Eva Lerner-Lam Quotes

It makes no sense to make people drive cars.

We could live in a much better society if there was less personal car ownership.

Carpooling is important for urban density, air pollution and other reasons, but carpooling is not the kind of thing that actually changes the energy equation.

If you had a carbon tax, you'd have less cars and more bicycles, more people getting around on foot and by public transport.

Environmentally friendly cars will soon cease to be an option...they will become a necessity.

In March 2005, I was appointed to the board of the Santa Barbara metro transit district. I was incredibly optimistic about how public transportation can be the solution to help people live in the city and not need a car.

The infrastructure at Union Station is antiquated. High-speed is going to come in eventually. We need to upgrade that system. Every day the Metro comes in, the Amtrak comes in, and they idle their engines for hours, spewing poisonous toxins - all that crap - into the air.

If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack.

The goal of mass transit is to convince people to abandon their cars, which feature such enticing accessories as CD players and elbow room.

A world with a sudden limit on air travel would be tremendously different from the one we live in now.

I am not suggesting that just by taking the Metro, I will save billions. But I hope others will follow.

I'm really looking forward to a time when generations after us look back and say how ridiculous it was that humans were driving cars.

I love driving. I still drive a 1993 Toyota Camry. I do want to get an electric car, but it's less of a carbon footprint if you keep your old, fuel-efficient car on the road than if you say 'build me a whole new car.'

The environmental effects of the automobile are well known: motor vehicles cause, for example, as much as 75 percent of the noise and 80 percent of the air pollution in our cities, and the industry must face mounting pressure from environmentalists.

The European auto industry made a commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 140 grams per kilometer. But then there was a significant change in what customers wanted in their vehicles.

We need to stop flying, stop driving cars and jetting around on marine recreational vehicles.

The energy crisis has given new urgency to the need to improve public transportation, not only in our cities but in rural areas as well…. Mass transit is an essential element of the improvement of life in our cities and towns.

I'd like to get rid of those streetcars, maybe phase them out. I'm not sure how we're going to do it but I'd like to slowly but surely get rid of those streetcars and maybe replace them with buses.

Investing in rail is an easy way to reduce congestion, cost, and energy consumption and make our producers more competitive.

Clear skies and clean air must become the new normal. We must re-design our cities, reclaiming the streets for cycling and walking, allowing people to walk along streets unpolluted by traffic.

Just imagine how many more cyclists could help save our cities and prevent further global warming by adopting electric bikes, if they received strategic and financial support similar to electric car drivers.

We believe that electric vehicles can transform transportation completely in India by enabling lower cost of operation and ownership.

I do try to reduce my carbon footprint a little bit by travelling around London on my electric bike. A lot of people raise their eyebrows but I love riding it.

We need to improve our public transportation and invest in physical infrastructure changes so that people can safely choose alternatives to driving like walking, riding a bike or even, yes, electric scooters.

Regardless of our political stance, we cannot afford to perpetuate the Western car-centric model.