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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People can't stay out of their cars. I do think we have a real problem staying out of our automobiles. We have a real dependency on them, and it may be for more than just transportation.
Automobiles are dangerous as all get-out.
It's a no-brainer for me that at some point our cars will have the ability to drive themselves.
The tragic thing is that we're letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up.
Modern motor vehicles are safer and more reliable than they have ever been - yet more than 1 million people are killed in car accidents around the world each year, and more than 50 million are injured. Why? Largely because one perilous element in the mechanics of driving remains unperfected by progress: the human being.
When we try to make a car that drives itself, we believe - whether we're right or not - we believe that there would be strong net positive benefit to the world if cars could drive themselves safer than people could.
The reality about transportation is that it's future-oriented. If we're planning for what we have, we're behind the curve.
When I spend a lot of time in New York, or somewhere when I don't have a car, I miss that mobility and freedom that you have when you have a car. You don't have to rely on anyone else.
The United States transportation system is the envy of the world.
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.