Quotes about Transportation

Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment - and more - by making people with disabilities economically productive citizens. Votes: 6

The auto industry must acknowledge that a rational transportation policy should seek a balance between individual convenience, the efficient use of limited resources, and urban-living values that protect spaciousness, natural beauty, and human-scale mobility. Votes: 6

Smart businesses do not look at labor costs alone anymore. They do look at market access, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure and the education and skill level of the workforce, the development of capital and the regulatory market. Votes: 6

Music is a means of rapid transportation. Votes: 4

Transportation funding is a win-win for everyone involved. Votes: 4

What is it with you, sex, and modes of transportation? Votes: 4

What's unique about transportation is that it's the one function that repeats itself throughout the supply chain. Votes: 4

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. Votes: 4

Last time Congress passed a major six-year transportation bill was in 1997, since then there have been 21 short-term extensions. Votes: 4

The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives. Votes: 4

When dealing with complex transportation issues, the best thing to do is pull up with a cold beer and let somebody else figure it out. Votes: 4

I've ridden a bike since I was 18. It was the first transportation when I came to Hollywood because it was inexpensive and easy for me. Votes: 4

We're beginning to realize that drowsiness or sleep deprivation, fatigue, is beginning to outstrip alcohol as a cause of accidents in transportation, particularly on the highway Votes: 4

The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small. Votes: 4

There's all these ways to instantly communicate - cars, computers, telephone and transportation - and even with all that, it's so hard to find people and have an honest communication with them Votes: 4

The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the care given to the welfare of all the people. Votes: 4

Transportation is the center of the world! It is the glue of our daily lives. When it goes well, we don't see it. When it goes wrong, it negatively colors our day, makes us feel angry and impotent, curtails our possibilities. Votes: 4

I'm not sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said. "With all their speed forward they may be a step backward in civilization -- that is, in spiritual civilization. It may be that they will not add to the beauty of the world, nor to the life of men's souls. Votes: 4

When you do battle, even if you are winning, if you continue for a long time it will dull your forces and blunt you edge...If you keep your armies out in the field for a long time, your supplies will be insufficient. Transportation of provisions itself consumes 20 times the amount transported. Votes: 4

If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. Votes: 4

Be grateful for what you do have, and you will find it increases. I like to bless with love all that is in my life right now-my home, the heat, water, light, telephone, furniture, plumbing, appliances, clothing, transportation, jobs-the money I do have, friends, my ability to see and feel and taste and touch and walk and to enjoy this incredible planet. Votes: 4

There is simply no room left for 'freedom from the tyranny of government' since city dwellers depend on it for food, power, water, transportation, protection, and welfare. Your right to live where you want, with companions of your choosing, under laws to which you agree, died in the eighteenth century with Captain Mission. Only a miracle or a disaster could restore it. Votes: 4

In my opinion, if there is one extremely legitimate use for petroleum besides running wood chippers and front-end loaders to handle compost, it's making plastic for season extension. It parks many of the trucks [for cross-country produce transportation]. With the trucks parked, greenhouses, tall tunnels, and more seasonal, localized eating, can we feed ourselves? We still have to answer that burning question. Votes: 4

For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation. As National Socialists we are dedicated to working with boldness, but also with love of the Volk and our landscape in mind. These roads do not serve transportation alone, they also bind our Fatherland. In these highways our engineering will reflect the National Socialist movement. Votes: 4

Transportation spending is a win-win proposition. Votes: 3

Transportation made sublimation literal. It conveyed evil to another world. Votes: 3

In any other job, they're truck drivers. In show-biz, they're Transportation Captains. Votes: 3

The reality about transportation is that it's future-oriented. If we're planning for what we have, we're behind the curve. Votes: 3

When the Transportation Security Administration adopted body scanners at airports, activists wrote the Fourth Amendment on their underwear in metallic paint readable by the new devices. Votes: 3

The E.U.-U.S. Open Aviation Area agreement therefore envisages the establishment of a broadly similar cooperation framework between the Commission and the Department of Transportation. Votes: 3

The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks. Votes: 3

After a plane or train crash, the National Transportation Safety Board dispatches its experts within two hours. The investigators in their familiar jackets take charge of the scene, secure evidence, follow leads. Votes: 3

My grandfather and dad worked at General American Transportation Corp. in Chicago, a company that made tank cars and freight cars. We had a pragmatic, Republican, manufacturing, Illinois consciousness as far as employment went. Votes: 3

Transportation is an essential part of our lives, and in New York City where driving is not a viable option most of the time, public transportation and taxis are the only way to get around. Votes: 3

