Public Transportation Quotes

In America, we happen to be living in a third world country from the point of view of economic and social development. I came back from New York yesterday and I took the fastest train in the country, the Acela. My wife and I took the New York-Boston train sixty years ago - it wasn't called the Acela then - and I think it's improved by about fifteen minutes since then. Any other country in the world would be about half the time. In fact when it's riding along the Connecticut turnpike it's barely keeping up with traffic, which is just scandalous.

Cities are created by and for traffic.

A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.

I still don't have a car. I still travel by public transport. I take autos to travel to and fro for recordings.

I love New York, I love the smell of New York... I love the subway.

In New York, the trains run all night, and the cabs are so cheap.

I love everything about this city, Philadelphia.

London is the greatest city in the world, but we're at a crossroads. Ordinary Londoners have been priced out of our city because of the housing crises. We're a city that's growing in population, but the infrastructure can't cope with the growth.

Wall Street is the only place that people ride in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.

Getting around San Francisco should be convenient, safe, affordable, and sustainable.

Roads are built for buses, cars, and trucks.

I live in San Francisco, and I love it.

I like driving; I don't drive since I live in New York. I don't have an opportunity to drive, like, ever.

I spend a fair amount of time chatting to black cab drivers in London.

Why are the patriots the ones who don't want to spend money on trains?

To me, traveling by bus is like climbing into a closet and watching 'Das Boot.'

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

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

I think it's evident that expensive neighborhoods in Seattle are surrounded by natural beauty. That elevates city life. So if we can make cities more attractive in the long run, we can be smarter about issues like development, zoning and economics.

You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger champion of high-speed rail than me when the bond went to voters. I believed in it.

When I was a little girl, there was this unbelievably cool female bus driver who'd work near us. I remember thinking I'd like to be her when I grew up.

Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.

I think Chicago's a great city. Like New York, it's full of energy.

In Mumbai, even Bollywood stars use autos when they are in a hurry.

Competition doesn't work well in the transportation business.