Transportation Cost Quotes

Good roads, canals, and navigable rivers, by diminishing the expense of carriage, put the remote parts of the country more nearly upon a level with those of the neighborhood of the town. They are upon that the greatest of all improvements.

In New York, the trains run all night, and the cabs are so cheap.

If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

In California, they're not making any more land. And with the high cost of land, from a business standpoint, being able to move your goods quickly and cheaply makes Compton an attractive place to be.

Buying from a local farmer can mean that he makes a two-hour extra truck drive, which can damage the environment more than a bunch of bananas on a boat.

If I put 3,000 miles a year on my car, that's a lot. If I buy them, it just doesn't make sense, so I lease them, and my company writes the whole car expense off.

Huge numbers of people in London depend on their cars. Fuel duty is becoming a big factor in people's cost of living. I believe in trying to ease these burdens.

When it costs $50 to fill up our gas tanks, it impacts every aspect of our daily lives and the community.

Friday was Atlanta. That was fifteen bucks. Once a month, we made a six hundred mile trip from Indianapolis down to Atlanta, and at fifteen dollars, by the time you feed yourself and buy gasoline, you're minus about ten bucks.

We seem to be committing ourselves to an eye wateringly expensive railroad for the few. High speed rail plan is madness.

When theres no other dude in the car, the cost of taking an Uber anywhere becomes cheaper than owning a vehicle. So the magic there is, you basically bring the cost below the cost of ownership for everybody, and then car ownership goes away.

The main problem with rail is flexibility and affordability.

I'm not a car guy. The subway gets me where I need to go efficiently and cheaply, and I don't worry about traffic.

If you live in central London, that's probably fine for you, but in places like Edmonton, where you're almost out of sight of London, you've got to pay more and more to get into central London. How does that work?

Our whole goal is to drive the cost of taking an Uber BELOW the cost of owning a car.

If we drive cost down, we will be able to live with low freight rates.

When the toll upon carriages of luxury, upon coaches, post-chaises, etc. is made somewhat higher in proportion to their weight, than upon carriages of necessary use, such as carts, wagons, etc. the indolence and vanity of the rich is made to contribute in a very easy manner to the relief of the poor, by rendering cheaper the transportation of heavy goods to all the different parts of the country.

Shipping by water is cheaper than by rail, which is cheaper than by truck.

We want to get to the point that using Uber is cheaper than owning a car.

I'm not married to a 45-cent gas tax.

I'd love to fly, especially with the gas prices right now.

When the commodities go up and the cost of transportation is going up, and the value of the dollar is going down, it's all going to translate to an 8 to 10 percent rise in food prices.

I'm frugal. It's often cheaper to take the subway. And I'm an environmentalist, which my mother instilled in me, so I really believe in public transportation. And finally, I love the proximity to people in the subway.

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.

We need all the transportation options that we can get in Virginia - especially options where the private sector carries all the risk and all the cost.