As southeast Texas's only Member of the House Transportation Committee, I'm especially proud of being able to help bring hundreds of millions of dollars to the region to create jobs and improve the area infrastructure. Votes: 3

We have the best customer satisfaction record, based on Transportation Dept. statistics, of any airline in America, the fewest complaints filed per 100,000 passengers carried. So you're not just getting low fares, you're also getting wonderful customer service. Votes: 3

One of the main reasons America should re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to cooperation. He appointed Republican Secretaries of Defense, the Army and Transportation. He appointed a Vice President who ran against him in 2008. Votes: 3

If what you are claiming is true, I would have shouted it from the rooftops. I would have gone to the authorities, the FBI, the police, the Democratic (Party) anybody that would listen. I wouldn't depend on one guy with the Department of Transportation. Votes: 3

The United States transportation system is the envy of the world. Votes: 2

There can be no doubt that the transportation sector is the most critical sector of our economy. Votes: 2

My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business. Votes: 2

States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities. Votes: 2

For every $1 billion we invest in public transportation, we create 30,000 jobs, save thousands of dollars a year for each commuter, and dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions. Votes: 2

We depend on our rivers and dams for energy, transportation, irrigation and recreation and I will continue this year to fight for what's best for the Pacific Northwest. Votes: 2

In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade exchanges, transportation, factory technology and new skills needed for the new industrialised world. Votes: 2

If the U.S. became the undisputed superpower that it is today, it was primarily because of its technology, whether it is in transportation, agriculture, high-tech industry, medicine, etc. Votes: 2

In Copenhagen, there's a long-term commitment to creating a well-functioning pedestrian city where all forms of movement - pedestrian, bicycles, cars, public transportation - are accommodated with equal priority. Votes: 2

If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds. Votes: 2

I said that if an alien came to visit, I'd be embarrassed to tell them that we fight wars to pull fossil fuels out of the ground to run our transportation. They'd be like, 'What?' Votes: 2

Fitting a walk into a busy life can be challenging, so I suggest walking rather driving to work or to run errands as often as you can - in other words, think of walking as alternative transportation. Votes: 2

If you get asteroids about a kilometer in size, those are large enough and carry enough energy into our system to disrupt transportation, communication, the food chains, and that can be a really bad day on Earth. Votes: 2

Evolution can go to hell as far as I am concerned. What a mistake we are. We have mortally wounded this sweet life-supporting planet - the only one in the whole Milky Way - with a century of transportation whoopee. Votes: 2

What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's my means of communication, my means of growth, my means of transportation from one point in my life to another. Votes: 2

After a while, you just want transportation, and things like cool cars or motorcycles are all about getting attention. I get all the attention I could ever need, so I kind of like being in a minivan and people not paying so much attention to me. Votes: 2

I hope climate science becomes the big thing. And then what I want is electrical engineers to solve the world's energy problems, energy distribution problems. I want mechanical engineers to make better transportation systems. I want chemical engineers to develop better solar panels, and so on. Votes: 2

As the world's 'most dynamic' cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer. Our mayors can share their experiences in urban design, clean energy projects, Smart Grids, codes for energy efficient buildings, transportation safety, and innovative environmental solutions. Votes: 2

I ride my bike for transportation a great deal - occasionally I ride it for fun. But I also have a generator bike that's hooked up to my solar battery pack, so if I ride 15 minutes hard on my bike, that's enough energy to toast toast, or power my computer. Votes: 2

People always think they're in the middle of a revolution while they tend not to realize the enormity of a change that has happened in the past. The telegraph was a revolution, but who looks at it that way these days? The telegraph sped up the transportation of messages over long distances by a huge factor. Votes: 2

The money to fund great things and innovations and programs is gone in our lifetime; it's all gone to debt. So we won't be able to solve global warming or have the transportation that we needed for the 21st century. We should be supporting people with great ideas, but it's gone, and now it's gotta be paid back with interest to banks in China. Votes: 2

Commonplaces are the tramways of intellectual transportation. Votes: 0

Public transportation is for jerks and lesbians. Votes: 0

Education is the transportation of the mind. Votes: 0

There are no practical alternatives to air transportation. Votes: 0

I guess music in general is the transportation business. Votes: 0

I take the subway to work. I love mass transportation. Votes: 0

A bike is the world's most used form of transportation Votes: 0

The key word for transportation in the 21st is 'choice.' Votes: 0

A parade is the worst form of transportation known to man. Votes: 0

Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation. Votes: 0

You have got to connect your land use decisions with transportation decisions. Votes: 0

