Caroline Mulroney Quotes

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.

In Canada, the federal government's share of public transit infrastructure is 40 per cent.

In China, inaugurations are frequent affairs, though they have nothing to do with presidents. A news cycle rarely passes without some fanfare over the inaugural ride on a new subway line or the inaugural trip across an unusually large bridge.

In the same way we have a long-term plan for building roads, we have to have a long term plan to build transit.

Investing in rail is an easy way to reduce congestion, cost, and energy consumption and make our producers more competitive.

The federal government shouldn't be drawing lines on a map in terms of what transit infrastructure are needed; we should be there to be a partner with the cities, with the provinces, that need that.

Living in N.Y.C. has truly awakened me to the New York elite and their penchant for the city's self-described brilliant public transit system. I think it sucks... just like public transit always does.

I believe building new subways must be a top priority.

The federal government has invested billions in Metro, yet the system is not safe and is not reliable.

Transit builds a city that people choose to live in.

Some time ago I took a trip on the Hudson and Manhattan Transit System. Not being familiar with the names of the various stops, I asked the man next to me the name of the station where we had just stopped. He replied, "I've been riding this line for fifteen years and I only know two stops: where I get on and where I get off."

The tragic thing is that we're letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up.

What made Manhattan Manhattan was the underground infrastructure, that engineering marvel.

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

My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural areas. Obviously, these diverse segments of North Carolina require different approaches to meeting current and future transportation demands.

If we're talking about transportation, the best thing a city can do is densify as quickly as it can. That needs to be said every time this issue comes up, because it's the only universal strategy that works.

I know well the opportunities and the challenges of maintaining and improving infrastructure and providing good transportation choices.

There's no way we could take cars off the planet and not have our society fall apart. So they're a necessary evil, in that sense.

Australia has an economic interest in ensuring our cities have 21st century urban rail transport to reduce traffic congestion.

I've not stopped going on public transport. I love going on it.

Less cars on the road means productivity and jobs growth, as it allows for the more efficient movement of goods and services and encourages greater urban population density.

In Chicago, we have a century-old transit system that desperately needs updates to keep up with increased capacity.

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.

If you could take a subway from the suburbs in Boston, where I live, to downtown in 10 minutes, that improves your life over sitting in a traffic jam. People should see that.

People want subways, folks... subways, subways. They don't want these damn streetcars blocking up our city!