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Who someone loves should never be an issue at work or anyplace else.
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Tolling... has a place. We're not going to toll our way to prosperity as a country. It is a tool that can be used in some instances, for example, to add capacity and to pay for that capacity privately. But I don't think it is a complete solution to how we deal with our surface transportation issues.
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The rapid increase in the production and transportation of crude oil requires additional vigilance for the continued safe movement of this commodity.
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I know well the opportunities and the challenges of maintaining and improving infrastructure and providing good transportation choices.
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I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.
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You come to Washington, there's a rail bill, there's a highway bill, there's a aviation bill. But when you go home, there's an airport, there's a highway, there's a rail, there's transit. It all has to work together.
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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.
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Find a place where you add value to a community.
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Today, 65 percent of America's population live in metropolitan areas - and 95 percent of all the transit miles traveled are traveled there. Metropolitan regions are the engines of our economy.
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Not every innovation in transportation is going to come from government or even a large enterprise. There are smart people out there with tools and skills to come up with great ideas.
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The reality about transportation is that it's future-oriented. If we're planning for what we have, we're behind the curve.
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We know no one is perfect, but what we cannot tolerate, what we will never accept, is a person or company that knows dangers exists and says nothing - literally, silence can kill.
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People are sitting in traffic longer, and the types of solutions that are needed to relieve that congestion are ones that are paid for by the Highway Trust Fund.
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Would I like to see baseball happen in Charlotte? Absolutely.
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Less revenue, more people, more freight, more gridlock - that is not a formula for success.
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Bridges and roads take years to build, but too often, states and communities haven't known if funding will be there for them more than a few months at a time.
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The whole idea that vehicles in the future will communicate with each other is a really big deal. It's a big deal for safety... and it's an opportunity to engage the automobile in the work of ensuring collision avoidance.
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The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s.
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A lot of people in the technology space love the idea of a solving a problem.
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We cannot meet the needs of a growing country and a growing economy by simply maintaining our current level of effort. We must do more.
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Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them.
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It is unacceptable for passengers to be stranded in planes on the tarmac for hours on end.
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I'm very bullish on the streetcar.
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Everywhere I go, I see incredible examples of communities that have a vision for transportation and how it will impact the quality of life, mobility, economics and opportunity.