Quotes About Mobility

When I was in New York, I took my bike everywhere for transportation. I didn't have a fixed-gear bicycle, like a lot of the messengers do, but I had a stripped-down deal - having lost a few good ones in New York - and I did 10 to 15 miles a day just getting around the city.

Transportation is going to transition from ownership to transportation as a service. What is the best model to address the largest part of that market? We believe it's peer-to-peer.

Our continued economic growth depends on solving our transportation crunch.

Our goal was to completely change transportation. Change traffic. And make it possible to get anywhere you want to go without owning a car.

In March 2005, I was appointed to the board of the Santa Barbara metro transit district. I was incredibly optimistic about how public transportation can be the solution to help people live in the city and not need a car.

If you can make it economical for people to get out of their cars or sell their cars, and turn transportation into a service, it's a pretty big deal.

I've got two bikes that get me everywhere I need to go. And public transportation.

For most of my time in Tallahassee, I did a lot of transportation.

I've always been fascinated with how transportation systems work and how cities are designed.

We created Lyft because we want to establish a radically different concept of personal transportation. We want people to think of transportation as a service enabled by technology instead of as an expensive and large piece of hardware to own.

We need a first-class transportation system.

When you are talking about transportation, people aren't making their plans while in front of a computer.

My bike is my main form of transportation, so I've got a red clip-on taillight.

Boston has jobs... And we have plenty of talent in our communities, who either physically can't get there because the transportation system isn't working well or need a little bit of a boost in terms of training and access.

Our ambition is to build a globally competitive and futuristic transportation system in India that will support and accelerate a nation on the move.

It would almost seem that - dare I say this - private transportation is more efficient than mass public-transit!

Some consider bicycling an 'alternative' mode of transportation, but it should not be considered alternative. It should be an easy choice for getting around in our City, and we need to do more to make that a reality.

We should be aiming for our entire system to reflect that public transportation is a public good.

armies could go through a lake of gas in the blink of an eye. Take the medium-sized German Panther tank, used from the middle of 1943 to the end of the war. The Panther carried a Maybach V-12 engine that got about a third of a mile per gallon on good roads, and even less than that

I have a drivers licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.

What they are is a small tablet about six inches square, which has a screen in it. As you walk it shows a scrolling digital map of the area you're in, telling you what each store you pass sells, who lives in what block, the whole works, updated by small beacons on every street corner. If you tap in a destination the screen shows you a red line to follow, and the tablet whispers at you to tell you when to make a turn.

Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.

I get out on my bike almost every day. If I can't walk somewhere, I'll bike or skateboard.

As a street skater, I am always on the move and always looking for convenient ways to refuel.