Institute for Progress
Rohan Aras

Rohan Aras is a Senior Transportation Policy Analyst at the Niskanen Center. He focuses on using urban transportation to improve social outcomes, with emphasis on housing abundance. Previously, he worked as a data scientist at the Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory, where he performed and enabled data analyses for state and federal agencies. Rohan received a B.S. in Informatics and B.A. in Math and Urban Planning from the University of Washington, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Stanford University.

Infrastructure
A Pro-Supply To-Do List for Congress’s Housing Bill
America can’t afford a lowest-common-denominator housing supply bill 
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May 5th 2026
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