Out of touch critics knock TIGER; and we launch a new interactive map of winners
October 22, 2010By Stephen Lee Davis
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Transportation gave out $600 million in grants for innovative transportation projects across the country that address economic, environmental and travel issues at once.
The TIGER program, as its known, (Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery) is a competitive and merit-based process to pick innovative transportation projects from across the country. The winning applications covered everything from port improvements to bridge replacement and new multimodal transit hubs, with an eye toward repairing existing assets, enhancing economic competitiveness, enhancing livability, reducing dependence on foreign oil and benefitting the environment and making Americans safer.
TIGER I and II Capital Grants. View this as a larger map. Click a pin to see a more detailed description of the project
Local officials from governors to mayors to city councilmen were praising the federal government for their commitment to kickstarting economic recovery while making investments in the kinds of innovative transportation projects that often have a hard time getting funded under the current outdated federal transportation program. Some of the projects were ones that a city or state had been trying to get funding for for years, with no luck.
From a think tank far away from the local folks who were waiting for Wednesday’s announcement with bated breath, the Competitive Enterprise Institute blasted the spending as “anti-mobility grants” that “fail to address fundamental problems with the current transportation system, and in fact make them worse.” Marc Scribner, CEI’s land-use and transportation policy analyst, said that “those concerned with tackling the real issues facing America’s surface transportation system —namely congestion— should be outraged.”
It begs the question, did anyone at CEI actually read the winning applications?
The people in Staples, Minnesota stuck in traffic downtown for hours each day while an average of 52 long trains pass through town could probably vouch for the benefits and reduced congestion that will come from a brand new bridge and crossing. Or the Californians who have to wait on the 100+ trains carrying 40% of all volume from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles that pass daily through a single mainline crossing and the 24 at-grade intersections in San Bernardino County, probably representing the single biggest choke point for freight on the West Coast. The people who won’t have to wait on those trains any longer will probably be joined by the shipping companies in touting the congestion-reducing benefits of that project.
Or there’s the people who drive across two bridges in Ann Arbor, Michigan that are so bad that two of the four lanes have been closed because they’re just no longer safe. They can probably vouch for the benefits of new, safe bridges to replace those; bridges that will also be safe for pedestrians and bicyclists in addition to carrying twice the traffic volume with the full complement of lanes.
Do you think New Hampshire would agree that these grants take us backwards? The Granite State will have their number one bridge priority addressed through TIGER, restoring a dangerous, corroded, old bridge linking New Hampshire to Maine with an upgraded bridge that can handle more traffic while also accommodating bikers and pedestrians.
Along these lines, we’re going to start a series next week profiling some of these TIGER projects. Projects like these point to the future of how the federal government can encourage innovation and livability while also making sure our freight is getting delivered on time, commuters in cars, trains or buses aren’t stuck in traffic without any other options, and those without a car aren’t relegated to the margins of our society.
View this sortable list of all TIGER I (Feb. 2010) and TIGER II (Oct. 2010) grants that accompanies the above map.
| Name | Description of project | City | State | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auke Bay Loading Facility | This will fund Phase II of the Auke Bay Loading Facility in Juneau, which includes an additional half-acre of storage, lighting, security gate and fences; a freighter loading facility and ramp; and a fisheries dock, improving freight transfer activities for Alaska communities that use barge and landing craft as primary marine services. This will help deliver government programs to remote communities and contribute to lower costs of living and improved living standards. The facility is important to serving the needs of the fishing community by reducing the need for long and dangerous voyages around Douglas Island to reach Juneau, and provides almost direct access to Juneau airport for fresh seafood exports. | Juneau | AK | $3,640,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Crescent Corridor Intermodal Freight Rail Project | The Crescent Corridor is a major intermodal freight program centered on the continued development of Norfolk SouthernÕs rail intermodal route from the Gulf Coast to the Mid-Atlantic. Construction of these new facilities in Memphis and Birmingham includes pad and support tracks, trailer and container parking areas, lead tracks, and related ancillary buildings and features, providing significant new freight capacity from the Southeast through the Mid-Atlantic region, an area currently underserved by intermodal rail. Once fully-developed, the Crescent Corridor will improve domestic rail intermodal service between the Northeast and Southeast and connecting this 2,500-mile network of existing rail lines with regional intermodal freight distribution centers will strengthen domestic and international freight distribution in the Southeast, Gulf Coast and Mid-Atlantic markets. | Birmingham | AL | $105,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Bella Vista Bypass (AR and MO) | The project will create a 19-mile, access-controlled, 4-lane, partially tolled road around the City of Bella Vista in Northwest Arkansas and Southwest Missouri. The bypass will complete a link for I-49, connecting the Port of New Orleans with a number of interstates and improving the flow of goods to the Great Lakes and Canada. Major corporations and universities are located along this fast growing corridor. (TIFIA Loan Grant) | Bella Vista | AR | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Razorback Regional Bike/Ped Greenway (Benton & Washington Counties) | The Razorback Regional Greenway is a 36 mile bike and pedestrian network traversing the towns of Bentonville, Rogers, Lowell, Springdale, Johnson, and Fayetteville in Northwest Arkansas. Project Benefits: Gives commuters travel options to several major employment centers along the length of the corridor; Enjoys high levels of public and private philanthropic support; Alleviates congestion in an area that expects to double in population in the next 15 years | Springdale | AR | $15,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Tucson Modern Streetcar | The project will construct a 3.9 mile modern streetcar line in the City of Tucson that connects the cityÕs major activity centers, supporting sustainable growth, providing new transit connections between major urban destinations (including the University of Arizona and downtown Tucson) and adding much needed service frequency, hours and capacity. Approximately 10 percent of the regionÕs residents currently live and/or work within walking distance of the modern streetcar route. This is one of the most transit-dependent areas in the region, with high concentrations of low-income populations, as well as a high number of residents with no access to an automobile. | Tucson | AZ | $63,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Otay Mesa Port-of-Entry I-805/SR-905 Interchange | This is a critical interchange linking I-805 in San Diego to the new SR-905 highway now under construction. Once complete, the project will provide a direct 6-lane highway link to the Otay Mesa Port of Entry at the Mexican border, with reduced grades and improved shoulders. Otay Mesa is the largest freight border crossing between California and Mexico. International freight will use the new highway instead of using heavily congested Otay Mesa Road. Completing this Interstate connection is a high priority for reducing congestion at the border on a major international freight route. The project will improve efficiency and reliability in the movement of goods and services and will reduce border wait times. | San Diego | CA | $20,200,000.00 | TIGER I |
| East Bay Pedestrian and Bicycle Network | The East Bay Pedestrian and Bicycle Network will close several critical gaps in the nearly 200-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail system serving the 2.5 million residents of Contra Costa and Alameda counties in California. The project will separate bicycle and pedestrian traffic from automobile traffic, and connect to transit facilities. This project serves an economically diverse population with segments in Albany, Berkeley, Dublin, Dumbarton, Oakland, Pleasanton and Union City, improves safety by separating bicyclists and pedestrians from heavily used motorized corridors and completes portions of a wider network of existing bicycle and pedestrian trails. Read a profile of this project from T4 America. | Oakland | CA | $10,200,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Doyle Drive Replacement | TIGER funds will close the gap in a $1.045 billion financing package for the replacement of Doyle Drive in San Francisco County. The project will help create the new Presidio Parkway, which includes construction of a high-viaduct structure between the Park Presidio Interchange and San Francisco National Cemetery, replaceing a bridge rated by the Federal Highway Administration as the fifth worst bridge in the nation and the worst in California for structural sufficiency, providing a new important commuter route for both highway and transit riders in an environmentally enhanced way and within the existing footprint. | San Francisco | CA | $46,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Connection | The Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project will build a new 8.5-mile light rail line that will connect the Exposition Line at Exposition/Crenshaw Station and the Metro Green Line. This project advances Los AngelesÕs 30/10 Initiative which enjoys broad based community support and is financed through revenue provided by a self-imposed voter-approved sales tax, provides accessibility for economically disadvantaged populations, senior citizens, and transit users, and connects residents to employment opportunities, services, and education resources throughout the region and serves as a critical link to LAX, the primary commercial air transportation hub for Los Angeles. | Los Angeles | CA | $20,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| California Green Trade Corridor/Marine Highway Project | This is a collaborative effort of three regional ports in California to develop and use a marine highway system as an alternative to existing truck and rail infrastructure. The Port of Oakland along with the inland Ports of Stockton and West Sacramento have formed a partnership to provide freight service via barge, primarily for consumer goods moving by ocean vessel and agricultural products grown in Central California. This will improve the quality of life for Northern Californians by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants and relieving congestion and wear-and-tear on Northern and Central CaliforniaÕs highways, helping to reduce round-trip and overall truck miles traveled to and from distribution centers and port facilities in the area, with corresponding savings in fuel costs achieved by shipping goods by barge rather than exclusively by truck. | Stockton | CA | $30,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Alameda Corridor East: Colton Crossing | The project eliminates the mainline at-grade rail crossing of the Union Pacific Railroad and the BNSF Railway at Colton in San Bernardino County. This crossing is on the major east-west corridor for each of the two carriers, and at its peak in 2006 the crossing handled 129 trains a day. The trains that wait and queue behind the crossing create a major choke point for traffic moving to and from Southern California. This addresses one of the most significant choke points for freight moving into and out of the California ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach and eliminates the need for trains to idle as they wait for a Òcrossing window,Ó and reduces delays for motorists at 24 rail-highway grade crossings affected by Colton Crossing railway congestion. Approximately 40 percent of all containerized traffic entering or leaving the United States passes through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and more than 60 percent of that volume is moved inland through the L.A. Basin and the vast majority of this volume moves via rail over Colton Crossing. | Colton | CA | $33,800,000.00 | TIGER I |
