yfreemark – Yonah Freemark

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Yonah Freemark (CV) is a native of Durham, North Carolina and is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Urban Stu

Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA | 2016-Present PhD Candidate in Urban Studies, Department of Urba

Mobility Politics: Local Ideologies in the Multi-Jurisdictional Metropolis Dissertation Committee Lawrence J. Vale, Ford Profe

I study how local governments shape planning outcomes in the context of political conflict and multi-level governance systems.

I have worked as a journalist and op-ed contributor on hundreds of articles for more than a dozen outlets, including The New Y

Employment Metropolitan Planning Council, Chicago IL Associate 2013, Project Manager 2014-2016. See further work details below

The Transport Politic was created in October 2008 and tracks the state of transit in the U.S. and around the world; I founded

Academic Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, April 2020, Washington DC (upcoming) “That train left the station:

Below, find a selection of the design work I conducted as a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Yale U