This collection of studies about public transportation by renown conservative transit advocates Paul Weyrich and William Lind is essential reading for anyone who wants to build conservative support for public transportation. These studies help make the case for public transit in terms conservatives appreciate: because it enhances national security, promotes economic development, helps maintain conservative values including a sense of community, and provides welfare recipients with access to jobs. Weyrich, who co-founded the Heritage Foundation and the Free Congress Foundation, both conservative think tanks, died in 2008.
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Important and neglected perspective for the public transit debates
January 29, 2013
By J. McPherson
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This is a very important book to read for anyone involved in debates over ground transportation policy in the United States.
In the discussions of transportation, the debate is typically that of the leftist perspective versus the conservative objection.
The Left favors public transit investment, for various reasons. They are good reasons, but they resonate mostly with those on the Left. The Right usually just opposes public transit, probably because those reasons just never worked for their beliefs.
Enter this book: From a strong and unashamedly Right-wing, Republican viewpoint, the authors examine public transit and conclude that it is something the Right should support, and explain why in ways that will resonate with the Conservative thinker.
Public transit, in Weyrich and Lind's analysis, is crucial for its ability to reduce government spending and intervention in the market, to reduce the need for welfare programs, to create jobs, to reduce government spending, shift control of budgets to states, and increase national security.
Furthermore, these services are heavily patronized by and beneficial to core Republican constituencies, and strategically beneficial for political leaders in traditionally conservative places to support. With just a few key negotiations, a Republican politician can fight for public transit systems that their strongly Conservative districts will love. So that Republican lawmakers can be best equipped to argue for the features of public transit systems that will best serve their constituents' needs, the book offers tips on strategy and ways to get out the conservative vote.
I would urge all transportation professionals to have a look through this, so that they can better appreciate the issue from a more balanced perspective instead of seeming tone-deaf to the debate by only having one side of the argument. This should be required reading for anyone in the transportation planning field who intends to deal with people anywhere remotely near a "Red State" or outside of a central city. In short, just about everyone who might have to examine a proposal for a transit system.
Just get the book. Stop arguing with your favorite Republican and start actually being able to come up with good ideas you can both agree with. Alternately, stop yelling at your favorite Democrat and learn the issue from your side, so that you can start actually negotiating on how to best accomplish your goals. But read it.
In the discussions of transportation, the debate is typically that of the leftist perspective versus the conservative objection.
The Left favors public transit investment, for various reasons. They are good reasons, but they resonate mostly with those on the Left. The Right usually just opposes public transit, probably because those reasons just never worked for their beliefs.
Enter this book: From a strong and unashamedly Right-wing, Republican viewpoint, the authors examine public transit and conclude that it is something the Right should support, and explain why in ways that will resonate with the Conservative thinker.
Public transit, in Weyrich and Lind's analysis, is crucial for its ability to reduce government spending and intervention in the market, to reduce the need for welfare programs, to create jobs, to reduce government spending, shift control of budgets to states, and increase national security.
Furthermore, these services are heavily patronized by and beneficial to core Republican constituencies, and strategically beneficial for political leaders in traditionally conservative places to support. With just a few key negotiations, a Republican politician can fight for public transit systems that their strongly Conservative districts will love. So that Republican lawmakers can be best equipped to argue for the features of public transit systems that will best serve their constituents' needs, the book offers tips on strategy and ways to get out the conservative vote.
I would urge all transportation professionals to have a look through this, so that they can better appreciate the issue from a more balanced perspective instead of seeming tone-deaf to the debate by only having one side of the argument. This should be required reading for anyone in the transportation planning field who intends to deal with people anywhere remotely near a "Red State" or outside of a central city. In short, just about everyone who might have to examine a proposal for a transit system.
Just get the book. Stop arguing with your favorite Republican and start actually being able to come up with good ideas you can both agree with. Alternately, stop yelling at your favorite Democrat and learn the issue from your side, so that you can start actually negotiating on how to best accomplish your goals. But read it.
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