| San Bernardino Airport Access | The San Bernardino Airport Access project will expand roadway capacity to provide safe, direct and efficient freeway access on SR 210 and Del Rosa Drive to the new San Bernardino International Airport. The project will widen the freeway interchange on the southbound SR 210 ramps at 5th Street, widen additional roadways, and improve drainage on 5th Street from SR 210 to Del Rosa Drive and along Del Rosa Drive between 5th Street and the primary airport entrance. | San Bernardino | CA | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Port of Los Angeles: West Basin Railyard | This project will construct an intermodal railyard, which includes staging and storage tracks connecting on-dock railyards with the Alameda Corridor, and includes a railyard for a short-line railroad serving major carriers and both major ports. The project will remove two at-grade rail-highway crossings, relieving congestion. This project mitigates disruptions to commercial activity that cost an estimated $9.1 billion per year, improves safety by reducing truck trips on I-710, which has highest accident rate in California, and by removing two at-grade rail-roadway crossings between a residential community and waterfront area, and creates nearly 2,000 construction jobs in an economically distressed area. | Los Angeles | CA | $16,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| US-36 Managed Lanes/Bus Rapid Transit | Managed Lanes/Bus Rapid Transit service will be built on a portion of U.S. 36 from Boulder to Denver. The project includes one managed lane in each direction on US-36; bus rapid transit operations for the corridor; a commuter bikeway; and an intelligent transportation system for toll collection and incident management. It will reduces congestion and encourage more energy efficient modes of transportation, utilize ITS to improve operations and incident management on a congested highway and include significant local funding. (TIFIA Loan Grant) | Denver | CO | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Steel Point Roadway Improvements | The Steel Point roadway improvements project will reconstruct and modernize 4.6 lane_miles of urban minor arterial roadways and 0.75 miles of pedestrian/bicycle pathways in the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Modeled on the Ôcomplete streetsÕ concept, improvements will include roadway reconstruction, the addition of bikeways and enhanced landscaping, as well as better pedestrian connections to the surrounding neighborhoods, BridgeportÕs downtown intermodal transportation center, and the public waterfront. This will improve travel time on Interstate 95 | Bridgeport | CT | $11,159,493.00 | TIGER II |
| New Haven Downtown Crossing and Urban Boulevard | This project will convert Connecticut State Route 34 from a limited access highway to urban boulevards from Union Avenue to College Street. Currently, Route 34 acts as a barrier that cuts the Yale-New Haven Hospital complex and the cityÕs Union Station off from the rest of downtown New Haven. The Downtown Crossing project will convert North and South Frontage Roads to urban boulevards with road, streetscape, bicycle and pedestrian enhancements; reconfigure local street connections; and reconstruct the College Street Bridge at grade level. It will reduce the number of accidents by improving traffic patterns and reconfiguring difficult intersections and merges and encourage non-motorized transportation by reconnecting the street grid and providing better bicycle/ pedestrian options. | New Haven | CT | $16,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Priority Bus Transit in the Capital Region (DC, VA, MD) | The project will provide more efficient bus service along 13 transit corridors in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., by investing in a bus transitway, bus-only lanes, transit signal priority, traffic signal management, real-time arrival technology and other enhancements. The priority bus transit corridors will significantly improve the performance of existing infrastructure and will provide more efficient and timely access to homes and jobs. These funds will also be used to build a new transit center at the intersection of University Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue on the border of Montgomery and Prince GeorgeÕs Counties in Maryland which will consolidate scattered bus stops at a heavily used bus transfer point into one facility. | Washington | DC | $58,838,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Parramore Bus Rapid Transit | This project will add a 1.9 mile BRT route to the existing 2.5 mile LYNX/ LYMMO BRT system west of Interstate 4. The extension will connect residents of Parramore, OrlandoÕs lowest income neighborhood, to the LYNX Central Station Ð a major hub for transit with a planned 2013 opening. The project takes advantage of a series of recent underpass improvements within Parramore to eliminate the long standing east- west divide in the city caused by Interstate 4. | Orlando | FL | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Port of Miami Rail Access | This project will help establish intermodal container rail service to the Port of Miami by building an intermodal yard and making necessary rail and bridge improvements. It will eliminate an estimated six million 17-mile truck trips between the Port of Miami and the Hialeah Yard, reduces greenhouse gas emissions by an expected 211,320 tons over 20 years and enhances efficiency of major port for U.S. exports to Central and South America. | Miami | FL | $22,767,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Port Manatee Marine Highway | This will allow the Port to become an important part of the Marine Highway program. A 32 acre container terminal will be constructed adjacent to the existing 1,000 foot berth, expanding the PortÕs cargo storage capacity both for the Marine Highway operation and for other tenants. This accommodates the short sea shipping of goods, rather than trucking them longer distances, decreasing congestion and emissions, and increasing safety, and improves the efficiency of freight movement because 60 percent of the freight entering Port Manatee leaves by rail. | Bradenton | FL | $9,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| State University Drive Complete Streets Project (Peach County) | This project will construct streetscape improvements and widen approximately one quarter mile of State University Drive in the vicinity of Fort Valley State University, in Fort Valley, Georgia. Currently, only a portion of State University Drive has a 2-lane, center turn lane configuration with sidewalks. This project will widen a portion of this roadway, creating a 2-lane, center turn lane configuration to match the other section of the roadway. The project will provide a system of sidewalks and crosswalks between downtown Fort Valley and FVSU. It encourages greater pedestrian and bicycle usage along the State Street corridor through Complete Streets improvements, incorporates proper turn lanes to increase vehicular safety and decrease congestion. | Fort Valley | GA | $1,491,490.00 | TIGER II |
| Atlanta Streetcar - Centennial Park to King Center | This streetcar, connecting to the existing MARTA rail system at Peachtree Center, will be 2.7 miles of track and four streetcars that operate between 12 stations from Centennial Olympic Park and the King Center. It will connect directly with MARTA heavy rail, 22 regional express bus routes, 10 local bus routes, and seven city bicycle routes, provides service to over 7,000 people who live within a quarter mile of the streetcar and over 4.7 million tourists and 1.38 million conventioneers who visit downtown Atlanta every year and provide crucial service to students from Georgia State University as well as the 688,000 patients who visit Grady Memorial Hospital and ChildrenÕs Healthcare of Atlanta each year. | Atlanta | GA | $47,667,777.00 | TIGER II |
| Reconstruction of Pier 29 in Honolulu Harbor | In 2008, the Pier 29 container yard at the Honolulu Harbor suffered structural failures, displacing the international carrier that used it. These funds will reconstruct Pier 29, adding approximately 12 acres of upgraded cargo yard while also increasing efficiency and safety in Honolulu Harbor. Reconstructing Pier 29 will reduce truck traffic on busy and congested roadways in downtown Honolulu near Piers 1 and 2 by moving much of the traffic west towards the reconstructed Pier 29. Since Pier 29 is closer to Nimitz Highway and the primary inter-modal highway routes, reconstructing Pier 29 helps reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse emissions from cargo movements at Piers 1 and 2 in the downtown Honolulu area. | Honolulu | HI | $24,500,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Millwork District Complete Streets Improvements | The project is a Complete Streets project to help create a vibrant environment for the people that live and work in the Historic Millwork District in downtown Dubuque. The objective is to design streets that are attractive, convenient and safe for a broad range of users, including drivers, public transit, pedestrians, bicyclists, people without access to automobiles, children and people with disabilities. It will improve connectivity and provide greater access for people that are transit-dependent. As many as 60 percent of the new residents within the Historic Millwork District are estimated to be traveling to work downtown and the project will allow them to more conveniently and safely walk, bike or take transit to work, improving livability in the Millwork District by reducing commute times and providing new and improved travel options for walkers, bicyclists and transit riders. | Dubuque | IA | $5,600,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Ames Intermodal Facility | This will construct an intermodal hub in Ames, which will link public and private transportation modes (public transit, intercity bus carriers, regional airport shuttle services, carpools/vanpools, taxis, bicycle commuters and pedestrians) for Ames and the Central Iowa region, improving the livability of the Ames areas by linking various forms of transportation in the city so that residents, students, faculty and visitors can seamlessly transfer between modes of travel within the city and the region. The project also aims to spur transit oriented development near the facility which will increase the areaÕs economic competitiveness by creating development opportunities in Ames and Central Iowa. Currently, the local transportation facilities are not connected and do not provide access to the private carrier services that are located more than two miles from public transit routes in an industrial area. | Ames | IA | $8,463,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Des Moines Multimodal Hub | This will construct the second phase of the Des Moines Multi_Modal Hub. The facility in downtown Des Moines functions as a central location for public transportation services, including local, express, and intercity bus services, future passenger rail, and taxi services. This will diminish the number of bus-pedestrian accidents by providing safety enhancements, connect the regional trail system and nearby employment centers, encouraging riders to walk or bike the final leg of their commute, and feature climate-controlled waiting areas and covered walkways to bus bays, enhancing comfort for 15,000 riders who will use the facility daily. | Des Moines | IA | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Woodside Boulevard Complete Street Initiative | The Woodside Boulevard Complete Street Initiative will rebuild a 35-year-old, 2.44 mile collector street, and add sidewalks, bike lanes, bus shelters, bike parking, a landscape buffer zone, and install a roundabout at a congested and unsafe intersection. A signal light will also be added at a second congested and unsafe intersection. The project will also add transit pull-out lanes and bus shelters to 17 of the 18 existing transit stops on Woodside Boulevard. | Hailey | ID | $3,500,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Moscow Intermodal Transit Center | This will construct a 6,800 square foot transit facility featuring exterior covered structures with a 5,500 square foot passenger loading zone and secure parking for buses and bicycles. The new facility provides 34 vehicle and 10 bus stalls to link services provided by Moscow Valley Transit, the University of IdahoÕs Vandal Shuttle and intercity bus service from Northwest Trailways and Wheatland Express. The facility will also provide access for taxis, vanpools and carpools, and will expand pedestrian and bicyclist accessibility and feature a trailhead link to the 1.5 mile Paradise Path connecting the University and downtown Moscow. | Moscow | ID | $1,500,000.00 | TIGER II |
