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Conservatives in favor of high-speed rail plan Virginia event
With GOP opposition to President Obama’s high-speed rail investments on the rise, a group of conservative supporters of the proposed railways are seeking to change the course of the discussion about railways.
The Southeast High Speed Rail Association will hold an event called "The Conservative Case for Intercity & Higher Speed Passenger Rail” on March 30 in Richmond, Va. The featured speaker will be William Lind, director of the American Conservative Center for Public Transportation.
Lind co-wrote a book in 2009 called Moving Minds: Conservatives and Public Transportation.
“Not every conservative — not even every libertarian — believes America’s unofficial motto should be ‘drive or die,’ ” the center's website reads. “There is a long conservative tradition of not wanting to see America reduced to nothing but strip malls, gas stations and pavement.”
The event will take place Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in Richmond's Colony Club.
