Deborah Salon studies transportation in cities with the goal of contributing to our collective understanding of how these systems work, and how policies and smart investments might improve them. The methods she uses range from qualitative, interview-based research to advanced econometric analysis. Salon has substantial experience with both discrete and continuous quantitative data analysis, survey design, GIS, and management of large datasets.
Topically, Salon’s research is divided into four related tracks:
(1) Travel behavior, the built environment, and lifestyle choices in the United States,
(2) Climate policy for the transport sector,
(3) Urban transport, poverty, and economic development – both in the cities of the developing world and in the US, and
(4) Local government and transit agency institutional analysis.
A common thread in all of her work is to inform policies that aim to reduce global automobile dependence in one way or another. This overarching goal is one that she is committed to, as it becomes increasingly clear that technology-only strategies are unlikely to be enough to make our transportation system environmentally sustainable.
Salon holds a doctorate in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California at Davis. Before joining the faculty at ASU, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Columbia University's Earth Institute and subsequently held a research appointment at U.C. Davis's Institute of Transportation Studies.
Transportation and land use, urban economics, climate policy
Summer 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 394 | Special Topics |
PUP 424 | Planning Methods |
PUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
SOS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PUP 599 | Thesis |
GCU 692 | Research |
GCU 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 430 | Transport Planning/Environment |
PUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PUP 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PUP 550 | Transportation/Environment |
PUP 642 | Urbn & Regnl Economic Analysis |
PUP 692 | Research |
PUP 710 | Planning Theory |
Summer 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
PUP 692 | Research |
GPH 692 | Research |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 394 | Special Topics |
PUP 424 | Planning Methods |
PUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
PUP 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SOS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PUP 593 | Applied Project |
GCU 692 | Research |
GCU 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 430 | Transport Planning/Environment |
PUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PUP 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PUP 550 | Transportation/Environment |
PUP 593 | Applied Project |
PUP 642 | Urbn & Regnl Economic Analysis |
GCU 692 | Research |
GCU 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 424 | Planning Methods |
PUP 430 | Transport Planning/Environment |
PUP 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PUP 550 | Transportation/Environment |
PUP 593 | Applied Project |
PUP 692 | Research |
GCU 692 | Research |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PUP 593 | Applied Project |
PUP 642 | Urbn & Regnl Economic Analysis |
PUP 692 | Research |
GCU 692 | Research |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 593 | Applied Project |
SOS 596 | Capstone: Scientific Paper |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 424 | Planning Methods |
PUP 550 | Transportation/Environment |
GCU 692 | Research |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 493 | Honors Thesis |
PUP 593 | Applied Project |
PUP 642 | Urbn & Regnl Economic Analysis |
GPH 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 593 | Applied Project |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 424 | Planning Methods |
SOS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
PUP 599 | Thesis |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 593 | Applied Project |
PUP 642 | Urbn & Regnl Economic Analysis |