Recent Streetsblog USA posts about TIGER

Now Open for Bids: The Fourth Round of TIGER Grants

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 1, 2012 | 2 Comments

Transportation leaders, take your best shot. Applications are being accepted for $500 million in federal funding through the fourth round of U.S. DOT’s TIGER grants. DOT has renewed its commitment to this groundbreaking program, which awards money on a competitive basis to projects that have the potential to make a “significant impact on the nation, […]

TIGER III Will Boost Freight Transportation But Not Transform It

By Ben Goldman | Dec 21, 2011 | 1 Comment

Of the 46 recently-announced TIGER grant recipients, 18 projects had at least a “substantial freight component,” according to the Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors. Over $232 million — 45 percent — of this latest round of the popular transportation funding program will go to freight projects. That’s a very impressive share, considering that […]

Biking and Walking Score Big in TIGER III

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 20, 2011 | 4 Comments

In the third round of TIGER funding, the Obama administration has continued to demonstrate a strong commitment to bike and pedestrian projects. Of the 46 projects chosen for funding, 22 incorporate some aspect of bike and pedestrian accessibility, and nine of them make cyclists or pedestrians the primary beneficiary, said Kartik Sribarra of the Rails-to-Trails […]

Nearly Half of TIGER Award Money Goes to Roads, 29 Percent For Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 15, 2011 | 4 Comments

If you live in Stamford, Connecticut and your walk to the train station gets safer next year, you can thank USDOT’s TIGER grant program. Or when your hometown of American Falls, Idaho suddenly gets complete streets downtown, accommodating people on foot, on bikes, on buses, in cars, and in wheelchairs, encouraging local shopping. Or when […]

TIGER III News Begins to Leak — Chicago Bike-Share Among the Winners

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 14, 2011 | 6 Comments

U.S. DOT is officially announcing the winners of the third round of TIGER grants tomorrow, but they give the news to members of Congress first so those members can brag about all the bacon they bring home. See below for a list of the grants we know about so far. Chicago’s Blue Line and bike-share are […]

Is Congress Trying to Put the Kibosh on TIGER Funding For Bike/Ped?

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 29, 2011 | No Comments

Did TIGER spend too much money on bicycle and pedestrian programs? That’s the question Larry Ehl at Transportation Issues Daily is asking. After all, Congress appears to be encouraging USDOT to spend TIGER grant money on something — anything — other than bike/ped. It’s right there in the 2012 transportation appropriation bill, which President Obama signed […]

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