American - Politician | April 30, 1971 -
The tragic thing is that we're letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up.
Anthony Foxx
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I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.
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I aspire to be useful.
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Find a place where you add value to a community.
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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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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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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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I've seen Congress do some remarkable things within a short period of time.
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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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A lot of people in the technology space love the idea of a solving a problem.
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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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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.
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