Stories by Yonah Freemark

Yonah Freemark is a senior research associate in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute, where he is the research director of the Land Use Lab at Urban. His research focuses on the intersection of land use, affordable housing, transportation, and governance.

How To Reform Zoning To Allow More Density Around Transit – And Meet Housing Demand

Without New Regulations, Self-Driving Cars Could Make Our Transportation System Even Worse

Will They or Won’t They? The Romance Between Obama & High-Speed Rail

New Roads Will Likely Remain the Best-Funded Transpo Projects

As Long as We Don’t Fall off the Fiscal Cliff, 2013 Will Be a Good Year for Transit

Questions Arise as Bronx BRT to Share Lanes With Local Buses

When it Comes to Streetcars, Zoning Matters: A Look at St. Louis and Portland

Profitable or Not, China Doubles Down on Investments in New Metro Systems

With High-Speed Rail Approved, A Different Future for California and the Country

France Commits to Tramways, A Possible Model for the Future of Urban Rail

Driving in Circles

Much-Needed Improvements Mean Five-Month Shutdown for Chicago Rail Line

Laying Down Rapid Transit in the Maryland Suburbs

An Absurd Transit Duplication in Dallas

Where Needed Most, Public Transit Faces Cuts

Ambitious Toronto Transit Plan Back in the Works

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