Formula funds make up nearly 85% of IIJA award funding reported to USAspending.gov at time of analysis

Transportation for America's analysis of IIJA projects evaluates a database of projects logged to USAspending.gov. This dataset includes information on the type of program projects were funded by. Formula fund awards represent 84% of analyzed funding in this report's federal dataset, with discretionary grants (and other projects reported as funded by non-formula fund sources) making up only 16% of evaluated funding.