Research in Boston
City staff across many departments work on answering relevant research questions and creating tools to make it easier to engage with key datasets. This page collects the work of these teams and highlights helpful research tools and resources.
WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON
Climate Action Plan
Boston's roadmap for how we will reduce our carbon emissions and protect our neighborhoods from climate change, while centering climate justice.
Coordinated Furniture Pick-up Pilot
We tested whether coordinated furniture pick-up could reduce the amount of good condition going to the waste stream
Residential Displacement Risk Map
An interactive map which visualized current displacement pressures and levels of displacement risk across Boston
REPORTS AND RESEARCH PAPERS
REPORTS AND RESEARCH PAPERSRESEARCH TOOLS
RESEARCH TOOLSThis is a collection of interactive tools created by City departments that allow you to ask your own research questions and explore the provided data.
A tool to visualize some of the ways that Boston and its neighborhoods have changed from 1950 to the present
A public health tool to warn communities about the presence of viruses like flu, COVID-19, measles or RSV
Ask questions in plain language to explore the City of Boston's datasets in Analyze Boston
