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" Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them. "
Anthony Foxx
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" The I-495 bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, is tilting. "
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" I was the first mayor to even go meet with the LGBT community. "
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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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" 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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" The key word for transportation in the 21st is 'choice.' "
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" 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. "
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" The tragic thing is that we're letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up. "
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" 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? "
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" Find a place where you add value to a community. "
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" 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. "
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" I aspire to be useful. "
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