The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s. Anthony Foxx Read Quote
A lot of people in the technology space love the idea of a solving a problem. Anthony Foxx Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Anthony Foxx Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them. Anthony Foxx Read Quote
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. Anthony Foxx Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The I-495 bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, is tilting. Anthony Foxx Read Quote