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: (mm/dd/yyyy) 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.