Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily gotten out of the transportation business.

Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

It is impossible to manage the health care requirements of tens of millions of American citizens at the federal level. It is impossible to manage all of the permutations of people's economic aspirations and lives through a complex tax code. It is impossible to try to second-guess the market. It is impossible, from a managerial standpoint, for the federal government to do the things it is trying to do today.

Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily gotten out of the transportation business.

Only electricity can give the transport sector the flexibility to switch fuels when one or more become too expensive.