USDOT Receives Applications Worth 32 Times the Available Funds (AASHTO)

USDOT Receives Applications Worth 32 Times the Available Funds (AASHTO)

Nearly 1,000 transportation grant applications were submitted from every state and territory for more than $19 billion worth of projects, far exceeding the $600 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery dollars the U.S. Department of Transportation can award for round two of this program, […]

2010-09-27T08:36:19+00:00September 27th, 2010|

Thousands Seek Aid from DOT’s 2010 Grant Pool (Journal of Commerce)

Thousands Seek Aid from DOT’s 2010 Grant Pool (Journal of Commerce)

Initial requests for piece of $600 million fund top $20 billion

A Department of Transportation discretionary grant pool for 2010 awards drew thousands of pre-applications seeking tens of billions of dollars to aid infrastructure projects, from a “TIGER II” fund that has $600 million to […]

2017-05-24T08:56:24+00:00August 6th, 2010|

Agency Expects Congress to Authorize Third Round of TIGER Grants (D.C. Streetsblog)

Frustration With Stop-Gap Transpo Funding Shows at DOT Town Hall (D.C. Streetsblog)

Agency Expects Congress to Authorize Third Round of TIGER Grants (D.C. Streetsblog)

U.S. DOT’s top leaders (save Secretary Ray LaHood) fielded questions about the next long-term transportation bill this morning as part of a “town hall” session at agency headquarters. The conference, the sixth and […]

2017-05-24T08:56:25+00:00July 15th, 2010|

Federal agencies team up on livability project (The Hill)

Federal agencies team up on livability project (The Hill)

Two federal agencies will spend a total of $75 million on a joint project to integrate transportation and housing initiatives.

The Transportation and Housing and Urban Development departments will spend $35 million and $40 million, respectively, as part of the livable, sustainable communities project aiming […]

2017-05-24T08:56:25+00:00June 23rd, 2010|

You wanted another round of TIGER grants, we’ve got another round of TIGER grants (US DOT)

You wanted another round of TIGER grants, we’ve got another round of TIGER grants (US DOT)

We’re calling it “Tiger II,” and the application period is open!

If you’ve been following DOT news, you know that I’m talking about the next round of our wildly successful Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery discretionary grant program. Funds […]

2010-06-01T09:54:26+00:00June 1st, 2010|

Criteria Published for Second Round of TIGER Grants (AASHTO)

Criteria Published for Second Round of TIGER Grants (AASHTO)

Applicants for the Fiscal Year 2010 Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery grant program will need to show “long-term outcomes” and “job creation and economic stimulus” for any projects they are proposing, according to draft criteria released Monday by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Also to be […]

2010-04-30T14:54:08+00:00April 30th, 2010|

Transportation Secretary LaHood Tells Mayors More Federal Support Coming (US Conf of Mayors)

Transportation Secretary LaHood Tells Mayors More Federal Support Coming (US Conf of Mayors)

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told the mayors during the January 21 Plenary of The U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting that last year, he traveled to 66 cities and saw “some amazing projects that are transforming sprawling, struggling 20th century […]

2010-02-02T08:41:54+00:00February 2nd, 2010|

US Transportation Secretary Urges Swift Passage Of Jobs Plan (Down Jones Newswires)

US Transportation Secretary Urges Swift Passage Of Jobs Plan (Down Jones Newswires)

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called Thursday for “swift passage” of a jobs-creation package in Congress to bring down double-digit unemployment figures.

LaHood said he met in the morning with Sen. Richard Durbin (D., Ill.), the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, to press for the package to […]

2010-01-26T09:22:30+00:00January 26th, 2010|

Main Street Chases Transportation Money (The Center for Public Integrity)

Main Street Chases Transportation Money (The Center for Public Integrity)

Last September, city fathers in Dubuque, Iowa, lured three members of the White House cabinet to the banks of the Mississippi River on the same day they welcomed officials from one the world’s biggest corporations, IBM. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson […]

2017-05-24T08:56:31+00:00January 26th, 2010|

LaHood Cites “Tremendous Need for Infrastructure Support” (AASHTO Journal)

LaHood Cites “Tremendous Need for Infrastructure Support”  (AASHTO Journal)

Noting that a $1.5 billion discretionary grant program created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act drew 1,380 applications totaling nearly $57 billion in requests, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testified Thursday that the response demonstrates “a tremendous need” for infrastructure investment.LaHood appeared at an oversight hearing […]

2017-05-24T08:56:36+00:00October 6th, 2009|
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