Bhavish Aggarwal Quotes

Our goal was to completely change transportation. Change traffic. And make it possible to get anywhere you want to go without owning a car.

Because I'm one of five people in Los Angeles who doesn't drive, I walk a lot.

If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack.

I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a passing fad. It's got to go. It's got to go a long way from here.

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.

Carpooling is important for urban density, air pollution and other reasons, but carpooling is not the kind of thing that actually changes the energy equation.

We could live in a much better society if there was less personal car ownership.

Even before you get to self-driving vehicles, there's just a huge amount of positive things that happen to cities when you do ridesharing.

In my first 100 days as Ontario's Minister of Transportation, I found a willing municipal partner in the City of Toronto that shares our goal of better, faster transit.

I don't have a car and have decided never to own one.

In March 2005, I was appointed to the board of the Santa Barbara metro transit district. I was incredibly optimistic about how public transportation can be the solution to help people live in the city and not need a car.

We need to be able to live in the city without a car; we need to be able to get around. The transit system has to be strong and work for everyone.

This walking business is overrated: I mastered the art of doing it when I was quite small, and in any case, what are taxis for?

I can still jump on the Tube. I don't want that to change.

I like a walking culture; I need to be in a city where you can walk everywhere.

I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do it because it gets them from A to B faster.

I don't have a motorcar, so I've got to know and be fairly fond of the buses.

I've got two bikes that get me everywhere I need to go. And public transportation.

The goal of mass transit is to convince people to abandon their cars, which feature such enticing accessories as CD players and elbow room.

I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.

Growing up in New York City, my car culture is minimal. I rode on the train, the bus. I walked; I rode my bike, and when I was younger, I rode my skateboard.

We must do all we can to reduce congestion in our urban areas and increase access and mobility in our rural areas, and this extra funding will help us get there.

In an urbanizing world there is an inherent conflict between the automobile and the city. After a point, as their numbers multiply, automobiles provide not mobility but immobility.

Every person that you can get on a public transportation vehicle is one less person polluting the air or taking up space on our highways.

I'd like to get rid of those streetcars, maybe phase them out. I'm not sure how we're going to do it but I'd like to slowly but surely get rid of those streetcars and maybe replace them with buses.