Camden Blatchly

ABOUT ME

I am a graduate student in city planning at MIT with a background in transit planning, civic technology, and regional economic development. You can find some of my work below and get in touch with me at camdenblatchly@gmail.com.

RESEARCH AND PROJECTS

A screenshot of a chart from GMT's open data site
Open Transit Data

Datasets and dashboards that help riders, planners, and community members better understand Green Mountain Transit’s system


Tags: Transit planning, Open government

Tools: R, Python, GIS

 A map showing when rural counties first transition to urban
The reclassification of rural counties (and what it means for rural America)

How rural definitions contribute to perceptions of rural decline


Tags: Regional planning, Demographic change

Tools: R, Datawrapper

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CORI Economic Development Tool

The key metrics that define CORI's economic development model


Tags: Regional indicators, Economic development

Tools: React, D3.js, R

 An overlapping diagram showing where two rural definitions coincide
Defining rural America

Analyzing and visualizing the consequences of how we count


Tags: Rural demographics, Open data

Tools: R, D3.js

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Where is Boston's city center?

Six perspectives on the heart of the city


Tags: Urban geography, Mapping, Metrics

Tools: Mapbox, R

 A bubble map showing the locations of little libraries in Somerville, MA
Inside Somerville's Little Libraries

A data-driven look at the books, genres, and trends across 17 neighborhood collections


Tags: Field data collection, Community mapping, Data storytelling

Tools: Python, R, Pandas

 A bar chart showing rural and urban private investment over time. Rural is lower.
Rural America's struggle to access private capital

How lack of capital stifles innovation in rural America


Tags: Economic development, Rural policy, Spatial analysis

Tools: R, React, Mapbox

 A scatter plot displaying quality of life scores versus population growth. There is a slight, positive trend.
The rise of remote work

How remote work is shifting the geography of jobs


Tags: Economic geography, Remote work

Tools: React, D3.js, R

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Who wins Build to Scale?

Identifying rural communities with the highest potential for success


Tags: Innovation policy, Regional competitiveness

Tools: React, D3.js, Mapbox

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The Affordable Connectivity Program's Impact

Analyzing the impact of a federal broadband subsidy that supported 23 million households before ending in 2024


Tags: Digital equity, Broadband planning

Tools: React, D3.js, Mapbox