Zitat des Tages von Anthony Foxx:
The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s.
A lot of people in the technology space love the idea of a solving a problem.
Who someone loves should never be an issue at work or anyplace else.
I think public service is a calling and you do it as long as the things that brought you into the office can continue getting you up in the morning and as long as there's still work to get done.
I support same-sex marriage.
Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.
We know no one is perfect, but what we cannot tolerate, what we will never accept, is a person or company that knows dangers exists and says nothing - literally, silence can kill.
Find a place where you add value to a community.
The rapid increase in the production and transportation of crude oil requires additional vigilance for the continued safe movement of this commodity.
Today, 65 percent of America's population live in metropolitan areas - and 95 percent of all the transit miles traveled are traveled there. Metropolitan regions are the engines of our economy.
Less revenue, more people, more freight, more gridlock - that is not a formula for success.
We cannot meet the needs of a growing country and a growing economy by simply maintaining our current level of effort. We must do more.
There is no such thing as a Democratic or Republican road, bridge, port, airfield or rail system.
If we're going to have an unconventional budget, we probably need an unconventional process to get there.
Would I like to see baseball happen in Charlotte? Absolutely.
You come to Washington, there's a rail bill, there's a highway bill, there's a aviation bill. But when you go home, there's an airport, there's a highway, there's a rail, there's transit. It all has to work together.
I was in Nashville, Tennessee, and I saw - we talk about crumbling bridges - I saw one, concrete literally falling onto the underpass below, threatening auto traffic.
The whole idea that vehicles in the future will communicate with each other is a really big deal. It's a big deal for safety... and it's an opportunity to engage the automobile in the work of ensuring collision avoidance.
The key word for transportation in the 21st is 'choice.'
The tragic thing is that we're letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up.
