Barry Myles Locke (December 21, 1930 – March 4, 2007) was an American politician, who served as Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation from 1979 until he was indicted for corruption in 1981.

After the military, Locke spent five years as a newspaper editor in Michigan before returning to New England as Vermont bureau chief for the United Press International.

[1] When Volpe became United States Secretary of Transportation after the election of Richard M. Nixon, he joined him as a personal aide.

[5] While working in Washington, he served as the manager for middleweight boxer Leo Saenz.

In 1980, Locke took on a second role as acting chairman of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ("The T").

[9] In 1981, a reorganization of the MBTA forced Locke to turn over the day-to-day operation of The T to a general manager.

[19] For five years he was the president of CHI Centers, a Silver Spring, Maryland-based organization that serves the developmentally disabled.