Recent Streetsblog USA posts about TIGER

TIGER III Requests Exceed Available Funding 27 to 1

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 15, 2011 | 5 Comments

In its third incarnation, USDOT’s TIGER program continues to be overwhelmingly popular. The deadline to apply for TIGER III grants passed late last month, but not before 828 applications were received from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and US territories. Applications for this $527 million program totaled $14.1 billion, guaranteeing the selection process […]

How Will the House Answer the Senate’s Transportation Funding Bill?

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 2, 2011 | 1 Comment

The full Senate passed a major appropriations bill yesterday, including funding levels for transportation and housing. The Senate put the kibosh on Sen. Rand Paul’s attempt to strip bike/ped funding from the federal transportation program, as we reported yesterday. Here’s the lowdown on the bill as a whole. The upper chamber maintained funding for several key livability […]

Senate Strips High-Speed Rail Funding

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 20, 2011 | 8 Comments

The Senate’s transportation budget proposal is still under wraps, but we’re getting some clues about what’s in it. This morning, a subcommittee marked up the transportation and HUD appropriations bill, and the full committee will consider it tomorrow afternoon. Only after that will the draft bill be released. During this morning’s subcommittee markup, though, a […]

Feds Call “All Hands On Deck” For Detroit Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 10, 2011 | 1 Comment

For the last two days, transit experts from around the country have been hunkered down in Detroit to devote their collective expertise to making the Motor City a better city for transit. The Federal Transit Administration convened the panel, which included current and former transit agency leaders from Salt lake City, Denver, Portland, Atlanta and […]

Report: Get Out of the Highway-Obsessed Eisenhower Era

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 8, 2011 | 3 Comments

Building America’s Future, led by former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, has added their voice to the chorus calling for greater investment in U.S. infrastructure, lest the country fall behind its global competitors. In a new report, Falling Apart and Falling Behind, BAF recommends more […]

TIGER III Will Grant $527 Million For Innovative Transportation Projects

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 30, 2011 | 1 Comment

It’s TIGER III time. The first round was $1.5 billion. The second round was $600 million. And now, get ready for round three. After surviving countless threats by budget-cutting Republicans in Congress, TIGER is back, granting $527 million for innovative transportation projects. The “Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery” program lets cities, states and regions compete […]

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