交通研究B部分發表了關于該課題所有方法學方面的論文，特別是那些需要數學分析的論文。該期刊的總主題是開發和解決問題，這些問題有充分的動機來處理運輸系統設計和/或分析的重要方面。涵蓋的領域包括：交通流；運輸網絡的設計和分析；控制和調度；優化；排隊論；物流；供應鏈；開發和應用統計、計量和數學模型來解決運輸問題；成本模型；定價和/或投資；出行者或托運人行為；成本效益方法。

Transportation Research-Part B publishes papers on all methodological aspects of the subject, particularly those that require mathematical analysis. The general theme of the journal is the development and solution of problems that are adequately motivated to deal with important aspects of the design and/or analysis of transportation systems. Areas covered include: traffic flow; design and analysis of transportation networks; control and scheduling; optimization; queuing theory; logistics; supply chains; development and application of statistical, econometric and mathematical models to address transportation problems; cost models; pricing and/or investment; traveler or shipper behavior; cost-benefit methodologies.