03/09/2011
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"While innovative financing solutions and public-private partnerships can play a role in building the best transit systems possible, they are not a replacement for public sector funding."
"I think we always look to experience as an element of quality at the end of the day, and in this case, experience, to me, also equates to safety."
"One of my biggest concerns is the narrative that seems to be present in Congress that another 6 years of flat transportation funding is the best that we can do."
"If you wear it, if you drive it, if you eat it, if you use it, it probably... comes through that area."