Guidance and Applications
TIFIA Program Guide
This Program Guide, written for prospective TIFIA applicants, describes how the Department of Transportation administers the TIFIA program.
DOT updated the Program Guide to reflect recent reauthorization legislation under SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 109-59). Two new requirements were added to this version for the Letter of Interest (required form) and the Application (required Executive Summary Form). Additional Program Guide revisions will be released when the rulemaking process is complete.
The TIFIA Program Guide includes the following sections (Adobe PDF Format):
- Contacting the TIFIA Credit Program, general contact information.
- Chapter 1 introduces the program's objectives and provides an overview of how the program operates.
- Chapter 2 details the required terms for individual credit instruments and describes how these instruments are funded.
- Chapter 3 describes the eligibility requirements concerning types of projects, activities, cost limits, and applicants.
- Chapter 4 describes the process by which applicants may apply for TIFIA assistance.
- Chapter 5 describes the evaluation and selection process that the DOT uses to determine who receives credit assistance.
- Chapter 6 discusses the contractual documents, prerequisites for executing such documents, and the ongoing monitoring requirements.
- Chapter 7 discusses special issues related to loan guarantees.
- Appendices include a list of acronyms, the TIFIA legislation and regulations, the Letter of Interest form (Word version), the Application form (Word version) and the evaluation criteria.
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