Rohini Nilekani Quotes

In the urban areas, we have focused on infrastructure roads, telecommunications, power.

Our metropolises are blighted by two problems: a lack of public transport and a lack of public loos.

I grew up in a small town that was absolutely a perfect embodiment of new urbanism.

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.

The more you densify a city, the more congestion will increase, however technology changes... cities so packed that they will no longer function... vertical sprawl.

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.

I live up Laurel Canyon, and if I want to walk with my son, I have to drive to the park, which is so insane to me.

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.

Less cars on the road means productivity and jobs growth, as it allows for the more efficient movement of goods and services and encourages greater urban population density.

New York seems to be thriving, which I'm grateful for. But I would hope that they would figure out how to negotiate the traffic and limit the pedicabs, because it seems to me that it's becoming a more chaotic city.

We have stopped making communities in which people want to live and are making communities where people drive through.

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.

Long commutes and traffic jams once associated with older, established cities such as London, New York or Tokyo are spreading throughout the world's emerging economies.

Infrastructure deficit is an issue in all urban areas.

I've spent so many years commuting, I kind of prefer a home office.

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

I believe building new subways must be a top priority.

I have a lot of friends here, and I love spending time with them, but Delhi's endless traffic jams make it very difficult to manage the plans.

Transit builds a city that people choose to live in.

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.

They say that no one walks in L.A., and it's definitely true, and I'm embracing that.

Our cities are not polluted or congested because they have to be. They are what they are because that's how we made them.

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!

Incentives and infrastructure should encourage development and that development needs to contain the right types of housing in the right places.