| The Southwestern Illinois Intermodal Freight Transportation Hub | This involves the construction of a public harbor on the Mississippi River which will be used for barge loading and unloading. The primary products to be moved are liquid and dry bulk products which will interface with associated rail and truck connections. The project will allow the Tri-City Regional Port District to expand barge, rail and truck transportation systems in the region and allow shippers, including Midwest agricultural shippers, to move goods down the Mississippi River from Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico without the use of a lock. This expands the export trade for U.S. agricultural products by enhancing the movement of agricultural products down the Mississippi River, provides substantial efficiencies and better service for Midwest shippers by combining barge, rail and truck facilities at one location and creates the northernmost ice-free port on the Mississippi River south of the U.S. system of river locks. | Granite City | IL | $6,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Normal Multimodal Transportation Center | This will create a centralized transportation hub connecting the town of NormalÕs aviation, rail, bus, automobile and pedestrian facilities to bring numerous modes of transportation together under one roof. Normal is located in the heart of Illinois along a major rail corridor between Chicago and St. Louis, and at the intersection of three interstate highways (I-55, I-74 and I-39), resulting in high levels of intercity bus traffic. The hub less than four miles from the Central Illinois Regional Airport, and will strategically sit on the primary leg of a heavily used 26-plus-mile dedicated bicycle and pedestrian pathway connecting Normal with Bloomington. This will creates a hub for numerous modes of transportation, including Amtrak, intercity bus, local transit, cars, shuttles, taxis, bicycles and pedestrians. For more info: http://bit.ly/aWgp0s | Normal | IL | $22,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| CREATE Program Rail Projects | This is a package of 78 projects that address freight rail congestion in the Chicago area Ñ a nationally significant freight bottleneck adversely affecting the delivery of goods throughout the country.About 25 percent of rail traffic in the United States travels through the Chicago region, which is home to six of the seven Class I railroads and multiple passenger rail carriers. Each day, nearly 1,300 passenger and freight trains, or 40,000 rail cars, are handled in the Chicago region. The congestion created by these rail movements delays the movement of goods throughout the country. By investing in priority projects along four rail corridors, CREATE will construct additional capacity and improve connections throughout the Chicago metropolitan rail network. | Chicago | IL | $100,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Warehouse District Complete Streets Project | The project will include the design and construction of a Complete Street network in PeoriaÕs Downtown Warehouse District, which was once a thriving commercial activity center. The money will help the City of Peoria pursue plans to revitalize the area through mixed-used development, combining housing with shopping and work destinations. The project will improve the local road system to encourage walking trips through sidewalk and streetscape improvements in support of mixed-use development on the 185-acre site. Among the benefits are bringing dilapidated, and in some cases non-existent, sidewalks into a state of good repair and ADA compliance, while boosting the downtown economy. | Peoria | IL | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Moline Multimodal Station | This project will convert the historic OÕRourke building on the downtown Moline riverfront into the Moline Multimodal Station. The new station will serve as a transportation hub reconnecting the Quad Cities with Chicago, and ultimately to Iowa City, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska. The new hub establishes truly multimodal transportation connections between local buses and bicycle and pedestrian facilities, is expected to support up to 825 new, permanent jobs, and will minimize operating costs by approximately 25 percent over traditional buildings through LEED certification design. Read a profile of this project from T4 America | Moline | IL | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Milton-Madison Bridge Replacement (KY and IN) | The project will replace the existing Milton-Madison Bridge (US 421), constructed in 1929, which is currently both structurally deficient and functionally obsolete by todayÕs standards. The bridge provides a link between the communities of Milton, Kentucky and Madison, Indiana, two economically distressed areas that make up a single community. An estimated 10,700 vehicles cross the bridge each day. Bicycle/pedestrian access will be included in the bridge between these two cities, which is supported by both Kentucky and Indiana, which will share in the funding of the project. | Madison | IN | $20,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Indianapolis Bicycle & Pedestrian Network | The project will complete the eight-mile urban bicycle and pedestrian network in the heart of downtown Indianapolis, connecting the downtown districts of Mass Avenue, Indiana Avenue, the Canal Walk and White River State Park, the Wholesale District, and Fountain Square along with many other commercial and business destinations, leveraging significant contributions ($26.5 million) from private foundations, individuals and local corporations. This improves livability by providing alternative travel modes and encourages a healthier lifestyle with more exercise, which will have a significant impact on community health and reduce the areaÕs obesity rates. | Indianapolis | IN | $20,500,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Waterloo Rail Station Improvements | The project will construct a full length platform with canopy, lighting, innovative signage, ADA-accessible ramps and walkways, and additional parking at the recently renovated historic Waterloo station building. The station is the third busiest Amtrak passenger rail station in the state of Indiana. These improvements will make Amtrak and the Norfolk Southern freight lines more efficient by eliminating the delays caused by Amtrak trains making two stops at one platform in order to fully unload and load their passenger trains. | Waterloo | IN | $1,820,100.00 | TIGER II |
| Great Plains Freight Rail (Kansas and Oklahoma) | This project will construct yard, shop, and rail line improvements and relocate the South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad hub from an urban to rural area. Grant money will also create a permanent mechanical shop at the new Cherryvale Yard location to provide inspections, maintenance services, and light and heavy repairs to a fleet of more than 40 road and switching locomotives; reduce infrastructure-related derailments; improve at-grade safety, conduct track surfacing work; replace failing track components including spikes, anchors, and tie plates; and upgrade rail tracks to accommodate heavier cars. Track improvements will increase average speeds on the lines from 10 miles per hour to around 25 miles per hour, making service more competitive with other modes of transportation. | Coffeyville | KS | $10,230,597.00 | TIGER II |
| Appalachian Regional Short Line Rail Project (KY, WV and TN) | This will rehabilitate hundreds of miles on five unconnected shortÐline railroads in three states, all operated by a single holding company. Investments include rail, crossties, grade crossing, bridge and tunnel work. This will improve the state of good repair on the railroads and divert bulk commodity shipments of aluminum, sand and chemicals from truck to rail, increasing safety and reducing fuel consumption and emissions. Eliminating slow orders on the lines will increase the speed of rail service allowing goods to reach their markets more quickly. | KY | $17,551,028.00 | TIGER I | |
| New Orleans Streetcar - Union Passenger Terminal/Loyola Loop | The Union Passenger Terminal/Loyola Loop Streetcar increases the ability of the New Orleans central business district to attract development and redevelopment of under-utilized properties along Loyola Avenue and provides significantly improved transit options and choices for residents of the area traveling to and from the central business district. The streetcar will run through New OrleansÕ central business district along Loyola Avenue from the Union Passenger Terminal to Canal Street, providing significantly improved connectivity between local transit services along Canal Street and the Union Passenger Terminal, a major southern hub for Amtrak, with three trains serving the station. | New Orleans | LA | $45,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Revere Transit Facility & Streetscape | The project will reconfigure acres of dilapidated and aging surface parking lots into a vertical multi-modal transit facility and plaza, linking automobiles, transit, pedestrians and bicyclists in a hospitable environment that encourages alternative transportation options. For decades, auto traffic has overshadowed alternative modes of transit in Revere, in large part due to parking lot sprawl. The Blue Line and Route 1A currently impede direct access for pedestrians and bicyclists and degrade transit connections. This project will provide transit-oriented improvements that enhance livability and travel choices in the Wonderland area. | Revere | MA | $20,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Fitchburg Commuter Rail Extension & Wachusett Station | The project will extend existing commuter rail service west from Fitchburg an additional 4.5 miles on the Pan Am Southern railway corridor. Commuter rail service currently connects Fitchburg with Boston, 50 miles to the southeast. This will provide new transit options and reduce commute times for the citizens living in and around Fitchburg, a suburb 50 miles northwest of Boston. The reduced travel times will improve the regionÕs economy by providing more people with enhanced access to the Boston job market and will also promote the use of transit as a more sustainable alternative to congested State Route 2. | Fitchburg | MA | $55,500,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Fast Track New Bedford | This includes the reconstruction of four inadequate and dangerous freight rail bridges. These bridges are more than 100 years old and can only accommodate train speeds of five miles per hour or less. The bridges were last rated in 1995 as having inadequate superstructures. The bridge replacements are critical to moving freight from the waterfront area, which otherwise has to be moved by truck. Currently, 1300 carloads per year of PCB-contaminated dredge spoils are hauled from the New Bedford Harbor over the freight rail bridges. An additional 500 carloads of freight also depend on the bridges. Replacing the bridges will reduce fuel consumption and provide development opportunities in the waterfront area. | New Bedford | MA | $20,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| National Gateway Freight Rail Corridor (OH, PA, WV, MD) | This package of rail infrastructure and intermodal terminal projects will enhance freight transportation service options along three major freight rail corridors owned and operated by CSX through the Midwest and along the Atlantic coast, allowing trains to carry double- stacked containers, increasing freight capacity and making the corridor more marketable to major East Coast ports and shippers. It doubles rail capacity on a major freight rail corridor with no increase in noise, emissions or train length, with a significant amount of the investments in this corridor coming in economically distressed areas. Allowing for double-stack trains will provide relief to congested rail and highway corridors by enabling trains to carry more freight. The increased capacity and improved economies of scale will provide a cost-effective alternative to long-haul trucking, directly reducing highway congestion and expensive highway maintenance. | MD | $98,000,000.00 | TIGER I | |
| Revitalizing Maine's Ports | The project advances Maine's Three-Port Strategy, a long-term strategy developed in 1978 to concentrate state investments in deep-water port facilities. TIGER funds will help the Port of Portland to upgrade the wharf and upland storage facility at the International Marine Terminal Facility; the Port of Searsport to invest in innovative new equipment, including a heavy-lift mobile harbor crane; and the Port of Eastport to invest in storage space and conveyor equipment. This will allow MaineÕs ports to diversify revenue sources and help stabilize the economy, position MaineÕs ports to move wind turbines and other ÒgreenÓ freight in these economically distressed areas. (Searsport & Eastport) | Portland | ME | $14,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Aroostook Rail Preservation | This will restore the rail routes serving Northern Maine by replacing railroad ties and rail sections, and by clearing drainage ditches, rehabilitating 230 miles of rail in Northern Maine constructed more than 100 years ago, which was allowed to fall into disrepair by a previous rail owner/operator. It will Re-establish a vital rail link to meet regional and national goods movement needs, increases competitiveness of American forest products in global markets and encourage development of new industry in economically distressed region. | Aroostook | ME | $10,546,436.00 | TIGER II |
| M1/Woodward Avenue Light Rail Project | The project will construct a 3.4 miles long light rail system with 12 station stops connecting Downtown Detroit to the New Center district along the region's main artery on Woodward Avenue. The project leverages significant co-investment Ñ almost half of the projectÕs costsÐfrom local and private sources, including station sponsorship, a development authority and a non-profit foundation, supports economic activity in Detroit, which is an extremely economically distressed area with one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. It enhances mobility by intersecting the regional bus system and city bus routes and improves accessibility for disadvantaged populations in the largest city in the United States not currently served by significant rail transit. | Detroit | MI | $25,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Black River Bridge Replacement | A new Black River Bridge will be constructed to replace the existing structure built in 1963, connecting Port Huron, Michigan with Canada. This will reduce border crossing delays and improve commercial and passenger travel between the United States and Canada, provide new transportation options by including a 14-foot wide bike/pedestrian crossing in an economically distressed area. The new Black River Bridge will provide three dedicated lanes for eastbound local traffic, three dedicated lanes for eastbound international traffic headed to the Blue Water Bridge and Canada, and three westbound lanes, thereby increasing capacity, improving operations and providing for future growth. | Port Huron | MI | $30,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Ann Arbor Bridges | The Ann Arbor Bridges project will replace two bridges on an important east-west arterial road in Ann Arbor, connecting residential and commercial areas in the west with the University of Michigan, the cityÕs largest high school, and St. Joseph Hospital in the east. The project will replace the current bridges which have been reduced from four lanes to two lanes of traffic for safety reasons. In addition, this project also adds bike lanes, widens sidewalks, and creates ADA-compliant facilities to provide motorized and non- motorized travel options, minimizes life-cycle costs and replaces a structurally deficient bridge, and eliminates severe weight restrictions and ensures proper clearance for freight