Michael Bastian Quotes

I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.

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.

If you live in a crowded area of Brooklyn or Manhattan, having a car is a hindrance. It doesn't even make sense. I basically grew up all my life without a car.

How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.

If you live in L.A. long enough, you get into having a cool car.

I've been in California for about 15 years now. You're always in your car and insulated. I miss New York so much.

I can't drive, so I can only live in New York, which is fine with me.

I like driving; I don't drive since I live in New York. I don't have an opportunity to drive, like, ever.

I moved to New York when I was 10, from Rio de Janeiro. So there was no need for driving: I took the subway, cabs and the bus.

The day will come when the notion of car ownership becomes antiquated. If you live in a city, you don't need to own a car.

We are building towards the future where people need not own their own cars.

Living in N.Y.C. has truly awakened me to the New York elite and their penchant for the city's self-described brilliant public transit system. I think it sucks... just like public transit always does.

Nothing affects people's lives who go in and out of New York more than their commute. It is unavoidable, and it must be done every day.

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

I don't have a car and have decided never to own one.

It makes no sense to make people drive cars.

I am a New Yorker! Mass transit is my sweet ride. I know the subway system like the back of my hand.

I grew up on the bus, or riding my bike, or catching the subway, I've never had a car. In college, any girl I ever dated had a car, too.

I was thinking about New York and realized how much I hate walking around in the winter and how much I dread getting on the train.

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.

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

They say that no one walks in L.A., and it's definitely true, and I'm embracing that.

A million people a day go to work in this city and they drive themselves. I don't see why I'm any different.

New York is a good city for not having to get fat.

I was the only kid in Manhattan I knew whose parents had a car.