President Clinton, like Mayor Daley, believes strongly in transit. There is more mass transit construction underway in our country than at any time since Woodrow Wilson was President. The President wants to increase the funds available for transit construction by 17 percent over the next six years. I will be working with the Senate and the House to see that happens. As Congress debates the transportation bill, I want it to be heard in the living rooms of the American people.
Transportation is about more than concrete, asphalt, and steel.
It is about providing opportunities for all, access to all, getting people to their jobs, getting students to their schools. We all have a stake in this. The earth is getting warmer. And there is more rain than we have ever seen. Think about the congestion and pollution if we did not have transit, and all those cars were on our roads.