In the first round of Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant awards under the Trump administration, the Dept. of Transportation has put a major emphasis on rural projects, awarding such proposals more than 60% of the $487.1 million total it distributed.
President Trump wants to see TIGER come to an end and has called for zeroing out its funds in fiscal year 2018. But the program is popular among state and local officials and has prominent Capitol Hill advocates, particularly in the Senate.