R. Richard Geddes | |
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Occupation(s) | Professor, Cornell University |
Board member of | Hyperloop Advanced Research Partnership |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Towson State University (BS) University of Chicago (MA, PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Economist |
Sub-discipline | Transportation infrastructure |
Main interests | Public-private partnerships,rail,Postal Service |
R. Richard Geddes is an American academic specializing in infrastructure policy. He is a professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University,where he is director of its infrastructure program. [1]
Geddes is an expert in public–private partnerships. [2] [3] He is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. [4]
Geddes was educated at Towson State University (BS 1984) and the University of Chicago (MA 1987,PhD 1991). [5]
Geddes is a recognized authority on transportation issues,being interviewed for NPR's On Point. [6] He writes as well for the Wall Street Journal. [7]
He has testified before House and Senate Committees ten times since 2008,most frequently about federal spending on railroads and the Postal Service. [8] [9]
Geddes has observed that public-private partnerships are unlikely to take hold in the United States,as long as less risky municipal bond funding for projects is common. [10]