“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.” NationsFashionCostTreatedImmenseAirlineChaoticTransportationRailroads Author:Anthony Stafford Beer
“When you have a transportation system that the price of propellant is essentially negligible something is very wrong. If you look at any other transportation system, a car, a motorcycle, a train, an oil tanker, an airliner, you name it; about a quarter to a third of the operating cost is buying the propellant.” IfsLooksNamesCarCostThirdsTrainOilBuyingQuartersTransportationMotorcycle Author:Burt Rutan
“The good news is that we've seen in recent years significant reductions in the cost of solar panels and wind production. We know how significant an impact we can have by moving towards energy efficiency and transforming our transportation system. So we know what has to be done. We have to develop the political will to do it, and, as president, this would be an issue of huge concern to me.” KnowsYearsDoneWould BeMovingPoliticalEnergyPresidentKnow HowIssuesWindHugeCostNewsConcernImpactProductionsSignificantEfficiencyGood NewsTransformingTransportationReductionPolitical WillEnergy EfficiencySolar Panels Author:Bernie Sanders
“I do not see how we can rationally oppose high speed rail because of the environmental and other costs without considering the social and human consequences of the radical elimination of transportation that this entails.” HumansSocialCostConsequenceEnvironmentalSpeedRadicalConsideringTransportationRailEliminationHigh SpeedHigh Speed Rail Author:Noam Chomsky
“There are times when a market such as housing, transportation or the stock or mortgage market keep rising and people with capital want to join in this growth. Soon the markets become overheated, partly because of the abundance of investment money and speculation. This is when the government should raise interest rates and increase the cost of borrowed money. Governments are shy about doing this because it could cause the very recession. Yet this is the best time to do this so that the inevitable recession never reaches the magnitude of the recent Great Recession.” PeopleWantShouldGovernmentCausesGrowthInterestCostIncreaseRaisesInvestmentRateInevitableRisingAbundanceShySpeculationHousingMortgageTransportationBorrowedMagnitudeRecessionsBest TimesInterest RateBorrowed MoneyGreat Recession Author:Philip Kotler
“If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.” IfsCan DoSpaceCostGreat ThingsTransportation Author:Elon Musk
“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.” LooksLevelsDevelopmentCostSkillsSmartLaborAccessInfrastructureTransportationWorkforceTelecommunicationsSmart BusinessTransportation Infrastructure Author:Janet Napolitano