Anthony Foxx Quotes

We need to find innovative ways to dramatically ease congestion, improve personal mobility, and cut energy use.

Our vision for the world is making car ownership unnecessary.

Technology is rapidly changing our transportation systems, and if we craft smart regulations, these changes can be for the better.

My job is to think beyond the immediate.

The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect.

I think Uber is a good car service, but Lyft is going after a much bigger problem in trying to make life without a car possible and reinvent the way people get around cities.

I have never been one to look beyond today.

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.

I've always liked to think ahead. Not stupid-far ahead. A hundred years doesn't interest me. But 20 years interests me, and more for what happens to humans as opposed to things.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.

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

If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won't have traffic problems.

A lot of times what happens is, not even just with child actors, but people in general, is they get so caught up in the now. The hot song, the hot TV show, the hot movie. You're not saying 'OK, this is cool, but where am I trying to be 20 years from now?' That's always been in the forefront of my mind.

If progress is to be steady we must have long term guides extending far ahead.

In my state, I created a Clean Energy Fund and invested in electrifying our transportation system - from vehicles and buses to transit and even ferries.

I think we need ideas for the future.

When we look at transportation in America, there's going to be companies like Magic Bus, where you have these private bus fleets. You're going to have carpooling; you're going to have these different types of transportation. It's going to be a full ecosystem, but it's not going to be a winner-takes-all.

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

Our ambition is to build a globally competitive and futuristic transportation system in India that will support and accelerate a nation on the move.

The problem of getting from home to the metro, BRT or bus stop makes many people take their cars to work. Why not start a fleet of electric buses that just circle through neighbourhoods connecting them to the various public transport hubs?

Improving our transportation infrastructure reduces car trips, helps us reach our carbon emission reduction goals, is healthier for our residents, and saves lives. Too often in the past we have been slow to make these common sense improvements to our streets.

My vision for the future of social transportation is one that places more value on information and community over a physical product. Move over, multi-billion-dollar high-speed rail infrastructure and welcome, social information-based solutions.

You always look ahead to what you'll do next.

An entrepreneur never thinks of quarter-on-quarter; he thinks for 25 years, 50 years.