About 43% of the 2015 TIGER grants went to rural projects accounted -- the most for non-urban areas in the program's history. Roughly 37% of this latest round of grants was awarded to highways and ...

No project shows these flaws quite like the Atlanta Streetcar, which received $47 million in TIGER grants in 2010 (the most of any project that year) on the promise of delivering a streetcar ...

Yet, 'Project Tiger' ends on a hopeful note. After all the struggles, it became one of the most successful wildlife protection initiatives in the world. And that's something to be proud of.

RTA had no immediate word on where the project goes from here. The agency will apply for a TIGER grant in 2015 "for a project yet to be determined," spokeswoman Linda Krecic said.