Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx
Anthony Renard Foxxis an American politician currently serving as the United States Secretary of Transportation, a position he has held since 2013. Previously, he served as the Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, from 2009 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Charlotte City Council in 2005, upon his 2009 mayoral victory he became the youngest mayor of Charlotte and its second African American mayor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 April 1971
CityCharlotte, NC
CountryUnited States of America
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 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.
There is no such thing as a Democratic or Republican road, bridge, port, airfield or rail system.
Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them.
Less revenue, more people, more freight, more gridlock - that is not a formula for success.
Find a place where you add value to a community.
A lot of people in the technology space love the idea of a solving a problem.
If we're going to have an unconventional budget, we probably need an unconventional process to get there.
The tragic thing is that we're letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up.
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.
I know well the opportunities and the challenges of maintaining and improving infrastructure and providing good transportation choices.
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.
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.