rail and trucks, ensuring the safe and smooth movement of goods through the area. | Ann Arbor | MI | $13,900,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Saint Paul Union Depot Multi-Modal Transit and Transportation Hub | The project will renovate the cityÕs historic Union Depot and co-locate Amtrak, intercity bus carriers, local bus, light rail services, taxis, and bicycle accommodations in the heart of downtown Saint Paul, presenting an opportunity to promote economic growth and create a vibrant, multi- modal transportation center. This connects several modes of transportation, thereby increasing efficiency and improving the overall level of service for all modes. The establishment of the multi-modal center with associated commercial development within the Depot will bring growth to the downtown area and improve the connectivity of Saint Paul to other cities in the region. The inclusion of protected bike storage will enable riders to access transit options without having to drive a car. | St. Paul | MN | $35,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Staples North/South Corridor | This will construct a new crossing over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad and U.S. Highway 10 in Staples, Minnesota, where a pair of grade crossings receive an average of 52 trains per day, meaning Staples residents sit in congestion for hours each day waiting for trains. The bridge and roadway will also incorporate a 10-foot pedestrian/bicycle trail along the entire length of project, providing access for non-motorized users traveling between the north and south parts of the city. | Staples | MN | $7,650,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Kansas City Transit Corridors & Green Impact Zone Project | This project will improve infrastructure and replace the Troost Avenue Bridge over Brush Creek in the Green Impact Zone - a 150-block area in urban core of Kansas City, Missouri that has been devastated over the years by high rates of poverty, unemployment, crime, and high concentrations of vacant and abandoned properties. In Kansas City, Kansas, TIGER funds will be used to make investments in major transit corridors, including State Avenue and Metcalf Avenue/Shawnee Mission Parkway. This will enhance quality of life in the Green Impact Zone and provide improvement to public safety, sustainability, housing conditions, access to jobs and services, and economic vitality. Expanding transit service will provide the public with affordable, clean transportation alternatives and better connect neighborhoods to economic opportunities region-wide. | Kansas City | MO | $50,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Port of Gulfport Rail Improvements | This project in an area still coming back to life after Hurricane Katrina is a public-private partnership between the Mississippi State Port Authority and the KCS Railway Company to improve the KCS Line which include new rail and ties; improved and additional siding; installation of new switches and other modernization devices; and replacing, rebuilding and improving existing road crossings and bridges. This upgrades 76.5 miles of rail so that double-stack trains will be able to run at 49 mph instead of the current 10 mph speed for just single-stacked trains, massively increasing capacity and speed for freight. This connects the Port of Gulfport to Chicago and Canada as well as to New Orleans and the East Coast | Gulfport | MS | $20,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| US-93/2nd Street Improvements | This consists of improvements to US-93/2nd Street in downtown Whitefish. Key elements include a modern, coordinated traffic signal system, the addition of left turn lanes, ADA-compliant crosswalks and angled parking. The project will also do a curb-to-curb reconstruction of the roadway, during which the city will upgrade sewer and water lines. It supports a coordinated plan to improve the vitality of downtown, balancing the need to move significant volumes of traffic with the desire to maintain a pedestrian friendly, traditional small town main street and downtown and improves livability with a pedestrian-oriented streetscape. | Whitefish | MT | $3,500,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Lake County Transportation Connectivity Project | This project will upgrade city and county streets and roads, including Skyline Drive in the Polson area. This will increase the safety and transportation options of the predominately rural area by providing better connections for residents traveling to work, school or other destinations. The improvements are aimed at creating a safer and more convenient transportation system on facilities that are currently in need of improvements Ð Skyline Drive has been identified by the Montana DOT as a risk in its Safety Management Program. Skyline Drive has steep grades, sharp curves, a narrow roadway, and a narrow bridge. | Lake County | MT | $12,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| I-85 Corridor Improvement and Yadkin River Crossing | The project is located midway between Greensboro and Charlotte, NC. on I-85. It is the most direct interstate route between Atlanta, GA and Richmond, VA and carries a heavy volume of truck traffic. This portion of I-85 is one of the last remaining substandard segments between the South Carolina border and Durham, NC and a significant interstate bottleneck. This project will reconstruct seven miles of I-85, including highway, bridge and rail infrastructure, with replacement of three major, deteriorating structures over the Yadkin River, includes multi-modal improvements that enable an immediate 45 percent increase in freight and passenger rail speeds in the area. | Spencer | NC | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Minot Grade Separation | This will construct a grade separated pass over Burlington Northern Santa FeÕs mainline and service tracks and approach roadways on 55th Street NE. The grade separation will remove significant barriers to road traffic. An average of 43 trains move through the railroad yard, blocking the rail crossing for 3.5 hours each day. | Minot | ND | $14,130,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Freight Rail Reactivation & Rehab | The project will rehabilitate the 7.5 mile rail line from the Chadron East Yards to the west end of Dakota Junction, removing an estimated 15,000 truckloads from local highways annually. Construction will upgrade 27 timber bridges extending from Chadron to Crawford; construct a new passing/ storage track in Whitney; and reconstruct a mile of track while improving connections to the main line in the Chadron Yards. The proposed project will return the rail line into a state of good repair consistent with state, regional, and local needs. | Chadron | NE | $4,923,509.00 | TIGER II |
| Memorial Bridge Replacement (Portsmouth, NH to Kittery, ME) | This joint Maine-New Hampshire project will replace a crucial, but deteriorating, highway bridge that currently has a bridge sufficiency rating of 6 out of 100. Safety concerns resulted in both statesÕ restricting bridge traffic to no more than three tons, thereby causing all truck traffic to detour. This project replaces a structurally deficient bridge that is New Hampshire DOTÕs number one bridge priority, restores the bridge to a state of good repair capable of supporting truck traffic to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and increases the connectivity of truck and auto traffic and over 1,000 bicyclist and pedestrians every day | Portsmouth | NH | $20,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Meadowlands Adaptive Signal System | This will improve traffic flow in one of the most heavily used corridors in the Nation by modernizing and coordinating signals along the corridor, improving transit times for nearly 120,000 annual rides on NJ transit, local, and private buses which travel through the area. Traffic signals at 128 intersections will use algorithmic intelligence to achieve the maximum roadway capacity, improve operating efficiency, and avoid unnecessary roadway widening. | Meadowlands | NJ | $10,008,056.00 | TIGER II |
| US-491 Safety Improvements | The road connects the local Navajo Nation to other parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and the Four Corners area. It is a major trucking route with increasingly high volumes of commercial traffic. The full project will expand the width of US-491 over a corridor length of approximately 69 miles, constructing two new lanes adjacent to the two existing lanes, improving safety and saves lives on one of the most dangerous routes in New Mexico. The road has a history of traffic accidents and safety problems. Statistics indicate the fatality rate at the north portion of the corridor is about 3.6 times the state average, and at the south portion, about 2.2 times the average state rate. | McKinley County | NM | $31,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Sahara Avenue Bus Rapid Transit | This will improve the efficiency and quality of transit service on a 17-mile major road running east-west through the heart of Las Vegas by converting existing breakdown lanes on Sahara Avenue to bus-only lanes, improving passenger amenities, increasing the use of off-board fare collection and expanding the corridorÕs Intelligent Transportation System infrastructure to improve both traffic and transit operations. The project will further bolster the Regional Transportation CommissionÕs efforts to implement a comprehensive bus rapid transit (BRT) network by connecting directly to two other BRT routes. It serves one of the heaviest employment centers in Las Vegas, connects directly to two other BRT routes and bus services in Las Vegas and significantly improves speed, reliability and efficiency of transit services with little or no impact on traffic capacity. | Las Vegas | NV | $34,400,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Moynihan Station, Phase 1 | This project provides substantial improvements for Penn Station, which serves eight million residents of New York City, 12 million people in the surrounding metropolitan region, 8.5 million intercity rail passengers annually, as well as Amtrak, Long Island Railroad, New Jersey Transit and NYC subway passengers. The improvements will better connect train lines, subways, taxi and bus modes and will provide increased access for disabled patrons. The project will improve access to ManhattanÕs West SideÐan area likely to undergo significant residential and office development in the coming years. Improved movement of passengers through New York City has a major impact on metropolitan New York, the entire tri-state region and the Nation as a whole. Penn Station is the busiest passenger train station in the country, serving 640,000 riders daily, and is operating well above its capacity; therefore, significant capacity enhancements are essential | New York | NY | $83,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Niagara Falls Rail Station | This completes the third and final phase of the City of Niagara Falls International Railway Station and Intermodal Transportation Center Project. The final phase will relocate AmtrakÕs passenger terminal from an inconvenient site outside the city center to a more ideal downtown location, addressing safety and efficiency concerns for Amtrak and freight rail at the U.S.-Canadian border, improving border crossing speed and comfort, and encouraging interconnectivity of multiple modes of transportation. | Niagara Falls | NY | $16,500,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Fordham Transit Plaza (The Bronx) | The Fordham Transit Plaza is a key intermodal facility serving 41,000 daily bus users and providing connections to 11,000 daily regional (Metro North) rail users at one of the busiest Metro-North stations in the city. Pedestrian volumes exceed 80,000 in a single 12 hour period. The project will entirely reconstruct the facility, including improvements to safety, pedestrian and vehicular flow, and a heavily used public space. The Fordham Transit Plaza project will fully reconstruct the street-level plaza and replace the existing plaza structures; reconfigure the circulation of buses through the plaza to create a more usable, contiguous public space; build a bus-only transit mall to maximize transit efficiency; and make design and safety improvements to the surrounding streets to alleviate traffic congestion and increase pedestrian safety. | New York City | NY | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| National Gateway Freight Rail Corridor (OH, PA, WV, MD) | This package of rail infrastructure and intermodal terminal projects will enhance freight transportation service options along three major freight rail corridors owned and operated by CSX through the Midwest and along the Atlantic coast, allowing trains to carry double- stacked containers, increasing freight capacity and making the corridor more marketable to major East Coast ports and shippers. It doubles rail capacity on a major freight rail corridor with no increase in noise, emissions or train length, with a significant amount of the investments in this corridor coming in economically distressed areas. Allowing for double-stack trains will provide relief to congested rail and highway corridors by enabling trains to carry more freight. The increased capacity and improved economies of scale will provide a cost-effective alternative to long-haul trucking, directly reducing highway congestion and expensive highway maintenance. | OH | $98,000,000.00 | TIGER I | |
