Less revenue, more people, more freight, more gridlock – that is not a formula for success. – Anthony Foxx
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. – Anthony Foxx
Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them. – Anthony Foxx
Everywhere I go, I see incredible examples of communities that have a vision for transportation and how it will impact the quality of life, mobility, economics and opportunity. – Anthony Foxx
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. – Anthony Foxx
If we’re going to have an unconventional budget, we probably need an unconventional process to get there. – Anthony Foxx
The reality about transportation is that it’s future-oriented. If we’re planning for what we have, we’re behind the curve. – Anthony Foxx
I know well the opportunities and the challenges of maintaining and improving infrastructure and providing good transportation choices. – Anthony Foxx
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. – Anthony Foxx
There is no such thing as a Democratic or Republican road, bridge, port, airfield or rail system. – Anthony Foxx
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. – Anthony Foxx
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. – Anthony Foxx
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? – Anthony Foxx
The tragic thing is that we’re letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up. – Anthony Foxx
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. – Anthony Foxx
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. – Anthony Foxx
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. – Anthony Foxx
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. – Anthony Foxx
The rapid increase in the production and transportation of crude oil requires additional vigilance for the continued safe movement of this commodity. – Anthony Foxx
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. – Anthony Foxx