War subjects itself to transportation in a way that we find acceptable. Votes: 0

I'm suspicious of any mode of transportation that requires a running start. Votes: 0

These roads do not serve transportation alone, they also bind our Fatherland. Votes: 0

You have a transportation fetish. I have a Gideon fetish. It's been weeks. Votes: 0

Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation. Votes: 0

We’re in the Customer Service business—we just happen to provide airline transportation. Votes: 0

If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things. Votes: 0

I've got two bikes that get me everywhere I need to go. And public transportation. Votes: 0

I'm sure the gasoline companies would love to keep their 100 percent monopoly on transportation fuel. Votes: 0

Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody. Votes: 0

I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation. Votes: 0

A bicycle is the long-sought means of transportation for all of us who have runaway hearts. Votes: 0

There will be no transportation problems in Heaven-you can either glide along, float along or fly! Votes: 0

Dare to do something worthy of transportation and a prison, if you mean to be anybody. Votes: 0

To use it should be as natural ... as to use the trolley when one needs transportation. Votes: 0

A healthy Amtrak is an integral part of New York and the Nation's economy and transportation systems. Votes: 0

This third day of October, 1942, is the first of a new era in transportation, that of space travel Votes: 0

A developed country isn't a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation. Votes: 0

Storming was one of her main modes of transportation." In reference to teenager Heather in "Carry The One Votes: 0

Do your homework in advance about the actual travel details so transportation issues do not define your holiday. Votes: 0

My main form of transportation at that time was a bicycle, because bicycles could move though the crowd. Votes: 0

[Airmail was] an impractical sort of fad, and had no place in the serious job of postal transportation. Votes: 0

I know well the opportunities and the challenges of maintaining and improving infrastructure and providing good transportation choices. Votes: 0

I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change. Votes: 0

Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile. Votes: 0

Along with planes, running water, electricity, and motorized transportation, the internet is now a fundamental fact of modern life. Votes: 0

Sailboats are the slowest form of transportation on Earth with the possible exeption of airline flights that go through O'Hare. Votes: 0

The tragic thing is that we're letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up. Votes: 0

I believe that States should be credited for their non-Federal investment in revenue-generating transportation facilities to address their regional transportation needs. Votes: 0

My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops. Votes: 0

I believe that States should be credited for their non-Federal investment in revenue-generating transportation facilities to address their regional transportation needs. Votes: 0

What I want in a good beach read is sunshine, drama, easy-reading and transportation to another world and other people's problems. Votes: 0

The rapid increase in the production and transportation of crude oil requires additional vigilance for the continued safe movement of this commodity. Votes: 0

Intelligent transportation technology is key to better parking management. The adage that "You can't manage what you can't measure" fits parking perfectly. Votes: 0

Urban design as a discipline barely exists in most American and Canadian cities. In Singapore, there are innovative transportation strategies at work. Votes: 0

I don't like traveling, period. I like being at places and I like going places, but I don't like forms of transportation. Votes: 0

I pursue through my research on speed and on my study of the organisation of the revolution of the means of transportation. Votes: 0

The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s. Votes: 0

Congress should just do its job and pass a transportation-infrastructure bill - a regular bill that doesn't borrow money and mortgage my future. Votes: 0

Although they [light and medium trucks] have only 5% of the transportation market..., they account for fully 35% of greenhouse gas emissions from freight transportation. Votes: 0

Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource. Votes: 0

Congress should just do its job and pass a transportation-infrastructure bill - a regular bill that doesnt borrow money and mortgage my future. Votes: 0

When you want to move somebody, you have to say to yourself: 'I'm in the emotional transportation business. I gotta move them, emotionally. Votes: 0

If the Royal Variety Show was put in a matter transportation machine with the Royal Institution Christmas lectures, this is what you'd get. Votes: 0

We've witnessed so many revolutions in our society. Think of transportation, photography, or communications. Things once unimaginable have become seemingly impossible to live without. Votes: 0

About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and about 45 percent is used for passenger cars and light trucks. Votes: 0

Historically, we have lived in a nation of energy dependence. Dependence on others for our heating and electricity, and for our fuel for transportation. Votes: 0

Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think. Votes: 0

I absolutely love the public transportation system in New York. No matter what, no matter how people complain, it is the best in the world. Votes: 0

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives. Votes: 0

Animal agriculture makes a 40% greater contribution to global warming than all transportation in the world combined; it is the number one cause of climate change. Votes: 0

I used to think of my body as an instrument, of pleasure, or a means of transportation, or an implement for the accomplishment of my will. Votes: 0

