The Bush administration, they had two blue ribbon commissions about infrastructure finance that recommended a lot more money, and additionally the ga…

- Ray Lahood

A shortage of airports runways and gates along outmoded air traffic control systems have made U.S. air travel the most congested in the world.

- Ray Lahood

The last time we raised the gas tax, which is how we built the interstate system, was 1993.

- Ray Lahood

People across America who value bicycling should have a voice when it comes to transportation planning. This is the end of favoring motorized transpo…

- Ray Lahood

Portal Bridge is based on a design from the 1840s and was already obsolete shortly after it was completed in 1910. It's a swing bridge that needs to …

- Ray Lahood

Public spending on infrastructure has fallen to its lowest level since 1947. And the U.S., which used to have the finest infrastructure in the world,…

- Ray Lahood

The Chinese are more successful [in building infrastructure] because in their country, only three people make the decision. ... In a country where on…

- Ray Lahood

Last time Congress passed a major six-year transportation bill was in 1997, since then there have been 21 short-term extensions.

- Ray Lahood

Liveability means being able to take your kids to school, go to work, see a doctor, drop by the grocery or Post Office, go out to dinner and a movie,…

- Ray Lahood