The Green Transportation Capital Grant Program provides funding to transit authorities for cost-effective capital projects that reduce the carbon intensity of the Washington transportation system.
Donor Name: Washington State Department of Transportation
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/12/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
This grant is supported by state funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) (76.7 percent). The CCA supports Washington’s climate action efforts by putting cap-and-invest dollars to work reducing climate pollution, creating jobs, and improving public health.
Funding Information
Historically, they’ve awarded between $12 million and $50 million in state-funded Green Transportation Capital Grants each biennium.
Project Period
July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027.
Eligible Projects
Vehicles, equipment, and zero-emission transition plan applications must be two-year projects only. Construction projects may be two or four years.
Capital projects and related expenditures may include:
- Electrification of transit vehicle fleets, including battery and fuel cell-operated electric vehicles.
- Updating or modifying facilities for fleet electrification and/or hydrogen refueling infrastructure.
- New facilities that directly and primarily support fleet electrification.
- Construction of charging and fueling stations to support transit fleet electrification.
- Necessary upgrades to electrical transmission and distribution systems.
- In-house staff directly managing a capital construction project.
- Acquisition of property rights for capital projects.
Eligibility Criteria
Any transit agency in Washington state is an eligible applicant. A transit agency is defined as:
- City transit system under RCW 35.58.2721 or chapter 35.95A RCW
- County public transportation authority under chapter 36.57 RCW
- Metropolitan municipal corporation transit system under chapter 36.56 RCW
- Public transportation benefit area under chapter 36.57A RCW
- Unincorporated transportation benefit area under RCW 36.57.100
- Regional transit authority under chapter 81.112 RCW
- Special purpose district formed to operate a public transportation system
For more information, visit WSDOT.
