Goals
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Indicator Measures
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How are we doing?
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| 10.1 Transportation that Enhances National and Global Competitiveness |
10.1.1 Metro Boston's global and national transportation capacity |
As of 2006, the "Big Dig" was 98% complete, dramatically decreasing travel time through Boston. With 989,000 boardings and alightings in 2006, Boston’s South Station is the sixth busiest in the Amtrak passenger rail system. In 2006, according to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Logan Airport ranked as the 18th busiest US airport, serving 27.7 million passengers. In 2006, according to the American Association of Port Authorities, the Port of Boston ranked 28th in North America for container traffic. |
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10.1.2 Household income spent on transportation: Boston vs. comparable cities |
In 2005, Boston ranked 16th out of the 24 metropolitan areas with respect to the proportion of household income spent on transportation: 16.6%, or $8,586. |
| 10.2 An Integrated Regional System |
10.2.1 Distribution of daily trips, Boston & Metro Boston |
Of the 927,000 daily trips to Boston, more than tree-quarters are by private motor vehicle. Boston residents drove alone only 40% of the time, the 2nd lowest rate of any city or town in Massachusetts and far lower than the 64% drive-alone share for Metro Boston and the 74% drive-alone share statewide. |
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10.2.2 Trends in rapit transit ridership by node, Metro Boston |
MBTA ridership rates began to increase in the second half of 2005 and preliminary 2006 data indicate that ridership rose by 2% to just fewer than 335 million boardings. |
| 10.3 Equitable and High Quality Transportation Access for All |
10.3.1 Residents within a 10-minute walk or short drive from transit nodes by race, income, age group and transit dependency, Boston and Metro Boston
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The MBTA estimates that 84% of riders either walk or bike to access its rapid transit stations. In the City of Boston, almost 80% of jobs, 51% of the public schools and 56% of residences are located within one-quarter mile, or about a 10-minute walk, of an MBTA commuter rail, subway or trolley stop. |
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10.3.2 Convenience of service to bus riders, Boston and Metro Boston |
According to the most recent (2004) Congestion Management System report prepared by the Central Transportation Planning Staff, only 14% of bus routes meet the MBTA’s standards for adherence to schedule on an average weekday |
| 10.4 Environmentally Sustainable Transportation |
10.4.1 Car ownership and vehicle miles traveled, Boston and Metro Boston |
Between 1990 and 2005, the number of cars registered rose by 38% in the City of Boston, by 30% in Metro Boston, and by 38% in Massachusetts. More than 356,000 vehicles were registered in the City of Boston in 2005. |
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10.4.2 Vehicular greenhouse gas emissions, Massachusetts |
Between 1990 and 2004, estimated C02 emissions from the transportation sector in Massachusetts increased 16%, while those due to gasoline consumption increased even faster, rising 19% from 1990 to 2004. |
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10.4.3 Use of low-emissions vehicles, Massachusetts |
The percentage of vehicles meeting only Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) standards declined from 69% to 43% while Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV) sales increased from 28% of 2—2 sales to 37% of 2005 sales. In 2005, nearly 65,000 Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (SULEV) and Partial Zero Emission Vehicles (PZEV) were sold compared to none in 2002. |
| 10.5 Options that Enhance Civic and Community Life |
10.5.1 People walking and biking to work, Metro Boston |
48% of all trips within the downtown Boston area are made by walking—more than by automobile and transit combined—however, the share of work commutes made on foot in Boston declined from 14% in 1990 to 12.5% in 2005. |
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10.5.2 Traffic and parking volume, Boston |
From 1996 to 2005, traffic volume grew substantially on Boston roads that carry the bulk of traffic through the city, including the Southeast Expressway and Massachusetts Turnpike. . Parking congestion has increased due to the removal of 10% of parking meters and the 75% increase in issued resident parking passed that occurred between 1994 and 2004. |
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10.5.3 Hours spent stuck in traffic, Metro Boston |
According to the most recent data provided by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), the average Bostonian spent 25 hours per year in traffic in 2003—up from 6 annual hours in 1983—and ranked 21st for roadway congestion out of 85 metropolitan areas studied. |
| 10.6 Adequate Public Funding |
10.6.1 Transportation funding by mode |
In fiscal year 2004 (most recent data), Massachusetts spent about $4.2 billion on all forms of transportation, including both operating and capital expenses. The largest portion of this amount, $1.8 billion or about 42%, was expended by the MBTA to operate and fund public transit in the Greater Boston area. |
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