| Kent Central Gateway Multimodal Transit Facility | The project will construct a new bus transfer facility in downtown Kent with parking spaces to support future development. The facility will include commercial space and bicycle storage to improve transit accessibility in Kent and linkages to Cleveland and Akron. This will improve travel options by including in one facility 10 bus bays, an indoor waiting area, public restrooms, automobile parking, a passenger pickup/drop-off area, an outdoor waiting area and a bicycle storage area. The new facility encourages the use of transit, expands community access, and has potential economic development benefits for the city. | Kent | OH | $20,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| University - Cedar Rapid Transit Station Improvements | The will reconstruct the University-Cedar Rapid Transit Station (RTS), the busiest east-side bus terminal in Cleveland, including road, bridge, bicycle, and pedestrian access to the station. It will enhance the connection between bus and rail by providing a fully accessible transfer with significantly improved passenger information, security, and amenities, incorporate bicycle paths and amenities to foster more usage of a sustainable and healthy transportation mode choice and increases the stationÕs footprint beyond walking, and foster livable communities by increasing transportation choices and access in an economically disadvantaged area | Cleveland | OH | $10,500,000.00 | TIGER II |
| I-244 Multimodal Bridge Replacement | This replaces an existing bridge, currently ranked as one of the five worst bridges on OklahomaÕs State- Owned Interstate Bridge System Inventory with poor sufficiency ratings, high maintenance costs and excessive lane closures due to maintenance activities. The reconstructed bridge ÑTulsaÕs first multimodal crossingÑwill accommodate highway, high-speed intercity and commuter rail, and pedestrian and bicycle traffic. This will improve the condition of the existing bridge facilities and minimize operations and maintenance expenditures. The region's economic competitiveness will be enhanced by significant improvements for both truck and rail freight movement over the Arkansas River. | Tulsa | OK | $49,480,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Portland's Innovation Quadrant - SW Moody St. & Streetcar Reconstruction | SW Moody Avenue will be reconstructed in the South Waterfront area, elevating the roadway by 14 feet to cap contaminated soils. It will include three traffic lanes, dual streetcar tracks and pedestrian and bicycle facilities. The project will introduce infrastructure investment to support future development, facilitate economic activity by opening up large parcels adjacent to SW Moody Avenue for development and will incorporate additional transit options along SW Moody Avenue to help ensure the economic success of the South Waterfront district. This investment in roadway and streetcar facilities also supports the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail extension and streetcar extensions including the Close the Loop line (connecting eastside and Westside streetcar lines) and the Portland-to-Lake Oswego lines. | Portland | OR | $23,203,988.00 | TIGER I |
| Electric Vehicle Corridor (I-5) | This project will provide Direct Current Fast Charge Stations for the length of the I-5 corridor in Oregon with gaps not exceeding 50 miles, with a goal of deploying 42 sites. The project facilitates the growth of electric vehicles by expanding the range for travel and giving drivers comfort that they will be able to recharge their EVs outside of metropolitan areas. It may also serve as a model for the future deployment of electric vehicle infrastructure across the country. | Salem | OR | $2,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Coos Bay Rail Line (Coos, Douglas, Lane Counties) | This will rehabilitate the track structure of the 133-mile Coos Bay Rail Link, which closed in 2007 as a result of deferred maintenance, including replacement of worn-out rails, fasteners, and wood ties; re-establishment of proper surface, line, and dress of the track; drainage improvement of the track bed; and enhancing the ballast bed. It will reduce truck shipments for former customers of the line, customers who currently face an average 330 mile truck dray, and puts the freight back on rail, decreasing costs by 20 percent. | Coos Bay | OR | $13,573,133.00 | TIGER II |
| Philadelphia Area Pedestrian & Bicycle Network (PA & NJ) | The overall project will repair, reconstruct and improve 16.3 miles of pedestrian and bicycle facilities that will complete a 128-mile regional network in six counties around Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. The primary commuter routes closest to downtown will be completed, in some of the communities hardest hit by the current economic downturn including Southwest Philadelphia and Camden, NJ. These paths will help connect residents in these areas to more prosperous communities that provide employment opportunities, including Philadelphia and Cherry Hill, NJ. Costing significantly less per mile than transit or roads, investing in pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure is a cost-effective strategy for reducing traffic congestion, greenhouse gas emissions, and dependence on oil while also providing public health, safety and air quality benefits. | Philadelphia | PA | $23,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| National Gateway Freight Rail Corridor (OH, PA, WV, MD) | This package of rail infrastructure and intermodal terminal projects will enhance freight transportation service options along three major freight rail corridors owned and operated by CSX through the Midwest and along the Atlantic coast, allowing trains to carry double- stacked containers, increasing freight capacity and making the corridor more marketable to major East Coast ports and shippers. It doubles rail capacity on a major freight rail corridor with no increase in noise, emissions or train length, with a significant amount of the investments in this corridor coming in economically distressed areas. Allowing for double-stack trains will provide relief to congested rail and highway corridors by enabling trains to carry more freight. The increased capacity and improved economies of scale will provide a cost-effective alternative to long-haul trucking, directly reducing highway congestion and expensive highway maintenance. | PA | $98,000,000.00 | TIGER I | |
| Dilworth Plaza and Concourse Improvements | The Dilworth Plaza and concourse improvements project will transform the existing deteriorated public plaza adjacent to PhiladelphiaÕs City Hall into a prominent gateway for regional public transportation. The project will improve the connections between Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) regional rail, New JerseyÕs Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) high speed rail, Amtrak and the SEPTA subway system, in addition to trolley services and dozens of bus routes. It will establish direct connections for regional, intercity and local transit passengers to speed travel times and increase accessibility, improve ADA compliance and pedestrian access to SEPTA Broad Street, Market-Langford, and trolley lines and by adding fare gates, access times will improve by nearly an estimated 25 percent. | Philadelphia | PA | $15,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Central Pennsylvania Rail and Road Expansion | This will make numerous improvements to the safety and efficiency of freight movement for PennsylvaniaÕs publicly owned short line railway system, making system-wide improvement for the 200 miles of track owned by the SEDA-Council of Governments Joint Rail Authority. Overall, the project will add 9.2 miles of track on existing roadbed, rehabilitate 7.5 miles of railway, and provide new installation of over 36,000 feet of sidings to increase capacity and points of distribution for well service companies. | Pennsylvania | PA | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Access to Quonset Wind Energy Project | The Quonset Business Park, located on the west shore of Narragansett Bay, consists of the former Quonset Naval Air Station and the adjacent Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center, built largely during base construction in 1939 and 1940. These funds will be maintain the pier and improve rail and road connections, which will support, among other things, producers of offshore wind power that will use industrial properties at Quonset as a base of operations. The project will improve freight transportation at the port, achieve a state of good repair, extend the useful life of former military assets and increase port capacity. It will also improve access to industrial properties being marketed to alternative energy producers (particularly offshore wind), which will help increase energy independence. | North Kingston | RI | $22,300,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Port of Providence: Electric Cranes | This project will expand and upgrade the Port of Providence in Rhode Island, replacing two aged diesel cranes, one of which is currently non-functional, with new electric, barge-based cranes that will enable the Port to handle container traffic. The Port also plans to install wind turbines and solar panels that are expected to generate enough electricity to cover all the portÕs electrical needs. The improvements to the port will enable short sea shipping, which will reduce highway bottlenecks caused by truck traffic. This takes trucks off the congested I-95 corridor thanks to added capacity that can handle 1000 containers a week and supports an estimated 1,600 direct and indirect jobs through renewed port activity. | Providence | RI | $10,500,000.00 | TIGER II |
| U.S. 17 Septima Clark Parkway | This would redesign and reconstruct the Septima Clark Parkway (US-17) to include a storm water runoff system that would quickly shunt water into the nearby river, helping to alleviate flooding in downtown Charleston in the area of the US-17 and I- 26 intersection during moderate to heavy rains. The roadway will be redesigned to improve highway accessibility, traffic efficiency and safety for vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The project also includes the introduction of intelligent transportation systems for more efficient traffic flow. | Charleston | SC | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| I-95 Interchange & Access Project | South Carolina is developing a new interstate highway from the coast of South Carolina to the North Carolina border, which will run through Marlboro, Dillon, Marion and Horry counties. This project is an 11-mile segment located in Dillon County where the new highway intersects with I-95. The project will significantly improve safety by segregating interstate traffic, including motorists travelling from I-95 to Myrtle Beach, from the local traffic, which is significantly slower. Ninety percent of Myrtle Beach visitors arrive by car, in an area that sees, on average, 100,000 visitors per day. With these improvements travelers from I-95 to Myrtle Beach will save as much as 25 minutes on this 65-mile trip. (TIFIA Loan Grant) | Dillon | SC | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Improvements to US-18 | The project will reconstruct and surface a deteriorating 15.6 mile segment of US-18 in Oglala and Pine Ridge, SD, creating short-term construction-related jobs and long-term employment while increasing safety and saving lives on a road with an accident rate more than 2.5 times that of South DakotaÕs average. Shoulders with rumble strips will be constructed, and other measures will be taken to improve safety and diminish the high incidence of fatal road accidents. Additional improvements include adding sidewalks with lighting and improving access to transit. Curbs, gutters and storm sewers will also be constructed. | Oglala | SD | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Reconstruct Mitchell-Rapid City Railroad | The Mitchell-Rapid City Rail (MRC) line project will rebuild a state-owned branch line from Mitchell to Chamberlain, South Dakota. The reconstructed rail line will increase the capacity and efficiency of the line principally used for transportation of agricultural commodities. The existing branch line is in poor condition, limiting the amount of freight shipped over the railway. This will take 7,200 truckloads of grain and puts them on rail, reducing emissions and road maintenance costs and lowering shipping costs for farmers and give South Dakota farmers easier access to national and international markets served by Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Canadian Pacific. | Mitchell | SD | $16,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Crescent Corridor Intermodal Freight Rail Project | The Crescent Corridor is a major intermodal freight program centered on the continued development of Norfolk SouthernÕs rail intermodal route from the Gulf Coast to the Mid-Atlantic. Construction of these new facilities in Memphis and Birmingham includes pad and support tracks, trailer and container parking areas, lead tracks, and related ancillary buildings and features, providing significant new freight capacity from the Southeast through the Mid-Atlantic region, an area currently underserved by intermodal rail. Once fully-developed, the Crescent Corridor will improve domestic rail intermodal service between the Northeast and Southeast and connecting this 2,500-mile network of existing rail lines with regional intermodal freight distribution centers will strengthen domestic and international freight distribution in the Southeast, Gulf Coast and Mid-Atlantic markets. | Memphis | TN | $105,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Appalachian Regional Short Line Rail Project (KY, WV and TN) | This will rehabilitate hundreds of miles on five unconnected shortÐline railroads in three states, all operated by a single holding company. Investments include rail, crossties, grade crossing, bridge and tunnel work. This will improve the state of good repair on the railroads and divert bulk commodity shipments of aluminum, sand and chemicals from truck to rail, increasing safety and reducing fuel consumption and emissions. Eliminating slow orders on the lines will increase the speed of rail service allowing goods to reach their markets more quickly. | TN | $17,551,028.00 | TIGER I | |
