In addition to Atlanta, today Salt Lake City's Sugar House Streetcar project was awarded a $26 million TIGER II Grant by the Federal Department of Transportation.  The $45 million project will act as development-oriented transit by linking the region's light rail system to major redevelopment areas.  This grant is yet another example of the Obama Administration's growing commitment to funding streetcars: nearly $400 million has now been awarded to streetcar projects in the past year to cities including Atlanta, Cincinnati, Charlotte, Dallas, Fort Worth, New Orleans, Portland, Salt Lake City, St. Louis, and Tuscon.