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About Yonah Freemark

Yonah Freemark is Senior Research Associate in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute.

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. Awarded prize

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 Urban Institute, Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center, Washington DC Senior Research Associate, 2020-

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 2022, Washington DC. “The Privatization of American Public H

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