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 Municipal Assessments
A report to the MBTA Advisory Board on the history of regional funding for the MBTA
By Isabella MacKinnon
MBTA Budget Oversight
Capital Budget Overisght Reports
FY 2027 Capital Budget Oversight Report (Fiscal Years 2027 – 2031)
[Published 5/26/2026]
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
FY27 Operating Budget Oversight Report (7/1/26 – 6/30/27)
[Published 6/9/26]
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]