Robert Anderson Van Wyck Quotes

An interesting thing about New York City is that the subways run through the sewers.

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.

New York City has a tradition of great stations. There are cities in the world that don't have that. New York has it.

What made Manhattan Manhattan was the underground infrastructure, that engineering marvel.

Urban design as a discipline barely exists in most American and Canadian cities. In Singapore, there are innovative transportation strategies at work.

Our congressional district is the fastest growing in the state. Nowhere is there a greater need for new and improved roads and transit systems that will spare us the hours we spend each day in traffic.

Every city has to deal with the problem of cars and public transport.

Cities are created by and for traffic.

A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.

People want subways, folks... subways, subways. They don't want these damn streetcars blocking up our city!

Public transportation is like a magnifying glass that shows you civilization up close.

I believe building new subways must be a top priority.

I think that Delhi Metro has made things convenient for people, and we must credit the government for that. The Metro network that they have built in the city without disturbing any infrastructure is amazing.

If I was a Mayor, I would sort the traffic out and that includes public transport. The traffic jams really get on my nerves.

New York City subways are now getting high speed Internet. How about some high speed subway trains?

The automobile is the greatest catastrophe in the entire history of City architecture.

The energy crisis has given new urgency to the need to improve public transportation, not only in our cities but in rural areas as well…. Mass transit is an essential element of the improvement of life in our cities and towns.

Frank O’Conner is from New York City Frank O’Conner says the Subways should be free Guess who he wants to pay for them.

In Hong Kong there is agglomeration beyond my fondest imaginings. The Kowloon district claims a population density four times that of New York City.

Wrigley Field was built and designed at a time when people got to the ballpark by trolley, train, and horse cart.

Transporting Americans is and should be one of the most important functions our government must address.

If you could take a subway from the suburbs in Boston, where I live, to downtown in 10 minutes, that improves your life over sitting in a traffic jam. People should see that.

We need a first-class transportation system.

I'm of that subset of native New Yorkers who can't drive.

We want transportation as reliable as running water.