Elizabeth Esty Quotes

The hyperloop will be a digital network. That's why we say we look at transportation as a new form of broadband.

Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society.

With a Hyperloop One system in place, there is ability to further unify the alliance of the GCC, socially, culturally, and economically.

We have lost our vision for the future. Before, we say, 'Nothing will be the same. Cars will fly, and we go to the end of the universe.' We have this kind of naive but exciting idea of the future. Now, the vision has been reduced to ways to select our garbage and how to survive global warming.

We created Lyft because we want to establish a radically different concept of personal transportation. We want people to think of transportation as a service enabled by technology instead of as an expensive and large piece of hardware to own.

We are the only major developed nation that isn't investing meaningfully in high-speed rail, and I believe we're making a mistake. Transportation systems that are fast and efficient and environmentally clean are going to enable the formation of these new mega-regions, the heart of the spatial fix. We need to be able to accelerate the movement of people, goods, and services - the very movement of ideas, knowledge, and creativity - between our major population centers. We have to build these links.

A healthy Amtrak is an integral part of New York and the Nation's economy and transportation systems.

Cities are ripe for redesign, and many are already well on that path. Cloud-based networks that provide easy and inexpensive access to and tracking of services like transportation, energy, waste management, bill pay, citizen engagement and more are testing and enriching their services.

Mobile is the perfect example of what is enabling economic growth in the technology sector.

I'm a futurist. Technology is our way out of almost every problem we have. Technology can create a new sense of community.

I think governments will increasingly be tempted to rely on Silicon Valley to solve problems like obesity or climate change because Silicon Valley runs the information infrastructure through which we consume information.

The only way you multiply resources is with technology. To really affect poverty, energy, health, education, or anything else - there is no other way.

Transportation funding is a win-win for everyone involved.

The thing that's changed the most has just been the rapid technology.

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

In my opinion, further consideration of those views will help us find a way out of the current impasse, and reveal to us the kinds of buildings and cities required by the informational society.

Smart cities are those who manage their resources efficiently. Traffic, public services and disaster response should be operated intelligently in order to minimize costs, reduce carbon emissions and increase performance.

I love using the latest technologies to make life more efficient, but I don't want to advocate that technology replaces the need to get together and enjoy human connections with people.

Tech is all about building human connections.

Technology can change the world and improve our lifestyles.

We recognize that we need more people to contribute to our vision for an intelligent city, a city of the future.

The autonomous car is definitely coming, and when that stage comes, this ride-share business becomes even more important.

When you think of technological revolution, you probably think of geeks in cool coastal spaces like the Google campus, or perhaps of math wizards on Wall Street. But one source of rural prosperity is the adoption of radical new technologies - and a consequent surge in productivity.

Just think in terms of green energy and how much time, money, brain power and policy action has started to pour into green energy, and I think that's wonderful. We're going to need that same kind of effort towards global gridlock if we're going to keep the individual mobility that we all take for granted today.

We need to build roads, bridges, airports, locks, dams, and rail that work for this century - not the last one. And let's not forget about updating our energy grid, repairing and replacing our water infrastructure and sewers, and making sure all Americans have access to broadband.