Dan Hodge, of Hodge Economic Consulting, recently presented research authored with MassINC’s Ben Forman on transit-oriented development (TOD) in Massachusetts Gateway Cities at the 6^th International Transportation and Economic Development Conference on June 7.

Addressing the conference in Washington, DC, Hodge addressed the benefits that TOD can to bring to Massachusetts by calculating its real-world impacts—from increases in MBTA commuter rail ridership to the reduction of the state’s carbon footprint. In the attached presentation, Hodge and Forman outline a strategy for state and local governments to invigorate the long-neglected mill towns and usher them into a new era of economic prosperity.