Feds Open the Spigots to 'Green' the Nation's Vehicles, Ports, and Roads - Over 51 projects across the U.S. have been identified as meeting TIGER grant criteria, from light-rail to intermodal terminals

摘要

It's February 17. States nationwide and their departments of transportation, cities and regions are eagerly, perhaps anxiously, awaiting the announcement of the winners of $1.5 billion in so-called TIGER grants: short for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Discretionary Grant Program. Raymond LaHood, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, is on hand personally to make the awards announcement. This isn't the Academy Awards, but the impact will be far greater - a cash infusion to state and regional economies and those vendors that manufacture the technology and materials that go into highway reconstruction, terminal buildings, and trucks that range from light- and medium-sized to over-the-road.