Boston, MA accessibility score

boston.gov · Automated scan, 5 July 2026

Score

From an automated scan of public pages. Higher is better.

89out of 100

Some barriers found

Issues found, by severity

3Critical
0Serious
6Moderate
1Minor

How it compares

US city governments median: 94. 66 of the 158 sites we scanned in this group have at least one critical barrier (42%).

boston.gov scored 5 points below the median.

Read the research: US city governments

Top issues found

Most severe first. Occurrences are counted across the pages scanned.

Certain ARIA roles must be contained by particular parentsCriticalWCAG 1.3.1 · 13 occurrences
Links must have discernible textCriticalWCAG 2.4.4 · 13 occurrences
Possible keyboard trap detectedCriticalBest practice · 2 occurrences
Images must have alternative textModerateWCAG 1.1.1 · 19 occurrences
All page content should be contained by landmarksModerateBest practice · 6 occurrences

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This is an automated scan of public pages on boston.gov on 5 July 2026. It is not a full review and not a legal determination of conformance with any standard or law. Automated tools detect only part of WCAG failures; many need a person to assess. See our methodology and disclaimer.