Energy and environmental regulation, transportation, and broadband policy all benefit when legislators have a basic grounding in the technical concepts behind business models, products, and innovation. Votes: 0

For Virgin Galactic's customers, it is transportation to the most amazing experience of their lives. I very much look forward to sending some Scots into space. Votes: 0

The failure to invest in our public transportation and public life, I think, is a scandal and a shame, and it should be a national embarrassment. Votes: 0

Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily gotten out of the transportation business. Votes: 0

She is stunned that in this town there are no sidewalks to speak of, no streetlights, no public transportation, no stores for miles at at a time. Votes: 0

As mayor of San Francisco, I will provide the vision and work hard to make San Francisco a beautiful, well-planned city with excellent housing and transportation options. Votes: 0

A broken transportation system hits Michiganders in the pocketbook. Every year, our friends and neighbors spend millions of dollars on car repairs after driving on crumbling streets. Votes: 0

As mayor of San Francisco, I will provide the vision and work hard to make San Francisco a beautiful, well-planned city with excellent housing and transportation options Votes: 0

In the United States three new methods of transportation made their appearance at almost the same time - the steamboat, the canal boat, and the rail car. Votes: 0

How do you feel about helicopters?" There was a long pause. "How do you mean? Ethically?" "As a mode of transportation." "Faster than camels, but less sustainable. Votes: 0

What Paris has done right is to make it awful to get around by car and awfully easy to get around by public transportation or by bike. Votes: 0

In the United States three new methods of transportation made their appearance at almost the same time - the steamboat, the canal boat, and the rail car Votes: 0

Especially today, given the tight fiscal situation that many States and localities face, the use of transportation facilities that pay for themselves without additional Federal funding is essential. Votes: 0

In the last 100 years since the invention of sound reproduction, music has really taken off and it is much more a common language because of records and transportation. Votes: 0

Our Soviet society is socialist because private ownership of factories, plants, land, banks and means of transportation has been abolished in our country, and replaced by public ownership. Votes: 0

Especially today, given the tight fiscal situation that many States and localities face, the use of transportation facilities that pay for themselves without additional Federal funding is essential. Votes: 0

Natural gas is the best transportation fuel. It's better than gasoline or diesel. It's cleaner, it's cheaper, and it's domestic. Natural gas is 97 percent domestic fuel, North America. Votes: 0

Electricity generation emits more carbon dioxide in the United States than does transportation or industry, and nuclear power is the largest source of carbon-free electricity in the country. Votes: 0

The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

We have climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from human power and transportation infrastructure. At the same time, we have 2 billion people who live in energy poverty. Votes: 0

The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die. Votes: 0

Bernie Sanders talked about except he focused mainly on infrastructure. We are talking about energy and food as part of that and public transportation as part of that infrastructure. Votes: 0

I think the internal combustion engine will disappear from the streets of our cities in the next thirty years because transportation will be mass transportation, or probably electrical power. Votes: 0

Extreme weather threatens our energy and electric grid, federal buildings, transportation infrastructure, access to natural resources, public health, our relationships across the globe, and many other aspects of life. Votes: 0

It took him forever to get to downtown Vancouver although Tony had to admit that saving the world by public transportation was a particularly Canadian way to do things. Votes: 0

Individual transportation has become synonymous for freedom and liberty, so it would be difficult to actually get rid of individualized transport, and in rural areas that would be impossible. Votes: 0

Every bit of money that we can bring from our federal transportation budget in Washington back here to Stewart Airport will benefit our local economy and our local residents. Votes: 0

Bikes are clearly a superior form of transportation when it comes to just simple getting around. A car makes sense if you need to carry a bunch of stuff. Votes: 0

For however much the state may gain by not having to fund roads on its own, society would lose in aggregate if the open commons of transportation were lost. Votes: 0

Things like water and sewage systems require states in a large-scale society, but states are also a good mechanism for dealing with health care, education, public transportation, and infrastructure. Votes: 0

Americans get it. They're ready for some opportunities to have greener communities, to have cleaner communities, and to have transportation options that perhaps they haven't had in the past. Votes: 0

People across America who value bicycling should have a voice when it comes to transportation planning. This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized. Votes: 0

The waste of capital, in proportion to the total capital, in this country between 1800 and 1850, in the attempts which were made to establish means of communication and transportation, was enormous. Votes: 0

The purpose behind terrorism is to instill fear in people - the fear that electrical power, for instance, will be taken away or the transportation system will be taken down. Votes: 0

The system of transportation is not coherent; it is not treated as integral. Roads compete with with railroads and airlines in chaotic fashion, and at immense cost to the nation. Votes: 0

