Betsy Hodges Quotes

In March 2005, I was appointed to the board of the Santa Barbara metro transit district. I was incredibly optimistic about how public transportation can be the solution to help people live in the city and not need a car.

We must do all we can to reduce congestion in our urban areas and increase access and mobility in our rural areas, and this extra funding will help us get there.

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

Our goal was to completely change transportation. Change traffic. And make it possible to get anywhere you want to go without owning a car.

Growing up in New York City, my car culture is minimal. I rode on the train, the bus. I walked; I rode my bike, and when I was younger, I rode my skateboard.

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

I like a walking culture; I need to be in a city where you can walk everywhere.

If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack.

I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a passing fad. It's got to go. It's got to go a long way from here.

I'm very bullish on the streetcar.

Whether you live in a city or a small town, and whether you drive a car, take the bus or ride a train, at some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian.

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

Deep walkability describes a city that is built in such a way that you can move from one area to another on foot, on bicycle, on transit and have an experience that remains a pleasant one, that you feel you are welcome not just in the neighborhood but moving between neighborhoods.

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

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

Even before you get to self-driving vehicles, there's just a huge amount of positive things that happen to cities when you do ridesharing.

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.

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

Mobility in India is going to be different from the West. In America, people would look at an autorickshaw and say, 'This is a passing thing.' But in India, you know it will stay because it is fast and convenient.

In my first 100 days as Ontario's Minister of Transportation, I found a willing municipal partner in the City of Toronto that shares our goal of better, faster transit.

I'd be quite happy if cars were banned from central London. Why are we not using little tuk-tuks rather than big black cabs?

Most of the time, I get around perfectly well on my bike and public transportation, even in spite of the Bay Area's almost comically shambolic system.

North Jersey residents rely on mass transit to get to work and our entire region is interconnected by our transit system.

How people move around their city is a big deal. It affects productivity, security, health, and global warming, among other things.

I grew up on the bus, or riding my bike, or catching the subway, I've never had a car. In college, any girl I ever dated had a car, too.