The reality about transportation is that it's future-oriented. If we're planning for what we have, we're behind the curve.
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.
No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government.
The rapid increase in the production and transportation of crude oil requires additional vigilance for the continued safe movement of this commodity.
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 tragic thing is that we're letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up.
People are sitting in traffic longer, and the types of solutions that are needed to relieve that congestion are ones that are paid for by the Highway Trust Fund.
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.
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.
It is unacceptable for passengers to be stranded in planes on the tarmac for hours on end.
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.
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.
I was the first mayor to even go meet with the LGBT community.
Local transit agencies have developed apps to let you know when the next bus is coming, but there are so many more applications that can be done.
Less revenue, more people, more freight, more gridlock - that is not a formula for success.
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 aspire to be useful.
Find a place where you add value to a community.
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.
