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About Yonah Freemark

Yonah Freemark (CV) is a native of Durham, North Carolina. In July 2020, he successfully defended his dissertation in Urban St

Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA | 2016-2020 PhD in Urban Studies, Department of Urban Studies and

Mobility Politics: Local Ideologies in the Multi-Jurisdictional Metropolis Successfully defended July 14, 2020. Dissertation C

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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA Research Supervisor, 2017-2020. Directly oversaw work by four s

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 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, October 2020, Online (upcoming) Urban Affairs Associ

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