Quotes from Anthony Foxx

I was the first mayor to even go meet with the LGBT community.

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.

No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government.

Not every innovation in transportation is going to come from government or even a large enterprise. There are smart people out there with tools and skills to come up with great ideas.

We know no one is perfect, but what we cannot tolerate, what we will never accept, is a person or company that knows dangers exists and says nothing - literally, silence can kill.

We cannot meet the needs of a growing country and a growing economy by simply maintaining our current level of effort. We must do more.

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.

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?

Whether you live in a city or a small town, and whether you drive a car, take the bus or ride a train, at some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian.

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.

I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.

Bridges and roads take years to build, but too often, states and communities haven't known if funding will be there for them more than a few months at a time.

The I-495 bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, is tilting.

Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them.

There is no such thing as a Democratic or Republican road, bridge, port, airfield or rail system.

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.

I've seen Congress do some remarkable things within a short period of time.

I was in Nashville, Tennessee, and I saw - we talk about crumbling bridges - I saw one, concrete literally falling onto the underpass below, threatening auto traffic.

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.

The reality about transportation is that it's future-oriented. If we're planning for what we have, we're behind the curve.

The key word for transportation in the 21st is 'choice.'

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.

The tragic thing is that we're letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up.

I know well the opportunities and the challenges of maintaining and improving infrastructure and providing good transportation choices.