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Pet projectsState focus on kills solvency because pet projects with political perks get prioritized over real needs Puentes 08 - senior fellow with the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program where he also directs the Program's Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative. (Robert, A Bridge to Somewhere: Rethinking American Transportation for the 21st Century, June 12, 2008, http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2008/06/transportation-puentes)//SPS Rather than writing blank checks with no purpose or accountability, the federal government should take a strategic and rigorous approach to transportation policy making. It must no longer focus solely on funding individual states or singular needs. The focus of the federal program should be on solving problems and on investing in infrastructure and the competitiveness and environmental sustainability of the nation. This new paradigm must be rooted in the empirical reality of a changing nation and a globalizing economy. It must be grounded in what we know about the relationship of infrastructure to community building and economic prosperity. It must be cognizant of what other nations are doing, particularly in the industrialized West. And it must be respectful of the wide variance in population and economic growth between the disparate parts of our nation. The vision should identify strategic infrastructure investments that are of critical importance to national economic competitiveness. The identification of these important federal investments should be based on the overarching vision and the result of a collaborative process of congressionally-appointed civic, corporate, and elected leaders. In this regard we concur with the Transportation for Tomorrow report that Congress should authorize a permanent, independent commission to identify, describe, and map specific priority projects with Congress having the right to vote up or down on the map without amendment. The model is the successful Base Realignment and Closure Commission and the Postal Regulatory Commission.
Federal role remains central --- combination with states is best Frankel, 12 --- Visiting Scholar, Bipartisan Policy Center (5/22/2012, “Defining and Allocating Roles,” http://transportation.nationaljournal.com/2012/05/not-waiting-for-the-feds.php, JMP) Whatever the outcome of the current Congressional process on authoriziing federal surface transportation programs, the longer-term trend is clear: the federal share of transportation investment is, at best, stagnating and, at worst, declining. These circumstances reverse a trend of half a century or more of growing federal surface transportation funding. It is evident that a greater portion of this funding and investment burden will now fall on states and localities. But that is not the same thing, as devolution. There remains an important, if still inadequately defined, federal role in transportation. There are national goals and national purposes in transportation, and some projects are clearly national (to greater or lesser degrees) in scope and impact. There is, however, no clear line between these national, state, and local interests. Most "mega" projects involve a mix of interests: CREATE in Chicago has obvious local and Illinois benefits, but this program of rail and grade crossing improvements is probably most significant, in terms of the national benefits that it would generate. Similarly, the ARC project (the proposed trans-Hudson River commuter rail tunnel), cancelled by Governor Christie after decades of planning and the initiation of construction, would have offered enormous benefits to the citizens and business firms of New Jersey and to the economy of the entire New York City region, but there were, and remain, strong reasons for a substanital federal role in this project, because of the impact of economic growth in the New York City region on national well-being and prosperity. As Rob Puentes has noted, this is not an "either-or" situation, one of national versus state or local goals. Many programs and projects will involve all these interests, in varying measures and degrees, and the sources of funding should reflect this mix of purposes. What this debate demonstrates, however, is the need to define national goals more precisely, to reform the institutions that plan and program capital investments in the transportation sector, and to focus on performance and outcomes. These reforms are more urgent than ever, in the context of shrinking resources and the need to invest wisely in the more beneficial programs and projects. A national bank can support State structures Plautz, 11 (9/8/2011, Jason --- of Greenwire, “In I-Bank Debate, States Provide Successful Model,” http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/09/08/08greenwire-in-i-bank-debate-states-provide-successful-mod-49268.html?pagewanted=all, JMP) ***Danielle Martin, program manager of the Kansas Transportation Revolving Fund Still, Kansas' Martin said, a national bank that used the state programs as a reliable model would do plenty of good, especially if it supported the existing state banks. "It's just a win, I think, for taxpayers," Martin said. "Here's a $25 million investment of taxpayer money and you're able to improve over $135 million in road projects. That's a good return on investment for the taxpayers." AT: Federal ModelingNo federal modeling Economist, 11 (4/28/2011, “Life in the slow lane; Americans are gloomy about their economy’s ability to produce. Are they right to be? We look at two areas of concern, transport infrastructure and innovation,” http://www.economist.com/node/18620944, JMP) At the state and local level transport budgets will remain tight while unemployment is high. With luck, this pressure could spark a wave of innovative planning focused on improving the return on infrastructure spending. The question in Washington, apart from how to escape the city on traffic-choked Friday afternoons, is whether political leaders are capable of building on these ideas. The early signs are not encouraging. Directory: files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Integer programming and game theory files -> 4 Integer Programming files -> Bpa vehicle Window Repair Scenario #1 task: Procure vehicle window relacement. Objective files -> Pop Warner History files -> North Carolina Inclusion Initiative Mapping Where Children with ieps are Being Served Purpose files -> Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Program Data: Standard 1 Exhibit 4d files -> Hanban – asia society confucius classrooms network 2010 request for proposal files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations Download 1.1 Mb. Share with your friends:
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