Quotes from Anthony Foxx

The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s.

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.

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

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.

A lot of people in the technology space love the idea of a solving a problem.

Less revenue, more people, more freight, more gridlock - that is not a formula for success.

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.

It is unacceptable for passengers to be stranded in planes on the tarmac for hours on end.

If we're going to have an unconventional budget, we probably need an unconventional process to get there.

America is hungry and starving for more infrastructure investment.

I aspire to be useful.

I'm very bullish on the streetcar.

The whole idea that vehicles in the future will communicate with each other is a really big deal. It's a big deal for safety... and it's an opportunity to engage the automobile in the work of ensuring collision avoidance.

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.

Find a place where you add value to a community.

The rapid increase in the production and transportation of crude oil requires additional vigilance for the continued safe movement of this commodity.

Who someone loves should never be an issue at work or anyplace else.

I support same-sex marriage.