Carole Radziwill Quotes

I understand how it feels to stand in a crowded train, to be stuck in congested traffic.

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway.

I abhor nothing more than bumping into someone I know on the Tube.

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 makes me want to scream louder than oldies doddering on to a train at a slow shuffle when the rest of us are just trying to get on with our day.

Work from home will relieve the pressure on urban infrastructure and land, which can be released for mass housing or public transport, and critical lung space.

On a train, why do I always end up sitting next to the woman who's eating the individual fruit pie by sucking the filling out through the hole in the middle?

In L.A., it's the sort of city where you have to have a car to get around.

I love walking everywhere I go and following City Mapper.

When I was in my college, I remember travelling by buses to tutions, and I have travelled by local trains as well.

Traffic: Sit there. Sit. Occasionally move your foot from the brake and crawl forward, then put it back. That's all you do for hours. It's very calming.

I used to get two buses to school, and you'd see more or less everyone in the city centre, so I kind of knew everyone around my age group.

If I'm going to Kilburn, I get on a bus.

One of my priorities is getting the trains to run on time, and as a commuter myself I understand all too well the frustration caused by endless delays and cancellations.

In Mumbai, even Bollywood stars use autos when they are in a hurry.

If you live in central London, that's probably fine for you, but in places like Edmonton, where you're almost out of sight of London, you've got to pay more and more to get into central London. How does that work?

My father drove a bus in Anderlecht and he took me to training every day in Brussels from when I was 11 to 18.

I used the bus when I was growing up in Brazil. I don't want to diminish anyone who travels on the bus, but I haven't done that for a long time.

Traffic snarls or jet life doesn't make a city fast.

I bloody love transport and plotting a route through London.

We have to realize we have millions of human beings traveling on our equipment.

Mumbai is becoming more and more of a nightmare.

In Paris, the people go in the Metro, they move, they go to their offices, 8 a.m. in the morning - it's like remote control.

I used to listen to my music on the bus. It was one of my favourite things, to look out the window and over at the Jacques Cartier Bridge and Parc Jean-Drapeau.