Rail Projects Untracked as USDOT Rolls Out Funding Package

摘要

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation awarded $1.5 billion in grants through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to 51 projects in 41 states and the District of Columbia on Feb. 17, underscoring the Obama administration's transportation priorities.rnThe Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery funds, known as TIGER grants, target projects that USDOT identified as being "major national and regional transportation projects that are in many cases difficult to pursue through other government funding programs."