Recent Streetsblog USA posts about TIGER

GOP Selects Site Next to TIGER-Funded Greenway for RNC Convention

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 18, 2012 | 9 Comments

Some Republican lawmakers really can’t stand TIGER, the Obama Administration’s competitive grant program for innovative transportation projects, which has funded several local initiatives to improve transit, biking, and walking over the past few years. Right now, Republicans are fighting to keep TIGER funding out of an appropriations bill — even though demand for the program has been overwhelming. […]

A New Bill Passes, But America’s Transpo Policy Stays Stuck in 20th Century

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 29, 2012 | 11 Comments

The House of Representatives approved the transportation bill conference report this afternoon by a vote of 373 to 52. [UPDATE 4:00 PM: The Senate has also approved the bill, 74-19.] This is a bill that’s been called “a death blow to mass transit” by the Amalgamated Transit Union, “a step backwards for America’s transportation system” […]

“Transformative” Bike Projects Win Big in Fourth Round of TIGER Grants

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 22, 2012 | No Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood just announced the 47 transportation projects in 34 states (and DC) that will receive a total of almost $500 million from the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) program. It’s the fourth round of TIGER grants, bringing the total up to over $3 billion for innovative transportation projects. Houston received $15 […]

House Appropriators Leave TIGER, HSR Out of Next Year’s Budget

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 6, 2012 | 5 Comments

It’s always confusing when, in the middle of endless bicameral hand-wringing about transportation spending, the House Appropriations Committee puts out a budget for transportation without much ado. That’s what they did today. The Transportation and HUD Subcommittee will vote tomorrow on its draft budget, released today, in preparation to send it to the full Appropriations Committee. The […]

Advocates Defend New Haven’s “Downtown Crossing” Highway Removal Plan

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 29, 2012 | 6 Comments

Earlier this week we ran a story about why local livable streets advocates with the New Haven Urban Design League are disappointed with the city’s decision to replace a section of grade-separated highway with a plan that remains, on balance, car-centric. We soon heard from teardown proponents who remain supportive of the project. While acknowledging its shortcomings, […]

Instead of Reclaiming a Despised Highway, New Haven Plans a Close Replica

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 26, 2012 | 5 Comments

The “most defacing scar from the 1960’s Urban Renewal era” — that’s how local advocates describe the Route 34 Expressway through downtown New Haven. Just about a year and a half ago, this small New England city won a TIGER grant to heal that scar. But another disfiguration may be growing in its place. The […]

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