Mark Noble Quotes

The railroad originally was as completely dissociated from steam propulsion as was the ship.

You have to begin to put the infrastructure in place to put in high-speed trains...It should be a national priority. If the French can do it, why cant we?

Railroad iron is a magician's rod, in its power to evoke the sleeping energies of land and water.

In New York, the trains run all night, and the cabs are so cheap.

A transcontinental railroad will not be built in my lifetime, or my children’s lifetime, or their children’s lifetime.

We need a first-class transportation system.

We want transportation as reliable as running water.

Like Maharashtra, the people of Gujarat also do not want a bullet train.

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

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.

I could go back to the railroad. I liked that job.

Trains had the greatest bass sound in the world.

Most of the population cannot afford a private driver. What we're doing is relentlessly innovating to bring the price point down.

This is critical to the region. Every other major city has public transportation going downtown. We have a world-class airport now, and this could be an important additional piece to the airport development. This is a significant investment and one that should be seen as a significant long-term commitment to making this a reality.

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

What could be safer than the bus center with its lamps and wheels?

In Australia’s biggest cities, public transport is generally slow, expensive, not especially reliable and still hideous drain on the public purse. Part of the problem is inefficient, overmanned, union-dominated government run train and bus systems. Mostly though, …there just aren’t enough people wanting to go from a particular place to a particular destination at a particular time to justify any vehicle larger than a car, and cars need roads.

One important role for the city is to conduct studies to document areas of greatest need, and to facilitate coordination between our public and private transportation options to weave it into a dense tapestry of accessible and reliable transportation.

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

An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport.

Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink.

Automobiles are often conveniently tagged as the villains responsible for the ills of cities and the disappointments and futilities of city planning. But the destructive effect of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building.

Cars would be safer on rails!

Drive inexpensive cars, but own the best house you can afford.

There are plans for a new high-speed train between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It will make the trip time 30 minutes. People in L.A. are like, Yes! And people in San Francisco are like, Yeah, sure, great. We look forward to seeing you.