| Northwest Tennessee Port (Lake County) | Tiger II dollars will be used to build a port and harbor facility on the Mississippi River, at Cates Landing in Tennessee. Dock facilities will be constructed and additional, necessary, on-site improvements will be made to create a connection between barge traffic at the port and truck freight movement. The port will be the deepest between Baton Rouge and St. Louis. The project is near multiple interstates and will be constructed following the guidelines of Clean Ports USA. This supports economic development in one of the poorest areas of the country, with over 37 percent of residents living beneath the poverty line. | Dyersburg | TN | $13,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Texas State Highway 161 (Grand Prairie) | This completes the western portion of a second beltway around Dallas, improving the regionÕs transportation network and level of service. The project is located along the western boundary of Dallas County in a high-growth center of the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex. Regional traffic management centers administered by the Authority and Texas DOT will link to an intelligent transportation system which will use real-time traffic flow and visual data to enhance mobility, reduce emissions and shorten incident response time. | Irving | TX | $20,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Downtown Dallas Streetcar | This proposed streetcar line originates in Downtown Dallas at Harwood and Main Street, continuing down Main Street to Houston Street through the largest job center in the North Texas area. This will improve transportation within downtown Dallas by creating a seamless transit connection and providing a multi-modal link between jobs and residents. It specifically targets commuters in mixed use districts adjacent to downtown and will help create a transit network linking urban areas by providing multiple transportation alternatives, providing mobility and connectivity and increases transportation options in downtown Dallas, a city with more than 1.2 million people and linking walkable, mixed use neighborhoods in the urban core with employment centers throughout the region. (TIFIA Loan Grant) | Dallas | TX | $23,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Tower 55 Freight Rail Improvements | Tower 55, a major rail and traffic bottleneck, is a rail intersection in downtown Fort Worth, TX, where Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad lines cross. The project will improve the flow of train traffic through this intersection by adding an additional north-south track and by installing new signals and a new interlocking system. This intersection currently operates at 90 percent above capacity, handling close to 100 trains per day. Improvements will allow 40 percent more trains through the intersection, providing 20 years of additional capacity. | Fort Worth | TX | $34,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Sugar House Streetcar - South Salt Lake City | This wil build a two-mile, modern streetcar line between an urban arterial route, 2100 South, and Interstate 80. The project will connect a thriving regional commercial center and redevelopment area to the highly successful regional TRAX light rail system. This removes an estimated 800 automobiles per day from the local street network, reducing congestion and accidents along the 2100 South corridor and supports development of a regional trail system within the corridor; the planned regional ParleyÕs trail will be co- located in the right-of-way. | South Salt Lake City | UT | $26,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Burlington Waterfront North Project | The project involves the rehabilitation, reconstruction and upgrading of a 1,355 foot section of Lake StreetÐ the principal north-south access roadway servicing the downtown waterfrontÐand the realignment and improvement of a section of the Waterfront Bike path that traverses the project area, leveraging more than $21 million in additional funding, including more than $13 million in new private investments. Reconfiguration of the road and bike path will improve safety by reducing conflicts among vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle traffic, while also maximizing land available for economic redevelopment. This project is located in a HUD-designated Renewal Community, where 77 percent of residents are low/moderate income and the poverty rate is 31.4 percent--almost 2.5 times the national rate. | Burlington | VT | $3,150,000.00 | TIGER I |
| US-395 North Spokane Corridor - Francis Ave. to Farwell Rd. Southbound | The project will build 3.7 miles of southbound US-395 from Francis Avenue to Farwell Road in Spokane County to complement the existing northbound lanes. The northbound lanes are currently being used in a limited fashion for both north and southbound traffic. This project includes community-preferred design features, has bike/pedestrian features, park-and-ride lots, and has the potential for transit. The project is shovel-ready and will quickly create jobs. | Spokane | WA | $35,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Mercer Corridor Redevelopment | The project involves the reconstruction and realignment of the main roadway through the growing biotechnology hub in South Lake Union, connecting a number of urban centers to I-5 in Seattle. The project will build multi-modal improvements along Mercer and Valley Streets, including widening Mercer to create a two-way boulevard, reconstructing Valley Street as a local access street, providing new and wider sidewalks, improving connections to transit and adding bicycle lanes. It will eliminate six high-accident locations and reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by creating a vibrant, walkable mixed-use urban community. | Seattle | WA | $30,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| East Foster Wells Road Extension | This extension will complete the construction of a new transportation corridor between US-395 and Pasco-Kahlotus Road in this farming community in rural Washington. TIGER II money will be used to complete the last 2.5 miles of road in this 8.5-mile corridor. The extension of East Foster Wells road will provide an all-weather farm-to-market road and will provide direct access from Pasco-Kahlotus Road to processing facilities located along US-395 and the newly completed Commercial Avenue in the City of Pasco. | Pasco | WA | $1,010,000.00 | TIGER II |
| West Vancouver Freight Access | The West Vancouver Freight Access project will construct a new rail access route to alleviate rail traffic congestion at the Port of Vancouver. The project will relocate facilities within the port to provide a new entryway into port terminals. This will create an estimated 400 permanent new jobs in two to five years, and up to 1,836 construction jobs per year, in a county with the highest unemployment rate (13.3 percent as of July 2010) in the state of Washington and support the portÕs commitment to expand its use of rail from 72 percent to 85 percent. | West Vancouver | WA | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| South Park Bridge Replacement | The South Park Bridge project will replace the 81-year-old regionally-significant South Park Bridge with a new drawbridge spanning the Duwamish Waterway south of Seattle in the Pacific NorthwestÕs largest manufacturing and industrial area. The bridge was closed on June 30, 2010 after receiving a sufficiency rating of four out of 100 and being declared unsafe. This will reduce travel time for local school bus routes and four heavily-used transit routes, and add bike lanes and sidewalks to make it usable by all. | Seattle | WA | $34,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Park East Corridor Lift Bridges | The Juneau Avenue lift bridge will be reconstructed and the Wisconsin Avenue lift bridge will be rehabilitated. The Juneau Avenue Bascule Bridge was built in 1953 and connects Milwaukee residents to one of the most vital employment areas in downtown Milwaukee. The bridgeÕs deteriorating superstructure and deck require the bridge to be reconstructed. The lift bridges are an important component of the area's transportation system, especially the transit system. The highest downtown employee concentrations are in the area east of the Milwaukee River. The Wisconsin and Juneau Bridges provide important connections for Milwaukee residents to get to and from work. Over the course of its life, the reconstructed Juneau Avenue Bridge will serve more than 257 million vehicles. | Milwaukee | WI | $21,500,000.00 | TIGER I |
| National Gateway Freight Rail Corridor (OH, PA, WV, MD) | This package of rail infrastructure and intermodal terminal projects will enhance freight transportation service options along three major freight rail corridors owned and operated by CSX through the Midwest and along the Atlantic coast, allowing trains to carry double- stacked containers, increasing freight capacity and making the corridor more marketable to major East Coast ports and shippers. It doubles rail capacity on a major freight rail corridor with no increase in noise, emissions or train length, with a significant amount of the investments in this corridor coming in economically distressed areas. Allowing for double-stack trains will provide relief to congested rail and highway corridors by enabling trains to carry more freight. The increased capacity and improved economies of scale will provide a cost-effective alternative to long-haul trucking, directly reducing highway congestion and expensive highway maintenance. | WV | $98,000,000.00 | TIGER I | |
| Appalachian Regional Short Line Rail Project (KY, WV and TN) | This will rehabilitate hundreds of miles on five unconnected shortÐline railroads in three states, all operated by a single holding company. Investments include rail, crossties, grade crossing, bridge and tunnel work. This will improve the state of good repair on the railroads and divert bulk commodity shipments of aluminum, sand and chemicals from truck to rail, increasing safety and reducing fuel consumption and emissions. Eliminating slow orders on the lines will increase the speed of rail service allowing goods to reach their markets more quickly. | WV | $17,551,028.00 | TIGER I | |
| Route 10 Safety Improvements | These funds will help convert 12.84 miles of West Virginia Route 10, a narrow, two-lane road with speeds limited between 25-45 mph, into a four-lane limited-access divided highway. This will decrease response time for medical facilities, of extreme importance because of the closing of the Man Regional Hospital, and improve road safety and substantially reduces the crash rate. Between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2007, there were 680 crashes on the existing WV 10. | Logan | WV | $17,000,000.00 | TIGER II |
| Beartooth Highway Reconstruction Project | The full project on what is known as ÒAmericaÕs Most Beautiful HighwayÓ involves the complete reconstruction of a seven-mile segment of a scenic highway in a rugged and remote area northeast of Yellowstone National Park within the Shoshone National Forest. It will reconstruct a segment of the Beartooth Highway which has not been rebuilt since its original construction in the 1930s, supporting an Òorphaned road,Ó which is not on WyomingÕs highway system. Since 1994, FHWA has deemed this segment inadequate and substandard. | Park County | WY | $6,000,000.00 | TIGER I |
| Interstate 5 / Joint Base Lewis-McChord improvements | The project controls and redistributes demand, adds capacity, and provides real time information to drivers in this heavily congested, important, 15-mile-long corridor of Interstate 5 that borders Joint Base Lewis-McChord between Olympia, WA and Tacoma, WA. The project will deploy innovative traffic management strategies such as hard shoulder running supported by Active Traffic Management and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), ramp metering, congestion monitoring, and expanding traveler information along I-5 and into the Base. The project will also add HOV/express bypass lanes at 12 ramp meters. | Fort Lewis | WA | $15,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Sellwood Bridge Replacement | This provides the final piece of funding for the complete replacement of the Sellwood Bridge. Constructed in 1925, it is structurally deficient and functionally obsolete, and is the only crossing over the Willamette River within 12 miles. The new bridge will accommodate larger vehicles, improving freight and transit traffic flow, reliability, and travel times in the region, also providing a connection to the future Portland Streetcar line. This will reduce conflicts between bicyclists/pedestrians and vehicles with grade-separated bike/pedestrian paths. | Multnomah County | OR | $17,700,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Interstate 70 corridor roadway improvements | This consists of roadway improvements along the I-70 corridor road system in St. Louis, where the current roadway configuration presents a safety hazard to pedestrians and vehicles trying to access Arch Grounds. This project reconnects the Arch Grounds and the Mississippi River with the Downtown core. The roadway reconfigurations will also provide for more evenly distributed traffic flow within the project area Ð helping reduce local congestion and vehicular/pedestrian accidents. | St. Louis | MO | $20,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Rail improvements in Port of Jacksonville | This will help complete a new Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) at the port of Jacksonville to be served by CSX railroad. The ICTF will include a five track rail yard, two wide-span electric cranes, a paved area for stacking containers, and several support uses including a road and gate for truck movement of cargo, a parking area, and stormwater retention facilities. The facility will utilize zero emission, wide-span electric cranes for all lift operations, which will operate over four, 3000 foot process tracks, providing 12,000 feet of working length. | Jacksonville | FL | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| New Alton Multimodal Center | The Alton Regional Multimodal Transportation Center will be constructed adjacent to AltonÕs new Amtrak High Speed Rail Station in the new Robert Wadlow Town Center in Alton, enabling passengers to transfer seamlessly between AmtrakÕs Lincoln Route Service, regional transit lines, bicycle trails, and pedestrian facilities. | Alton | IL | $13,800,000.00 | TIGER III |