Other countries, such as Israel, successfully employ behavior detection techniques at their airports, but the bloated, ineffective bureaucracy of TSA has produced another security failure for U.S. transportation systems. Votes: 0

The purpose behind terrorism is to instill fear in people - the fear that electrical power, for instance, will be taken away or the transportation system will be taken down. Votes: 0

At Camp One we were met by Director of Public Works Warwick Greene, grim and grimy. He has been working himself to death to make this transportation plan a success. Votes: 0

If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessities of life. Votes: 0

We've only had aircrafts for a hundred years, and yet look at us. So, I've become absolutely fascinated by this strange, bizarre world of airports, air travel and transportation. It's interesting. Votes: 0

Because many advances have happened, we've lost the urgency (and that's just human nature) that we had before, when we couldn't vote, couldn't use mass transportation, or drink from the fountains. Votes: 0

Only now did I recognize the reciprocal relationship which exists between manufacturing power and the national system of transportation, and that the one can never develop to its fullest without the other. Votes: 0

Only now did I recognize the reciprocal relationship which exits between manufacturing power and the national system of transportation, and that the one can never develop to its fullest without the other. Votes: 0

Without question, bicycling is an efficient, economical and environmentally sound form of transportation and recreation. Bicycling is a great activity for families, recreational riders and commuters. Hillary, Chelsea and I have bicycles.... Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds. Votes: 0

There's all these ways to instantly communicate - cars, computers, telephone and transportation - and even with all that, it's so hard to find people and have an honest communication with them. Votes: 0

It's been argued that of all the animals humans have domesticated, the horse is the most important to our history. For thousands of years, horses were our most reliable mode of transportation. Votes: 0

Globalization is a fact, because of technology, because of an integrated global supply chain, because of changes in transportation. And we're not going to be able to build a wall around that. Votes: 0

We have a spirit of working together, and we have a passion for cars. And we also have a great desire to see the Ford name in the forefront of world transportation. Votes: 0

Mattie sat at the table, obsessing, orbiting around herself. She was sick of her worried, hostile mind. It would have killed her long before, she felt, if it hadn't needed the transportation. Votes: 0

It is truly a triumph of rhetoric over reality when people can believe that going into politics is 'public service,' but that producing food, shelter, transportation, or medical care is not. Votes: 0

Today's terrorists are pursuing a distinct route. They are increasingly attacking civilians in symbolic targets, such as those of economic importance, or venues of bustling life like public transportation or entertainment, like nightclubs. Votes: 0

Energy use, transportation options, food choices, water use, purchasing choices, participating in elections, volunteering for nonprofits . . . and within each of these categories, each of us can learn to live a more conscious life. Votes: 0

I've been vegan for 15 years, and it turns out it makes a very big impact on the environment to eat fewer animal products, which cause more greenhouse gases than all of transportation combined. Votes: 0

Hockey is probably one of the most expensive sports. You have to have a place to play. You have to have the proper equipment. You have to have the transportation to get there. Votes: 0

I just want someone to explain to the American public why investing in transportation in Iraq is so much more important than investing in passenger rail right here in the United States of America. Votes: 0

My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural areas. Obviously, these diverse segments of North Carolina require different approaches to meeting current and future transportation demands. Votes: 0

Locally produced foods - defined as those harvested within a 100-mile radius of one's home - have a lesser impact on the environment because of the decreased need for transportation from source to consumer. Votes: 0

I am accordingly ready; I have pressed as many Cabinet papers into trunks as to fill one carriage; our private property must be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation. Votes: 0

It really matters whether people are working on generating clean energy or improving transportation or making the Internet work better and all those things. And small groups of people can have a really huge impact. Votes: 0

I believe that climate change is the great global crisis that we face, environmental crisis. I believe that if you're serious about climate change, you don't encourage the excavation and transportation of very dirty oil. Votes: 0

When the commodities go up and the cost of transportation is going up, and the value of the dollar is going down, it's all going to translate to an 8 to 10 percent rise in food prices. Votes: 0

Every day we hear about a new invention here and there and they are reducing considerably their consumption of oil. But the day they use hydrogen for transportation, this is the day that oil disappears. Votes: 0

My work at MIT had focused on what we could build in space once we had inexpensive space transportation and industrial facilities in orbit. And this led to various sorts of work in space development. Votes: 0

Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture, health care, and life sciences is directly related to scientific advancement. Votes: 0

For this reason, it is essential that our Nation's rural transportation professionals be provided with the necessary tools and support to promote and showcase the value, benefits, and accomplishments of rural transportation planning and development. Votes: 0