Secretary of Transportation

[Charles]

Q. President Obama has talked about his desire to wean Americans off automobiles.

A. What we’ve talked about is getting to a concept that we call livable communities, where people don’t have to get in a car every day. You can use light rail, you can use buses, you can use walking paths, you can use your bike.

Q. The conservative columnist George Will recently denounced you as the “secretary of behavior modification,” in reference to your plan to have Americans give up cars.

A. When George came over here for lunch, I could tell from the tone of our conversation that he wasn’t particularly keen on what we were trying to promote here.

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Q. But if Americans increasingly get around by rail, bus and bicycle, as you’ve planned, who will be buying cars in the future?

A. I think everybody will have an automobile. I think it’s amazing in America when you drive around and look at new homes that are being built, there are three-car garages. I don’t think you’re going to see families with three cars. I think you’re going to see families with one car, possibly two.


This is a clip from the New York Times, Ray LaHood is the one answering the questions. He is Obama's Secretary of Transportation.

Any thoughts?
Chas