Yonah Freemark
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Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark
Yonah Freemark joins Talking Headways for their annual discussion of future of transit in the United States (and Mexico).
March 5, 2026
Talking Headways Podcast: The Future of Transit
Yonah Freemark talks with Jeff Wood about the state of the trains across the world.
February 26, 2026
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Yonah Freemark Show, Part II
Yonah Freemark of the Urban Institute is back again for Part II of his annual "Talking Headways" discussion.
March 13, 2025
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Yonah Freemark Show, Part I
Yonah Freemark on transit-oriented housing strategies, exciting transit openings in 2025 and which cities could use a subway project.
March 6, 2025
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Yonah Freemark Show, Part II
This week, let's talk about transit funding in general and the Roosevelt Boulevard subway in Philadelphia, specifically.
February 22, 2024
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark (Part I)
The transportation and housing expert talks to us this week about how (and why!) he puts together his mammoth list of worldwide transit projects.
February 15, 2024
Five Ways to Pull U.S. Transit Agencies Out of the Fiscal ‘Death Spiral’
Turning the transit industry's "doom spiral" into a "virtuous cycle" will require rethinking the foundations of how we fund mass transportation — and adding a whole lot of service.
November 2, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark!
This week, Yonah Freemark of the Urban Institute is back for our annual Prediction Show. This year, we chat about our predictions from last year and next year of course, but also regional rail in France, interesting transportation projects around the world, and the high cost and management of big transit projects.
March 30, 2023
Data: Other Countries Are Building Transit While the U.S. Falls Behind
"While the world is building out ever more accessible transit systems, the US appears to be falling behind."
January 24, 2023
