Gregory Thompson
Professor
glthompson@fsu.edu
Education
A.B. (Geography) University of California , Davis , 1968. M.C.P. (Urban Planning) University of California , Berkeley , 1970. Ph.D. (Social Science) University of California, Irvine, 1987.
Interests
Professor Thompson joined the Department in 1988, after completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the Hagley Museum and Library, doing historical research about the Pennsylvania Railroad. He has held professional positions as a transportation planner at both the metropolitan and state levels, in both this country and abroad. He teaches courses in transportation policy analysis, transportation demand analysis, evaluation of alternative transportation and land use plans, and in economic base analysis. He has published in both the professional and academic literature on transportation topics. His book, The Passenger Train in the Motor Age: California 1910-1941 was published in late 1993 by the Ohio State University Press. His major research interest is studying the role of public transportation in auto-dominated societies, both historically and in the present day.
Selected Publications