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“The I-495 bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, is tilting.”
“It is unacceptable for passengers to be stranded in planes on the tarmac for hours on end.”
“Not every innovation in transportation is going to come from government or even a large enterprise. There are smart people out there with tools and skills to come up with great ideas.”
“The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s.”
“I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.”
“Even one heatstroke death is one too many because every death caused by leaving a child unattended in a hot car is 100 percent avoidable.”
“Bridges and roads take years to build, but too often, states and communities haven't known if funding will be there for them more than a few months at a time.”
“Who someone loves should never be an issue at work or anyplace else.”
“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.”
“America is hungry and starving for more infrastructure investment.”
“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.”
“Would I like to see baseball happen in Charlotte? Absolutely.”
“I aspire to be useful.”
“There is no such thing as a Democratic or Republican road, bridge, port, airfield or rail system.”
“As we look at a future where we're going to have to double our freight capacity, how do you create a freight system that's integrated across the country when you have 50 different freight systems that are built one state at a time?”
“Less revenue, more people, more freight, more gridlock - that is not a formula for success.”
“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.”
“Tolling... has a place. We're not going to toll our way to prosperity as a country. It is a tool that can be used in some instances, for example, to add capacity and to pay for that capacity privately. But I don't think it is a complete solution to how we deal with our surface transportation issues.”
“I've seen Congress do some remarkable things within a short period of time.”
“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.”