| CTA Blue Line and Chicago Bike Share Program | This will complete an overall project to repair 3.6 miles of track on the CTA Blue Line between Damen Avenue and Belmont Avenue finishing all track improvements between the Loop and OÕHare. The project will also improve access and safety at Damen and California Stations and expand the City of ChicagoÕs new bikeshare program by 75%, adding 230 additional stations and 2,300 additional bikes. | Chicago | IL | $20,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Reconstruction of Route 83 (2 mile span) | The project will reconstruct two miles of Illinois Route 83 (147th Street) between Kedzie Avenue and Western Avenue/Dixie Highway with 2 travel lanes in each direction separated by a median to accommodate left turn lanes. The project will also reconstruct intersections, on-street bicycle facilities and new sidewalks and bus shelters. This will improve access to public transportation with improved facilities for four bus routes with 90 weekday runs and replace or relocate pedestrian/bicycle facilities. | Posen | IL | $10,400,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Interstate 95/US Highway 301 Interchange Improvement | This will construct an interchange for US Highway 301 and I-95 to establish southbound access, correcting a flaw in the original design. Improving these connections is essential to further development of an inland multi-modal Distribution Center that serves southeastern seaports in Charleston and Savannah. | Orangeburg County | SC | $12,100,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Connective Corridor Bike/Ped Streetscape | This project will complete Phases II and III of a project to create a corridor of complete streets to connect Downtown and University Hill areas and provide cost-effective, sustainable improvements that will re-invigorate downtown economic competitiveness. The project will reconstruct 1.3 miles of the Corridor; construct new multimodal facilities for bicycles, pedestrians and transit services; enhance safety with traffic calming measures, improved signage systems, and enhanced intersection and street crossings; and introduce green infrastructure. | Syracuse | NY | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Richmond-Dresden Bridge Replacement (197 over Kennebec River) | Maine Department of Transportation will reconstruct the Maine Kennebec Bridge, which carries State Route 197 over the Kennebec River between Richmond and Dresden, bringing the roadway corridor back to a state of good repair with construction of a new long-lasting, high-level fixed span bridge to replace the current swing span bridge, which is structurally deficient. The new design would accommodate car and truck traffic as well as bicycles and pedestrians. | Richmond | ME | $10,800,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Downtown Buffalo Street Improvement/Revitalization | This complete streets project will reintroduce two-way vehicle traffic to Main Street in downtown Buffalo, NY and improve existing transit stations along the Main Street and fund major streetscape improvements to revitalize and reorient economic growth downtown ÑÊpart of a larger initiative to revitalize the historic downtown by improving transportation connectivity, reinvesting in streetscaping, and encouraging retail growth. | Buffalo | NY | $15,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| CATS LYNX Blue Line Light Rail Expansion | This will expand capacity on the southern corridor of the LYNX Blue Line Light Rail in order to improve service during peak hours and for special events. The grant allows the Charlotte Area Transit System to install additional power substations and to extend platforms at three stations -- I-485/South Blvd, Third Street, and Seventh Street Stations. The LYNX Blue Line Capacity Expansion would be the first step in moving towards the system-wide operation of three-car trains in anticipation of continued transit-ridership growth in Charlotte | Charlotte | NC | $18,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| VIA West Side Multimodal Center | A historic train station will be rehabilitated into the Westside Multimodal Transit Center, a convenient multimodal hub for San AntonioÕs current and planned bus routes, Downtown Streetcar, intercity bus, and bus rapid transit service. It will also serve the needs of bicycle commuters, providing bicycle storage and shower facilities, and creating a pedestrian-oriented environment. More than 16,000 transit trips are made daily to San Antonio's CBD but the city lacks a downtown location where riders can transfer to other transit services. This facility will also reduce the number of pedestrians who must wait unsafely at crowded narrow sidewalk bus stops. | San Antonio | TX | $15,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Port of Northern Montana Multimodal Hub | This will enable Montana shippers to ship and receive containerized international cargo, relocating a small BNSF rail facility from a residential and commercial area to an industrial park, expanding the facility to allow the shipment of intermodal unit trains. Relocating freight traffic from the downtown improves safety for non-freight traffic and will benefit the economic development of the area, building on $254.5 million private investments pledged to be built in the facilityÕs vicinity. | Shelby | MT | $9,980,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Smith River Rancheria US Highway 101 Improvements | Smith River Rancheria, a Federally recognized tribe in Northwest California, will make roadway improvements to address safety concerns on the portion of U.S. 101 that runs through tribal lands. TIGER funds will construct traffic calming and pedestrian improvements including innovative colorized, stamped highway shoulder treatments on existing road and new signage, creating a pedestrian safe environment on the highway that also functions as the main street as it bisects the lands of the Smith River Rancheria Tribe. | Smith River Rancheria | CA | $2,500,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Upgrade of 100+ Traffic Signals Along 3 Transit Arteries | This traffic signal prioritization project will upgrade more than 100 existing traffic controllers along three transit corridors (Castor/Oxford Aves., Bustleton Ave., and Woodland Ave to improve traffic flow on the existing roads and deliver more predictable travel times for transit riders. | Philadelphia | PA | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Cincinnati Streetcar | This project would design and construct the Riverfront Loop supplementing the Phase 1 route of the Cincinnati Streetcar. The extension will directly connect the Downtown circulator route already in design with the Cincinnati riverfront to the south. This modern streetcar system has the potential to revitalize CincinnatiÕs urban coreÑa city served by six Fortune 500 companies, academic, medical and research institutions yet, with a widely dispersed employment base of over 70,000 people. By providing a public transit alternative, the city will use the investment to re-orient its development patterns into a more walkable, livable and affordable community with a mix of land uses, housing units and income groups. | Cincinnati | OH | $10,900,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Solomon Rural Rail | This will upgrade freight railroad track in north central Kansas to avoid rail abandonment and avert a dramatic spike in heavy, rural truck traffic as the agricultural economy evolves, refurbishing 84 miles of rail currently under weight and speed restrictions, allowing the KYLE railroad, which operates on the line, to load full 286,000 lb cars, and improving safety at 24 highway crossings. | North Central Kansas | KS | $6,568,095.00 | TIGER III |
| Muldraugh Bridges Replacement | The project will replace two deteriorating freight rail bridges that have reached the end of their useful lives. The bridges, known as the Muldraugh Bridges, were built in the 1880Õs. These bridges are sequentially located on a heavily-utilized freight rail line. Replacing these bridges ensures that goods continue to move inexpensively and efficiently. | Elizabethtown | KY | $11,558,220.00 | TIGER III |
| Smiths Creek Road and Bridge | The Saint Clair County Road Commission will reconstruct 2.6 miles of Smiths Creek Road and replace the Smiths Creek Road Bridge over the Pine River. The project addresses critical needs for the Smiths Creek Road Bridge which provides essential access to the CountyÕs only landfill facility. The improvements to the road and the bridge will ensure the continued flow of waste to the facility allowing for energy production though the landfill facility. | St. Clair | MI | $3,650,000.00 | TIGER III |
| The Interchange (Transit Improvements for Central Corridor Light Rail) | TIGER funds will help construct The Interchange, a new passenger platform, storage and staging tracks, and a new public plaza at the Target Field Light Rail Transit (LRT) station in Downtown Minneapolis to accommodate the expected growth in ridership when the Central Corridor light rail line opens in 2014.This enhances connections between LRT, bus, commuter rail, bicyclists and pedestrians at the Target Field LRT station, addresses an anticipated bottleneck in the regionÕs expansive LRT plans, and supports transit-oriented development near the station at the Warehouse District. | Minneapolis | MN | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Northfield Multimodal Integration Improvements | This project will construct new pedestrian facilities including sidewalks and a pedestrian bridge to help pedestrians cross State Highway 3. The highway presents a barrier between two colleges with over 5,000 students and downtown with other locations east of the highway where pedestrians must walk in the two_foot clear zone between the striped travel lane and the bridge curb and rail. | Northfield | MN | $1,060,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Mayfield Road Transit Station and Bridge | RTA will relocate and construct the Mayfield Road Transit station under the existing Mayfield Road Bridge built in 1929 but never utilized. The new station will replace the Euclid-E. 120th Street Station that has fallen into disrepair and also rehabilitates two transit bridges serving the RTA Red Line Rapid Transit. The relocation will better connect Red Line riders to University Hospitals and research centers that employ 50,000 people as well as a variety of new housing, employment and shopping developments in the Triangle District and the historic Little Italy area. | Cleveland | OH | $12,503,200.00 | TIGER III |
| Amtrak Empire Builder/BNSF Mainline Grade Raise | This will raise a 15.4-mile section of the BNSF mainline track through North Dakota that is prone to flooding by the continually rising water level of Devils Lake. This will ensure the long-term viability of the Chicago-Seattle Amtrak route and freight movement through the corridor. | Devils Lake | ND | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Snake Road Improvements | The project will improve 2.25 miles of road on the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation in Hendry County, Florida. The existing road has two 10-foot lanes, with worn unpaved shoulders. The road has intermittent segments of sub-standard sidewalks. The project will complete two 14-foot travel lanes (one in each direction), a paved 16-foot median, a 5-foot sidewalk on the east side and a 12-foot multi-use path on the west side. | Hendry County | FL | $3,700,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Port of New Orleans Terminal & Yard Improvements | The Port of New Orleans, strategically located on the Mississippi River near six Class I rail lines and the Interstate Highway System, will rebuild a specialized rail yard at the Louisiana Avenue terminal along the Mississippi River. The overall project has two components: (1) construction of a new 12-acre freight rail intermodal terminal, and (2) resurfacing and fortifying a 4-acre storage yard that is used for ultra-heavy project cargoes. The objective of the project is to reduce congestion, facilitate the movement of marine and rail cargo, stimulate international commerce, and maintain an essential port asset in a state of good repair. | New Orleans | NO | $16,738,246.00 | TIGER III |
| Mississippi River Bridges | The project will deploy Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) improvements on and around four highway bridges that span the Mississippi River in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, specifically on the Helena Bridge (US-49, MS & AR). The improvements include dynamic messaging signs, vehicle detection devices, CCTV, highway advisory radio, and other fiber optic connections that would coordinate communication across the bridges, as well as real-time river monitoring systems that will provide information for barges traveling beneath the bridges. The project will enable agencies to better manage their transportation assets effectively with real-time information, and helps to prevent collisions by barge traffic into bridge piers. | Tri-State | MS/AR | $ 9,814,700, split between 4 projects | TIGER III |
