Development) stating that the new program would better make a positive impact throughout the country and fund projects that have a significant local or regional impact. The most important thing that US DOT changed was the criteria. In the FY 2018 budget that funded TIGER, Congress directed the US DOT to keep the same criteria as the past: Safety, state of good repair, economic competitiveness, environmental sustainability and quality of life. US DOT kept those required by Congress, but added three more: * Innovation - including technological, financing and project delivery * Partnerships, and * Non-federal revenue for transportation infrastructure investment. These three new criteria are reminiscent of the Trump Administration's infrastructure package which prioritized public-private partnerships and had as the top priority the percent of funding the local government could secure. The less an applicant needed from the federal government, the more likely they were to receive it! 22 BICYCLE FRIENDLY AMERICAhttp://www.bikeleague.org/content/infrastructure-principles-coming-soon-trump-administration