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A2: General CPs-Fed Funding KeyFederal funding is key to sustainable development Warm 2011. David “feds are key to sustainable development” http://crosscut.com/2011/12/18/real-estate/21695/Feds-are-key-sustainable-development/ Across America, regional communities are actively envisioning and investing in new patterns of sustainable growth and development that aim to promote economic competitiveness, environmental integrity and social opportunity. For the most part, these efforts are homegrown, prompted by a host of new market forces, social realities and environmental constraints. In recent years, the federal government has stepped up its role in this process, bringing engaged leadership, yet also prompting questions about whether it should be involved in this arena. From my perspective, the answer is clear: federal leadership in fostering sustainable development is important to both the interests of the federal government and to the health of the nation. There is a clear and compelling federal interest in promoting sustainable development as a proactive strategy to target and leverage federal investments in infrastructure, innovation, and human capacity, as a protective strategy to guard the efficacy of federal assets and investments, and as a preemptive strategy to minimize the need to expend federal resources to mitigate the environmental, social and economic consequences of inefficient and unsustainable development practices. Progress in almost every federal policy area — transportation, air quality, water resources, public health, agriculture, education, management of federal lands and military bases, housing, social welfare, workforce development — is advanced if federal investments are aligned with sound strategies for the sustainable development of the places in which investments are made. In addition, the federal government has a direct interest in creating a more competitive economy. The nation’s economic performance is essentially determined by the health of metropolitan and regional economies. Regions that grow in ways that are fiscally sustainable, have effective infrastructure systems, and minimize social disparities perform better and contribute more to national performance. Yet, few formal structures or mechanisms exist for creating and implementing effective regional growth strategies. American regions are ill-equipped to address the complex challenges of our national future — challenges that range from energy independence, climate change, and global competition to concentrated poverty, traffic gridlock, and the housing market collapse. All of these issues are interrelated, and all of them are profoundly affected by how regions grow. It is imperative to our national future that American regions grow better. We need to build regions that waste fewer natural resources, create more opportunity, and develop more efficient places that are economically competitive. To achieve this, federal leadership is both necessary and effective. Federal leadership helps drive policy innovation, promulgate best practices, create networks across regions that broaden awareness and consensus, and align policies, plans, and programs. Competitive federal planning grant programs consistently demonstrate that even small levels of funding are powerful incentives for complex regions to develop cooperative strategies that transcend political and institutional boundaries. Of course, it is important that the federal government not only supports sustainable development, but that it does so in ways that are effective. The Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Sustainable Communities Initiative is a thoughtful and promising approach. It promotes community-driven planning processes and community-generated solutions. It emphasizes outcomes over means, and it fosters integration of interrelated but traditionally isolated policies in areas such as land use, transportation, workforce and economic development, and infrastructure investments. The HUD program mandates nothing, but supports regional communities striving to find solutions that achieve local aspirations, make sense to local markets, and are embraced by local political values. The HUD program is a low-cost, high-impact approach. It enables regions to move local priorities farther and faster, to take risks that would be difficult without federal support, to overcome complex structural barriers, and to create and implement new, authentic visions for sustainable places that support social, environmental and economic vitality. Moreover, the HUD program articulates principles that have helped multiple federal agencies coalesce around common objectives and align their programs and policies to be more mutually supportive. If the federal role in this arena is diminished, regional progress will be slower and less effective and America will suffer. Certainly federal planning funds are very helpful in supporting work that is hard, if not impossible, to fund otherwise. But federal policy leadership is even more important. Federal policy affects how regions work in dozens of ways, and regions need the federal agencies — all of them, not just HUD — to help align their investments and policies with one another and with those made at the state, regional and local levels. If the federal government is not present, regions cannot make good decisions. Their efforts are thwarted and enervated by the absence of the most influential player, and the federal funds spent in dozens of areas are not spent strategically and are often counter-productive. Engaged federal leadership in sustainable development makes sense for the federal government and it makes sense for America. A2: General CPs-Fed Funding KeyMore ev-federal funding key Caruso 2009. Lisa “funding the aviation industry’s conversion to nextgen” National Journal Subscriber. http://transportation.nationaljournal.com/2009/08/funding-nextgen-air-traffic.php Legislation to reauthorize Federal Aviation Administration programs now moving through Congress would provide considerable funding to pay for the FAA's part in upgrading management of the national air space to the satellite-based NextGen system. However, the costs to aircraft operators of adopting the necessary technology are significant, and NextGen cannot provide the full benefits it promises of a safer, more efficient and environmentally friendly system if only some operators are properly equipped. The FAA's current NextGen implementation plan calls for giving air space priority to the "best-equipped, best-served" operators as an incentive to spur early adoption of NextGen avionics. Is this the best approach? Or should the airlines and other aviation system users get funding assistance from the government, or greater freedom to raise their own revenues, to fund the cost they will need to bear?
http://meehan.house.gov/latest-news/meehan-says-nextgen-air-traffic-control-investment-key-to-regional-economy/ Urges President to Sign New FAA policies That Will Improve Safety, Decrease Congestions at PHL PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Rep. Patrick Meehan (PA-07) today urged President Obama to sign the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, saying key investments in the bill like the NextGen air traffic control system will boost our regional economy and improve the safety of our skies. Meehan made the comments while touring the air traffic control tower and meeting with controllers at the Philadelphia International Airport. VIDEO: Watch Rep. Meehan discuss FAA reauthorization and NextGen technology. Meehan, a member of the House Aviation Subcommittee of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was joined by Don Chapman, a facility representative with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, and Mark Gale, CEO of the Philadelphia International Airport. “This bipartisan bill means faster and safer travel, lower emissions, and an increase in private sector jobs,” said Meehan. “It will also advance badly needed modernization of our air traffic control system, which is essential in our congested mid-Atlantic airspace that sees one out of every six flights in the world. This is particularly important here at Philadelphia International – no airport in the northeast sees more takeoffs and landings.” Meehan said the FAA reauthorization legislation will advance the modernization of the country’s air traffic control system to a GPS-based system known as NextGen. This will help ease congestion, decrease delay times and reduce fuel waste. NextGen technologies are expected to bring a net $281 billion to the overall U.S. economy. The FAA authorization bill contains no earmarks and does not raises taxes or passenger facility charges. The bill provides long-term stability for the aviation industry, which accounts for $1.3 trillion in economic activity, and as much as 11 percent of GDP. The FAA authorization law expired five years ago and is currently on its 23rd short-term extension. The bill, which authorizes funding for four years, has been passed by the House and Senate and is awaiting signature from the President.
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