Wendell Cox is an
American urban planner and academic, known as leading proponent of the use of the private car over rail projects. He is the principal and sole owner of Wendell Cox Consultancy/Demographia, based in the
St. Louis metropolitan region and editor of three web sites,
Demographia,
The Public Purpose and
Urban Tours by Rental Car. Cox is a fellow of numerous
conservative think tanks and a frequent op-ed commenter in conservative US and UK newspapers.