced by buses.

Late 19th and early 20th century annual reports on the state of the Boston transit system.

This 2017 paper from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government "presents rough order-of- magnitude estimates for the capital cost of the North South Rail Link (the “Link”), a proposed infrastructure project to connect the commuter rail and Amtrak lines that currently terminate at Boston’s North and South Stations via underground tunnels."

This 2023 article by Michael V. Martello and Andrew J. Whittle of the MIT Transit Lab predicts that by 2030 the MBTA will spend $58M per year due to flooding caused by climate change unless improvements are made to the T's infrastructure.

Routes, schedules, and maps for Boston's rail and subway system.

Mass Transit magazine covers all aspects of urban mass transit.

Guides, manuals, and materials that provide design requirements and goals for MBTA facilities including stations, bridges, and signage

A 2015 report by Charles Chieppo of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

This 2023 report from NYU examines transit construction costs in several major world cities, including Boston.

This citizen action group advocates for improvements in the Boston and regional mass transit systems.

This 2012 urban Land Institute report warns that future transit-oriented development in metro-Boston could be impeded by a lack of capacity.

News, research reports, and legislative advocacy in favor of high speed rail.

The 2017 report card gave the rail system of the United States a grade of B.

This website contains metrics and standards for intercity rail; policy studies; transportation planning resources; research reports; MAGLEV reports; and reports to Congress.

Railway.com supplies news, analysis and special in-depth reports on rail transportation technology and the rail industry.