Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

The reality about transportation is that it's future-oriented. If we're planning for what we have, we're behind the curve.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

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.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

The rapid increase in the production and transportation of crude oil requires additional vigilance for the continued safe movement of this commodity.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

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.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

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

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

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.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

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.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

It is unacceptable for passengers to be stranded in planes on the tarmac for hours on end.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

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.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

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.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

I was the first mayor to even go meet with the LGBT community.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

Local transit agencies have developed apps to let you know when the next bus is coming, but there are so many more applications that can be done.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

Less revenue, more people, more freight, more gridlock - that is not a formula for success.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

I think public service is a calling and you do it as long as the things that brought you into the office can continue getting you up in the morning and as long as there's still work to get done.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

I aspire to be useful.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

Find a place where you add value to a community.

Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx

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.