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| Gary R. Allen, PhD |
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| Chief of Technology, Research and Innovation - VDOT |
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Gary Allen
Virginia Transportation Research Council
530 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903 |
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Phone: 434-293-1938
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Biographical Information
Gary Allen is Chief of Technology, Research and Innovation
for the Virginia Department of Transportation. In this capacity, he
is responsible for the Virginia Transportation Research Council, a
multi-modal research center sponsored jointly by VDOT and the University
of Virginia; VDOT's Information Technology Applications, Systems Engineering
and Software Development Division; Information Technology Operations
and Infrastructure Division, and the VDOT Knowledge Management Program.
Dr. Allen joined VDOT in 1972, became director of the Research Council
in 1989, and became VDOT's Director of Technology, Research, and Innovation
in June 2002. He has published numerous articles on transportation
finance and policy and has served as chair of several committees of
the National Research Council's Transportation Research Board on transportation
economics, finance, and taxation. He also served on the faculty of
the AASHTO Executive Institute for more than ten years, specializing
in innovative finance. Dr. Allen has taught transportation policy and
finance in the University of Virginia's Graduate School of Engineering & Applied
Science and has held adjunct faculty positions with the Department
of Economics and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the
University.
Dr. Allen holds a degree in business and
economics from Berea College in Kentucky and a Ph.D. in economics from
the University of Virginia, where he specialized in public finance and
policy analysis. He also earned a Certificate in Transportation Finance
and Investment from Carnegie Mellon University. |
