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
I aspire to be useful.
When you look at how American national freight systems are connected, it's a bit of a patchwork. When you look at how even road systems and rail systems work across state lines, it's a bit of a patchwork.
I think public service is a calling and you do it as long as the things that brought you into the office can continue getting you up in the morning and as long as there's still work to get done.
I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.
We cannot meet the needs of a growing country and a growing economy by simply maintaining our current level of effort. We must do more.
Even one heatstroke death is one too many because every death caused by leaving a child unattended in a hot car is 100 percent avoidable.
People are sitting in traffic longer, and the types of solutions that are needed to relieve that congestion are ones that are paid for by the Highway Trust Fund.
The I-495 bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, is tilting.
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.