Oscar Munoz Quotes

We're all proud of the communities that we've built and are a part of, but we shouldn't accept lost time and unnecessary stress when traveling in them.

We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways.

Australia has an economic interest in ensuring our cities have 21st century urban rail transport to reduce traffic congestion.

In the United States in 2009, more than 10.2 billion trips were taken on transit trains and buses. So far, the nation has not experienced a major transit attack since Sept. 11, but the March 2010 Moscow subway bombings and earlier train attacks in London and Mumbai show that we must be prepared.

Nobody, in any part of the world, has figured out a way to make money on passenger railroads. It's a matter of social policy.

Investing in rail is an easy way to reduce congestion, cost, and energy consumption and make our producers more competitive.

I love getting on the subway because you get on the car, and you see the entire human race represented in any given subway car.

In light of the attacks on mass transit systems in other countries, shouldn't we be beefing up?... Clearly more could be done.

I remember in '37 when trolley cars were so big in New York. It was five cents for a ride... There used to be open-air buses, and you could go up a spiral staircase and sit up on top. Those were great, great days.

Beyond highways and roads, we need more money for mass transit, intercity passenger rail and freight rail. We have a long way to go to bridge the funding gaps.

I have always loved to sit in ferry and railroad stations and watch the people, to walk on crowded streets, just walk along among the people, and see their faces, to be among people on street cars and trains and boats.

I spend far too much on taxis. Now, if anyone suggests we get the Tube I say, 'The Tube! I'd forgotten about that.'

I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change.

Competition doesn't work well in the transportation business.

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.

I'd like to get rid of those streetcars, maybe phase them out. I'm not sure how we're going to do it but I'd like to slowly but surely get rid of those streetcars and maybe replace them with buses.

We could live in a much better society if there was less personal car ownership.

I do periodically ride a bus with my kids.

I don't know anyone who's ever taken a bus. It's a mysterious form of transportation.

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

We should not be waiting until trains derail, bridges collapse and people die to adequately fund our transportation infrastructure.

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

What we're trying to accomplish is the cheapest, fastest, cleanest form of major public transportation. There's economic value in being able to move people and things fast - and without any delays, because the hyperloop is impervious to weather.

There's nothing worse than getting on a crowded subway on, like, a 90-degree day.

Since becoming Mayor, I have advocated for safer streets.