Recent Streetsblog USA posts about TIGER

House Transport Chair: 'We Must Move Beyond Fossil Fuel'

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 29, 2019 | 34 Comments

Peter Defazio, the new chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, talks bikes, pedestrians and transit — and getting us off fossil fuel.

Trump Turns Obama-Era Program into a Road Fund

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 12, 2018 | 20 Comments

Under Trump, the popular program that helped fund biking trails and transit upgrades is just another bridge and highway fund.

TIGER funds will help build Nebraska's Lincoln South Beltway, including this interchange. Graphic: Nebraska DOT

TIGER Is Trump’s Program Now: Most Grants Go to Highways

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 14, 2018 | 22 Comments

The full list of new TIGER grant awards looks a lot worse than the early announcements suggested.

Immokalee, Florida, a small farming community, will get sidewalks with drainage ditches to prevent flooding, thanks to a $13 million TIGER grant. Rendering: Collier County, Florida

With Bipartisan Support, TIGER Continues to Fund Walking and Biking Projects

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 9, 2018 | 2 Comments

So far, the new batch of TIGER grant winners look like solid choices to improve conditions for walking and biking.

The Indianapolis Cultural Trail was funded with a TIGER grant. Photo: Walk Indianapolis

Correction: The TIGER Program Lives, for Now

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 7, 2018

Earlier today, Streetsblog erroneously reported that the Trump administration is killing the TIGER grant program.

The GOP's tax overhaul overwhelmingly benefits the wealthiest Americans, and it could trigger major spending cuts. Chart: Economic Policy Institute

GOP Tax Cuts Threaten Funding for Transit, Biking, and Walking

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 4, 2017 | 21 Comments

Congress is on track to trigger spending austerity that will cut programs like New Starts and TIGER.

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