| Mississippi River Bridges | The project will deploy Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) improvements on and around four highway bridges that span the Mississippi River in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, specifically the Greenville Bridge (US-82, MS & AR). The improvements include dynamic messaging signs, vehicle detection devices, CCTV, highway advisory radio, and other fiber optic connections that would coordinate communication across the bridges, as well as real-time river monitoring systems that will provide information for barges traveling beneath the bridges. The project will enable agencies to better manage their transportation assets effectively with real-time information, and helps to prevent collisions by barge traffic into bridge piers. | Tri-State | MS/AR | $ 9,814,700, split between 4 projects | TIGER III |
| Mississippi River Bridges | The project will deploy Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) improvements on and around four highway bridges that span the Mississippi River, in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, specifically the Vicksburg Bridge (I-20, MS & LA). The improvements include dynamic messaging signs, vehicle detection devices, CCTV, highway advisory radio, and other fiber optic connections that would coordinate communication across the bridges, as well as real-time river monitoring systems that will provide information for barges traveling beneath the bridges. The project will enable agencies to better manage their transportation assets effectively with real-time information, and helps to prevent collisions by barge traffic into bridge piers. | Tri-State | MS/LA | $ 9,814,700, split between 4 projects | TIGER III |
| Mississippi River Bridges | The project will deploy Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) improvements on and around four highway bridges that span the Mississippi River in the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, specifically the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge (US-84, MS & LA). The improvements include dynamic messaging signs, vehicle detection devices, CCTV, highway advisory radio, and other fiber optic connections that would coordinate communication across the bridges, as well as real-time river monitoring systems that will provide information for barges traveling beneath the bridges. The project will enable agencies to better manage their transportation assets effectively with real-time information, and helps to prevent collisions by barge traffic into bridge piers. | Tri-State | MS/LA | $ 9,814,700, split between 4 projects | TIGER III |
| State-Owned Rail Rolling Pipeline Development Project | This will upgrade 49 miles of state-owned rail line in the Anadarko Basin to more efficiently and safely transport crude oil and gas to the refinement stage. There are few viable options for transporting the oil and gas from this region, and the current rail line is in too poor of a condition to meet current demand. The project will rehabilitate the track to FRA Class 2 standards, which allow for speeds up to 25 mph, with fewer restrictions on the number of cars per train. | Beckham County | OK | $6,756,580.00 | TIGER III |
| Caparra Interchange System | This will make improvements to reduce congestion to the Caparra Interchange System impacting more than 81,000 vehicles and 1.7 million commuters daily and improve the average speed of the interchange at peak hours from 14 mph to 25 mph, making significant improvements to integral portions of the road and pedestrian infrastructure. The project will re-assign traffic flows, add ramps, create a roundabout, and make improvements to pedestrian facilities. | San Juan | PR | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Boundary Street Redevelopment | Boundary Street, BeaufortÕs main thoroughfare, currently is a suburban-style strip commercial corridor which the City hopes to retrofit in order to increase multimodal connections, boost economic development through access to local business, and reduce vehicle trips while improving safety for all users. Improvements include a multi-way boulevard, secondary street connectivity, and a direct link to the Beaufort Rail Trail cycling/pedestrian greenway. The improvements will enhance connectivity and handle large volumes of traffic while encouraging street front redevelopment and alternate modes of transport. The project also features a 12-foot multiuse path parallel to Boundary Street. | Beaufort | SC | $12,635,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Orange Line Extension | This will help complete the final segment of a 14.5-mile light rail link from Downtown Dallas to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), including a new station at DFW Terminal A. This TIGER TIFIA payment will pay the subsidy and administrative costs of a much more robust TIFIA credit instrument to help finance the Orange Line Extension (I-3).This will not only serve as an additional option for potential riders traveling to/from the airport, but also provide employment links to DFW and serve as a transfer center for commuters Ð particularly when the TEX Rail commuter line from Fort Worth is completed in 2016. | Dallas | TX | $5,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| I-95 HOT Lanes Extension | This TIGER TIFIA Payment will pay the subsidy and administrative costs of a much more robust TIFIA credit instrument to help finance the construction of 29-miles of High-Occupancy Tolling (HOT) lanes in Northern Virginia, from Fairfax to Stafford Counties. This will provide regional commuters with an option to bypass congestion on the I-95 general-purpose lanes. The new HOT lanes will improve the reliability of car/vanpools and transit service along the corridor. | Northern Virginia | VA | $20,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| The Prichard Intermodal Terminal | The West Virginia Ports Authority will construct a new intermodal terminal along Norfolk SouthernÕs Heartland Corridor near Prichard, WV. expanding transportation options for shippers in central Appalachia and reducing costs for transporting goods in this rural community. Fewer long-haul truck trips may also result with completion of the new terminal which improves environmental and safety outcomes. | Prichard | WV | $12,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Stamford Intermodal Access | The project will construct two over-track pedestrian bridges, pedestrian ramps, and train platform weather shelters at the Stamford Transit Center, a major hub between New York and New England, which serves 1,000 buses and 225 commuter trains daily. This will address congested and inaccessible train platforms, limited station capacity, and unsafe surrounding streets by increasing the stationÕs capacity and improving its accessibility for all users Ñ also complementing the estimated $3.5 billion in transit-oriented development around the station. | Stamford | CT | $10,500,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Merrimack River Bridge | The bridges, with a total of twelve spans, carry two railroad tracks over the Merrimack River and serve as an important corridor for passenger service including the MBTA Haverhill commuter line, AmtrakÕs ÒDowneasterÓ train and also Pan Am freight service. Replacement of the bridges will allow passenger train speeds to increase from 15 mph to 40-60 mph, freight trains speeds to increase from 5 mph to 30 mph, improve travel time between Portland, Haverhill, and Boston. The improvements will also facilitate the expansion of the Downeaster service from five roundtrip trains per day to seven trains per day. | Haverhill | MA | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Tri-State Port Intermodal Improvement | This project will repair DelAir Bridge, linking the rail networks of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, to accommodate the transport of industry-standard 286,000 lb. rail cars and enhance freight movement throughout the northeast region and national markets. | Delair | NJ | $18,500,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Norfolk Southern Rutherford Intermodal Facility | This expands the Rutherford Intermodal Facility to accommodate an additional 125,000 lifts per year and enables the facility to keep pace with growing freight traffic demand in the Harrisburg area, diverting 93,000 long haul trucks from interstates annually. (More than 1/3 of all interstate miles traveled in PA are by large trucks.) The project includes work on the tracks, expanding parking access, and the construction of cranes to increase capacity. | Harrisburg | PA | $15,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Carrie Furnace Flyover Bridge and Street Improvements | This will connect a historic blast furnace site to the surrounding communities, allowing a brownfield to be redeveloped as a park and residential community. It improves 3 railroad crossings on streets approaching Carrie Furnace and constructs a fly-over ramp from the Rankin Street Bridge to provide direct access to the redevelopment site. These access improvements will enable adaptive reuse of the Brownfield as a sustainable industrial and office park with an adjacent riverfront residential development and park. | Rankin | PA | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Main Street Reconstruction Project | The City of St. Albans will reconstruct 1,600 feet of North Main Street to provide new sidewalks, pedestrian and street lighting, new tree plantings and storm water management, street paving, new transit stops, new bicycle markings and amenities, and reconstruction of parking and pedestrian crosswalks in full compliance with accessibility and safety standards. The project is ready to proceed quickly to construction. | St. Albans | VT | $2,088,496.00 | TIGER III |
| 17-Mile Road Reconstruction | The existing roadway on the Wind River Indian Reservation, a paved wagon trail, lacks safety features and its deficiencies impact traffic congestion and emergency vehicle response time, and contribute to crashes and fatalities along the corridor. The improvements will transition the roadway to modern standards and provide 12-foot lanes with 8-foot wide paved shoulders and edge line rumble strips. The improvements will also mitigate road run-offs/rollover crashes. The roadway has experienced a number of automobile accidents, roadway run-offs, and rollover crashes resulting in 5 fatalities and 42 injuries within the last 10 years. | Fort Washakie | WY | $8,233,700.00 | TIGER III |
| Saint Michael Community Streets Construction Project | The Native Village of St. Michael, a Federally Recognized Tribe will re-contour and resurface existing roads and construct new road extensions, and construct new boardwalks and rebuild existing boardwalks, which provide footpaths over existing village wetlands. The complete project will make improvements to approximately 4.39 miles of road to improve access and mobility for the Community of St. MichaelÕs transportation network and will improve safety for residents of the island. | St. Michael | AK | $1,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| State Route 91 Corridor Improvement | This $20 million TIGER TIFIA Payment will leverage a much more robust TIFIA loan to finance up to one-third of the costs of the $1.3 billion 8-mile extension of the SR-91 Express Lanes from its current eastern terminus at the border of Orange and Riverside Counties, eastward to I-15. Additionally, one general-purpose lane will be added to the facility in each direction along the project route. | Riverside County | CA | $20,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Green Port Gateway: Major Rail Realignment at the Port of Long Beach | The Port of Long Beach will improve the lead tracks to two rail yards and relieve a chokepoint at the Ocean Boulevard overcrossing, where a large portion of the cargo enters or exits the port property. The objective is to improve efficiency, reduce environmental impacts of freight movements, and create jobs. The project will enable the port to move 35% of goods by on-dock rail by 2035. Freight operations at the Port of Long Beach have far reaching effects in the U.S. economy; the port, together with the adjacent Port of Los Angeles, moves approximately 40% of the nationÕs containerized goods. | Long Beach | CA | $17,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
| Saddle Road Improvement Project | The project will improve Saddle Road, the most direct cross-island route (east-west) on the ÒBig IslandÓ of Hawaii and the only paved access road to the U.S. ArmyÕs Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA). Currently, the route is not fully utilized for cross-island travel as considered one of the StateÕs most hazards highways. Roadway improvements include horizontal and vertical realignments, adding uphill passing lanes, and constructing truck escape ramps. The project will build on roadway investments made by the U.S. Army Ð 31 of the original 48-miles has been reconstructed to date. | Pohakuloa Training Area | HI | $13,500,000.00 | TIGER III |
| City of American Falls Downtown Complete Streets ProjectÊ | This will transform five blocks in the downtown area to complete streets that safely accommodate pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and public transportation. The project will narrow travel lanes, widen sidewalks, designate bike lanes, add trees, lighting, art, and streetscape planting, while making sidewalks ADA compliant. This grant is supported by substantial partnership from the county, local schools, Chamber of Commerce, and residents who initiated an annual clean-up of the downtown area, donating 1,000 hours of service. | American Falls | ID | $2,300,000.00 | TIGER III |
| South Link Expansion: SeaTac Airport to South 200th Street | The project provides the last piece to complete the extension of SeattleÕs regional light rail system from the SeaTac Airport to the South King neighborhood. The project will construct 1.6-miles of double track aerial guideway and a new light rail station at South 200th Street, reducing transit time to downtown Seattle by 19-minutes and to the University of Washington by 27-minutes from the new 200th St. Station. | Seattle | WA | $10,000,000.00 | TIGER III |
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