As we look at a future where we're going to have to double our freight capacity, how do you create a freight system that's integrated across the country when you have 50 different freight systems that are built one state at a time?
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.
I've seen Congress do some remarkable things within a short period of time.
I know well the opportunities and the challenges of maintaining and improving infrastructure and providing good transportation choices.
There is no such thing as a Democratic or Republican road, bridge, port, airfield or rail system.
A lot of people in the technology space love the idea of a solving a problem.
Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.
Even one heatstroke death is one too many because every death caused by leaving a child unattended in a hot car is 100 percent avoidable.
Would I like to see baseball happen in Charlotte? Absolutely.
The key word for transportation in the 21st is 'choice.'
Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them.
I was in Nashville, Tennessee, and I saw - we talk about crumbling bridges - I saw one, concrete literally falling onto the underpass below, threatening auto traffic.
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.
America is hungry and starving for more infrastructure investment.
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.
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.
If we're going to have an unconventional budget, we probably need an unconventional process to get there.
The I-495 bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, is tilting.
I'm very bullish on the streetcar.
Who someone loves should never be an issue at work or anyplace else.
