Bill Lipinski Quotes

We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways.

I do not see how we can rationally oppose high speed rail because of the environmental and other costs without considering the social and human consequences of the radical elimination of transportation that this entails.

Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them.

We're building the infrastructure we need, whether it be the Melbourne Rail Link, the airport rail link which Melburnians have so wanted for over 40 years, upgrading the Pakenham-Cranbourne railway line, or building the East-West Link.

A healthy Amtrak is an integral part of New York and the Nation's economy and transportation systems.

As a personal beneficiary of the service that Amtrak provides and as someone who represents a congressional district that counts on safe, reliable rail service, I am a strong supporter of providing this vital industry the funding necessary to continue operations.

How we fund transportation in this country is broken. You all pay a gasoline tax, right? Well, cars go farther, we get electric cars, and so on. And then we do more with the money than just build roads. We do bike lanes and mass transit.

The fact is that America relies on Amtrak to move people.

Nobody, in any part of the world, has figured out a way to make money on passenger railroads. It's a matter of social policy.

Why are the patriots the ones who don't want to spend money on trains?

Without the funding Amtrak needs to keep operating, we will soon see people that rely on Amtrak to get them to work each day, waiting for a train that isn't coming.

Transportation funding is a win-win for everyone involved.

We continue to subsidize highways and aviation, but when it comes to our passenger rail system, we refuse to provide the money Amtrak needs to survive.

I'm very bullish on the streetcar.

I like the tube more than the NY subway though, you've got cushioned seats.

High-speed rail would revolutionise interstate travel and would also be an economic game-changer for dozens of regional communities along its path.

The rail service is important for my district.

People don't want to cut back on the railroads, and they haven't ridden the damn things in years.

There is no passenger railroad service anywhere in the world that is not subsidized.

We need a first-class transportation system.

You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger champion of high-speed rail than me when the bond went to voters. I believed in it.

Rail in Europe is incredibly important as far as a transportation medium.

Public transportation is like a magnifying glass that shows you civilization up close.

Unlike Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party, I am not ideologically obsessed with the structure of our rail network; for me it is a matter of practicality.

We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.