State Buses and Bus Facilities Grant Program – Washington - fundsforNGOs

State Buses and Bus Facilities grants provide funding to transit agencies for the replacement, expansion, rehabilitation, and purchase of transit rolling stock; construction, modification, or rehabilitation of transit facilities; and funding to adapt to technological change or innovation through the retrofitting of transit rolling stock and facilities.

Donor Name: Washington State Department of Transportation

State: Washington

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 01/10/2023

Size of the Grant: Up to $37.5 million

Grant Duration: 2 years

Details:

Gov. Inslee signed Move Ahead Washington into law on March 25, 2022. Its passage increases funding for public transportation by $3 billion across 16 years. The legislation further establishes a State Buses and Bus Facilities Grant program (RCW 47.66.130) “to provide grants to any transit authority for the replacement, expansion, rehabilitation, and purchase of transit rolling stock; construction, modification, or rehabilitation of transit facilities; and funding to adapt to technological change or innovation through the retrofitting of transit rolling stock and facilities.” Of particular note, RCW 47.66.130(2)(a) requires that “the department must incorporate environmental justice principles into the grant selection process, with the goal of increasing the distribution of funding to communities based on addressing environmental harms and provide environmental benefits for overburdened communities, as defined in RCW 70A.02.010, and vulnerable populations.

Funding Information

They anticipate up to $37.5 million in state funding for State Buses and Bus Facilities grants in the 2023-2025 biennium. The Legislature will determine the funding level during the 2023-2025 legislative session.
Award period: July 1, 2023-June 30, 2025

Eligibility Criteria

Any transit agency in Washington state is an eligible applicant. A transit agency is defined as: