Travis Kalanick Quotes

I have done almost every human activity inside a taxi which does not require main drainage.

We don't have a full black community in Boston. Our people are scattered. There's a middle class where I live in Highland Park but it's not like a piece of Washington or Chicago.

I have a driver's licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.

I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice.

The fact that wealthy people or people from privileged backgrounds may wind up in a violent terrorist organization is not new.

Where I'm from on the Gold Coast, we say that there are a lot of 'cashed-up Bogans,' you know, people with no class but a lot of money.

At the global level, there are a growing number of city-based bike-sharing programs that take advantage of mobile devices to reserve your bike, keep track of it, and collect data that helps to improve the service.

With the increased cost of gasoline, it doesn't appear that we're going to see a slowing of interest in mass transit. I think it's going to continue to grow.

I've not stopped going on public transport. I love going on it.

I take the subway to work. I love mass transportation.

You know, before I would think, my cab driver hates me. Now I think my limo driver hates me.

You should pay special attention to … businessmen and moderately wealthy citizens. Get to know the leading members of these groups which should not be difficult as they are not great in number.

In many ways, we look at Uber as the safety net for a city.

I have no limo. In cities, I usually hail a taxi like everyone else.

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 Uber is lower-priced, then more people will want it. And if more people want it and can afford it, then you have more cars on the road. And if you have more cars on the road, then your pickup times are lower, your reliability is better. The lower-cost product ends up being more luxurious than the high-end one.

What we like to say is that the vision for Uber is the cross between lifestyle and logistics.

As in many cities, Uber has disrupted powerful interests in London, starting with the drivers of black cabs, who trace their lineage to 1634, and their influential Licensed Taxi Drivers Association.

If you can make it economical for people to get out of their cars or sell their cars, and turn transportation into a service, it's a pretty big deal.

TED is certainly a gathering of an incredibly eclectic, incredibly interesting community, but it's also an elite community - at least an important portion comes from that global 1%.

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.

The solution to transportation inefficiencies lies at the intersection of collaborative consumption and the social graph: Shifting transportation from ownership to access.

There's a massive opportunity as more and more millennials and others in cities switch over from car ownership to transportation as a service. They are picking Lyft, and we want to stay focused on that big opportunity.

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

For me, a taxi is like a public space because so many people get in that space.