Benjamin Clementine Quotes

In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from London to Richmond, the passage in the stage costs just two shillings.

How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.

I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway.

In North America, more than half of all children travel to school by bus. We need a similar programme in London.

I lived at home and I cycled every morning to the railway station to travel by train to Johannesburg followed by a walk to the University, carrying sandwiches for my lunch and returning in the evening the same way.

In London, I take the Tube everywhere.

There's nothing surprising about me. I'm dull. I am a fan of the New York subway. I love it.

Cycling is the only way to free ourselves from the misery of the Tube, the wall-to-wall buses that line Oxford Street, the hopelessness of even thinking about driving.

I remember in '37 when trolley cars were so big in New York. It was five cents for a ride... There used to be open-air buses, and you could go up a spiral staircase and sit up on top. Those were great, great days.

I spend far too much on taxis. Now, if anyone suggests we get the Tube I say, 'The Tube! I'd forgotten about that.'

This rapid transit underground road is necessary for the accommodation and comfort of new York City residents.

If I'm going to Kilburn, I get on a bus.

If you live in a crowded area of Brooklyn or Manhattan, having a car is a hindrance. It doesn't even make sense. I basically grew up all my life without a car.

If you live in central London, that's probably fine for you, but in places like Edmonton, where you're almost out of sight of London, you've got to pay more and more to get into central London. How does that work?

I still live in the city. I still jump on the bus.

In Delhi, I have never taken an auto, while in Mumbai, if there is an auto strike, my life will come to a full stop.

In cities like New York, it is common to find taxicabs with wireless-enabled card readers.

If I was a Mayor, I would sort the traffic out and that includes public transport. The traffic jams really get on my nerves.

I go into town every day on the tube. I've got an Oyster card.

Only some ghastly dehumanised moron would want to get rid of the Routemaster.

I take the subway because I don't like having someone else driving. It's hard for me to be in a cab, because the traffic makes me feel insane. On the subway you're getting there faster and it's easier.

No matter how many times I visit New York City, I am always struck by the same thing - a yellow taxicab.

I take the subway four times a day, or close to it. I just love the subway! My grandfather worked as an electrician when they were digging the subway.

In Australia’s biggest cities, public transport is generally slow, expensive, not especially reliable and still hideous drain on the public purse. Part of the problem is inefficient, overmanned, union-dominated government run train and bus systems. Mostly though, …there just aren’t enough people wanting to go from a particular place to a particular destination at a particular time to justify any vehicle larger than a car, and cars need roads.

The automobile is the greatest catastrophe in the entire history of City architecture.