Airport Development After 9/11--Current Federal Thinking May Land Short of Its Congestion Reduction Goals

The author of this paper (Paragraph No. 20,201) posits that the newly adopted Executive Order No. 13274 of September 18, 2002 and the proposed Aviation Delay Prevention Act (S. 633) are ultimately too narrow in their approach to adequately and permanently address the nation's aviation infrastructure needs. The author observes that the Executive Order and the proposed Act seek to facilitate construction of new runways and terminals by "streamlining" the lengthy Federal environmental review processes. While this goal may be worthwhile, the author contends that the current proposals are unlikely to result in a truly "streamlined" process. In addition, focusing on streamlining ignores other tools at our disposal to help address the continuing problem of airport congestion. The author advocates a more comprehensive approach to the capacity problem--one that weds adjustments to the environmental review process with market-based incentives, use of new navigational and tracking technologies, and regional aviation planning in order to achieve aviation capacity gains.

• Corporate Authors:

  International Aviation Law Institute

  DePaul University College of Law, 25 E Jackson Boulevard
  Chicago, IL  United States  60604
• Authors:
  • Roth, Tom
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Transfer Binder 1: 2001 to 2004
• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: pp 10251-10276
• Monograph Title: Issues in Aviation Law and Policy

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport capacity; Airports; Development; Laws and legislation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Environmental reviews
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Law;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01149563
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 2010 12:03PM