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Yonah Freemark

Project Manager, Chicago Metropolitan Planning Council

Yonah Freemark is the creator of The Transport Politic and has contributed on urban issues to the New York Times, CNN, Next City, and other outlets, including CityLab. He is a project manager at Metropolitan Planning Council in Chicago.

Authored Content

  • Mar 03 2014
    Blog Post Why More U.S. Cities Need to Embrace Bus Rapid Transit A version of this article originally appeared on CityLab, as part of ‘The Future of Transportation‘ series made possible with support from The Rockefeller Foundation. American cities welcomed the automobile in the 20th century by yielding much of their street space to cars. The damage done by this approach can be measured in rising pedestrian deaths […] Yonah Freemark