The day when transportation decisions could be made behind closed doors is over. It was this insight that led to my decision to hold this symposium, confident that we would succeed in raising our vision of what s possible to a new level harnessing the power of transportation to create a world of abundance, with no one left out. Transportation is the tie that binds communities as well as nations, linking us to home, daycare, school, the workplace, medical care, retail stores and entertainment. As we look to the future, I am confident that we truly are in on the ground floor of a new age of prosperity for everyone. And the role of transportation in this new age is to create the links that make it happen.
Transportation is the tie that binds.
As former South African President Nelson Mandela has said, Though the challenges of the present time are greater than those we have already overcome, we face the future with confidence.