Fund Quote by Lawrence Lessig

“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

Especially today, given the tight fiscal situation that many States and localities face, the use of transportation facilities that pay for themselves without additional…

— Anonymous

Building a road might create temporary jobs, but does it really create wealth if it doesn't also shorten commute times or otherwise make society…

— Myron Scholes

The system of transportation is not coherent; it is not treated as integral. Roads compete with with railroads and airlines in chaotic fashion, and…

— Anthony Stafford Beer

Individual transportation has become synonymous for freedom and liberty, so it would be difficult to actually get rid of individualized transport, and in rural…

— Hermann E. Ott

If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won't have traffic problems.

— Jaime Lerner

It’s been easier to convince people to hand over half their income, their children to war, and their freedoms in perpetuity - than to…

— Stefan Molyneux

Transportation spending is a win-win proposition.

— Tim Bishop

We all rely on our infrastructure system even if we don't own a car or use public transportation. It impacts our economy and our…

— Michael Capuano

A rich and diverse commons lowers the cost of living for those who use it. And throughout history, it has been those on low…

— Guy Standing

While the national highway system connects cities and facilitates economic activity across the nation, it's construction historically has been deeply destructive for many communities,…

— Alex Padilla

If we are to appropriate money for roads, we need statistics on how bad our roads really are and, moreover, where more roads will…

— Daniel Levitin