Noam Chomsky Quotes

Beyond highways and roads, we need more money for mass transit, intercity passenger rail and freight rail. We have a long way to go to bridge the funding gaps.

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

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.

North Jersey residents rely on mass transit to get to work and our entire region is interconnected by our transit system.

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

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.

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

I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do it because it gets them from A to B faster.

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'm very bullish on the streetcar.

With the increased cost of gasoline, it doesn't appear that we're going to see a slowing of interest in mass transit. I think it's going to continue to grow.

We need a first-class transportation system.

Our goal was to completely change transportation. Change traffic. And make it possible to get anywhere you want to go without owning a car.

Walk, skateboard, bike, car pool, or use mass transit more, and drive less.

A fuel prices remain unstable and our nation's highways and airports suffer ever-increasing congestion and delays, Amtrak offers an invaluable alternative upon which Americans have come to rely

We seem to be committing ourselves to an eye wateringly expensive railroad for the few. High speed rail plan is madness.

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

People have to make journeys, what we want is people to have alternatives in public transport so that they can make a choice about the sort of way in which they're going to travel.

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

We must do all we can to reduce congestion in our urban areas and increase access and mobility in our rural areas, and this extra funding will help us get there.

As you move away from mass transit you become more dependent on the automobile, so you have to spread the housing out more to accommodate the cars.

Every person that you can get on a public transportation vehicle is one less person polluting the air or taking up space on our highways.

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.

Millennials aren't buying cars anymore. They don't want to drive. They don't want to own these cars. They don't want that inconvenience.

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