Nothing expresses Boston’s role as the “hub” more plainly than its network of transportation resources.  The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) provides service from 175 cities and towns into Boston with 1.2 million boardings daily, the fourth largest mass transit system in the country.  With a deep-water port, international airport, radial highways and rail lines that connect regional cities and towns to national and international destinations and markets, Boston makes the region’s growing role in the global economy possible.

OVERVIEW

The past decade in Metro Boston saw major investments in transportation: near-completion of the $14.6 billion Big Dig; expansion of the MBTA’s commuter rail lines; new state-of-the-art Amtrak train service north and south; traffic calming; the resurfacing of streets and sidewalks; streetscape improvements; and new bike paths.

But Boston’s transportation story is changing fast.