Reports
"Always Broke"
Governing and funding public transportation in and around Boston 1918 – 2024
By Brian Kane, Executive Director
"Born Broke"
How the MBTA found itself with too much debt, the corrosive effects of this debt, and a comparison of the T’s deficit to its peers
By Brian Kane, Executive Director
MBTA Budget Oversight
Capital Budget Overisght Reports
FY 2026 Capital Budget Oversight Report (Fiscal Years 2026 – 2030)
[Published 5/16/2025]
FY 2025 Capital Budget Oversight Report (Fiscal Years 2025-2029)
[Published 5/10/24]
FY 2024 Capital Budget Oversight Report (Fiscal Years 2024-2028)
[Published 5/16/23]
FY 2023 Capital Budget Oversight Report (Fiscal Years 2023-2027)
[Published 4/29/22]
FY 2022 Capital Budget Oversight Report (Fiscal Years 2022-2026)
[Published 6/4/21]
FY 2021 Capital Budget Oversight Report (Fiscal Years 2021-2025)
[Published 6/12/20]
Operating Budget Overisght Reports
FY26 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/25 – 6/30/26)
[Published 5/10/25]
FY25 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/24 – 6/30/25)
[Published 5/6/24]
FY24 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/23 – 6/30/24)
[Published 5/19/23]
FY23 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/22 – 6/30/23)
[Published 5/24/22]
FY22 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/21 – 6/30/22)
[Published 6/4/21]
FY21 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/20 – 6/30/21)
[Published 5/19/20]
FY20 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/19 – 6/30/20)
[Published 4/2/19]
FY19 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/18 – 6/30/19)
[Published 3/29/18]
FY18 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/17-6/30/18)
[Published 4/7/17]
FY17 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/16 – 6/30/17)
[Published 4/7/16]
FY16 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/15 – 6/30/16)
[Published 4/8/15]
FY15 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/14 – 6/30/15)
[Published 4/8/14]
FY14 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/13 – 6/30/14)
[Published 3/29/13]
FY13 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/12 – 6/30/13)
[Published 5/1/12]
FY12 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/11 – 6/30/12)
[Published 3/30/11]
FY11 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/10 – 6/30/11)
[Published 6/7/10]
FY10 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/09 – 6/30/10)
[Published 5/28/09]
FY10 Supplemental Budget Oversight Report
[Published 9/1/09]
FY09 Operating Budget Transfer #2 Oversight Report
[Published 10/29/09]
FY07 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/06 – 6/30/07)
[Published 5/30/06]
FY05 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/04 – 6/30/05)
[Published 6/3/04]
FY04 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/03 – 6/30/04)
[Published June 2003]
FY03 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/02 – 6/30/03)
[Published June 2002]
FY02 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/01 – 6/30/02)
[Published 5/23/01]
FY01 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/00 – 6/30/01)
[Published 6/1/00]
MBTA Fare Oversight
2024 MBTA Fare Changes Proposal Oversight Report
[March 2024]
2022 Bus Network Redesign Oversight Report
[December 2022]