High speed Quote by Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Investing in rail is an easy way to reduce congestion, cost, and energy consumption and make our producers more competitive.

— Dan Lipinski

“A small number, such as Stephenson’s railway passenger services, were unexpected successes – a new product appeared for which there was a large but…

— Edward A. Hudson

This government has always said increasing pay is something for something.

— Estelle Morris

Clearly, there needs to be an increase in the capacity of the railway system. That's why there are these projections of increasing the capacity…

— Thabo Mbeki

The railways should be run in the best interest of passengers and, overall, taxpayer's money should be spent improving the network, not subsiding it.

— Chris Grayling

“In America the lack of investment in train travel speaks eloquently of a country always ready to appear righteous but pathologically averse to surrendering…

— Tim Parks

Titles of property, for instance railway shares, may change hands every day, and their owner may make a profit by their sale even in…

— Karl Marx

Public demand for better services requires increased revenue, but international market competition for capital and labour drives down the ability of any one country…

— Barry Gardiner

This relationship is the foundation for the argument, made by some trade unionists and labour advocates, that high wages can actually be "good for…

— Jim Stanford

“While spending money to build roads is seen as a public investment, critics characterize public transportation as a wasteful welfare subsidy. The pervasive myth…

— Janette Sadik-Khan

“Railroads, in turn, were revolutionary in their social consequences. The concentrations of the world's populations along coasts and near rivers was reduced, as land…

— Thomas Sowell

All tax incentives do is make it cheaper to borrow for transportation projects. But you still have to pay that money back.

— Dan Lipinski