Consolidated

Consolidated grants provide funds for public transportation improvements within and between rural communities; tribal transportation; transportation services between cities; purchases of new buses and equipment; and public transportation services to seniors and people with disabilities.

This grant is partially supported by state funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) (22.3 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. Information about the CCA is available at www.climate.wa.gov.

This grant is also supported by funding from the Multimodal Account (11.8 percent), Rural Mobility Account (12.7 percent), and federal sources (53.2 percent).

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Awarded through a competitive process supported by state and federal funding. WSDOT works with an advisory committee when establishing ranking criteria for the competitive process.

Consolidated grants provide funds from six sources

Federal Transit Administration sources

  • Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities - Section 5310
  • Formula Grants for Rural Areas - Section 5311
  • Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Formula Program - Section 5339(a)

State sources

Eligible applicants

Nonprofits, tribes, public transit agencies, and local agencies in Washington state are eligible to apply.

Eligible projects

To be eligible, applicants must participate -and have their project need identified -in a regionally developed Coordinated Public Transportation - Human Services Transportation Plan. Contact the regional transportation planning organization (PDF 1.5MB) in your area to ensure that you can apply for 2025-2027 Consolidated Grant funds.

Operating

Projects directly related to system operation, such as operating assistance for rural public transportation services, operating assistance for paratransit/special needs transportation services, and feeder-bus service for the intercity network.

Mobility management 

  • Information services that help providers and passengers coordinate and understand available transportation options.
  • Short-range planning, management activities, or activities for improving coordination among public transportation and other transportation service providers.

Capital

Projects to purchase assets such as vehicles, equipment, and technology. Small construction projects less than $2.5 million, such as bus stop/sidewalk upgrades, public transportation facilities, and park-and-ride improvements.

Note: Large construction projects and ferry-vessel purchases are not eligible.

Planning

Planning, coordination, or other activities that address the needs of applicants and the communities they serve.

Match requirements

Applicants must provide matching funds for each project. The percentage of matching funds required depends on the project type:

  • Sustaining projects: Continuing operating or mobility management projects must provide 10 percent matching funds.
  • New projects: Capital and expansion of operating, mobility management, or planning projects not previously funded by a Consolidated grant must provide 5 percent matching funds.

Providing local match demonstrates a level of local commitment for the project.

Evaluation criteria

A panel of subject matter experts, with knowledge in areas such as rural transportation, human-centered transportation services and/or accessible transportation, transit asset management, and transit and local planning will evaluate 2025-2027 biennium grant applications using the following criteria. The project:

  • Establishes, preserves, or improves public transportation services.
  • Defines specific performance measures the applicant will use to determine the project’s success.
  • Addresses a recognized need within a community and reflects a community-led process of coordination and input.
  • Leverages funds from other sources and/or documents local commitment to support and implement the project.
  • Connects to other transportation systems and/or modes.
  • Appears to be feasible as described.
  • Complies with state rules (WAC 194-29) regarding alternative fuels (for vehicle-purchase projects only).
  • Contributes to the state’s effort to maintain the number of public transportation vehicles within their minimum useful life (for vehicle-purchase projects only).
  • Describes sufficient applicant experience managing transportation projects and grant awards.
  • Describes sufficient financial capability and resources by the applicant to implement and carry out the project within either two (July 1, 2025-June 30, 2027) or four (July 1, 2025-June 30, 2029) years.

Important dates

  • May 21, 2024: WSDOT posts notice of funding opportunity.
  • June 18, 2024: Grant applications available in the Grants Management System for the 2025-2027 biennium.
  • 3 p.m., Sept. 17, 2024: Grant applications due in the Grants Management System.
  • Sept. 18-Oct. 31, 2024: WSDOT reviews applications and works with applicants to make any application revisions.
  • 3 p.m., Nov. 19, 2024: Revised applications due in the Grants Management System.
  • Jan. 28, 2025: Regional rankings are due from regional transportation planning organizations.
  • February-March 2025: Independent evaluation panel reviews and scores applications.
  • May 2025: WSDOT sends 2025-2027 biennium grant award letters to grantees after the governor signs the transportation budget.
  • July 1, 2025: 2025-2027 biennium begins.

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Awards

This table illustrates 151 new and continuing Consolidated Grant projects funded for $110 million. This includes $10.9 million for 27 continuing four-year projects from 2021-2023 and $99.1 million for 124 new projects in 2023-2025.

OrganizationCounty/countiesProject titleAward
Asotin County Public Transportation Benefit Area Asotin Three replacement cutaways – two fixed-route and one dial-a-ride – with camera systems and annunciation equipment $397,451
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington – King County King Volunteer transportation program* $111,576
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington – Snohomish County Snohomish Disabled veteran’s transportation $92,046
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington – Pierce County Thurston Sustaining the Thurston Bus Buddies Program, which helps community members (including seniors and people with disabilities) learn about fixed-route services $109,278
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington – Pierce County Pierce Pierce County volunteer transportation services program $319,975
Central Transit (City of Ellensburg) Kittitas Central Transit's fixed-route and ADA demand-response operations $3,030,000
Clallam Transit System (Clallam County Public Transportation Benefit Area) Clallam Paratransit Services within Clallam County $2,141,941
Clallam Transit System (Clallam County Public Transportation Benefit Area) Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap Operating project to support the Strait Shot service* $307,413
Clallam Transit System (Clallam County Public Transportation Benefit Area) Clallam Route 16 rural and tribal access* $381,354
COAST Public Transportation (Council on Aging & Human Services) Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman Demand-response and deviated fixed-route public transportation services $999,214
COAST Public Transportation (Council on Aging & Human Services) Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman Four ADA-compliant minivans and one ADA-compliant light duty cutaway as replacement vehicles $384,680
Coastal CAP (Coastal Community Action Program) Mason, Thurston Sustaining the Driven to Opportunity Program; providing demand-response service to low-income, disabled, and special needs populations in the underserved rural areas of Thurston and Mason counties $375,058
Coastal CAP (Coastal Community Action Program) Grays Harbor, Pacific Sustaining the Driven to Opportunity Program; providing demand-response service to low-income, disabled, and special needs populations in Grays Harbor and Pacific counties $676,524
Coastal CAP (Coastal Community Action Program) Grays Harbor, Pacific Grays Harbor Driven to Opportunity Program ADA van replacement $90,000
Coastal CAP (Coastal Community Action Program) Mason, Thurston Thurston/Mason counties ADA van replacement $95,000
Columbia County Public Transportation Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla Sustaining accessible, six-days-per-week demand-response transportation services for the general public and for persons with special needs in Columbia County, with connections into Walla Walla and Garfield counties $2,342,500
Columbia County Public Transportation Columbia Capital assistance to replace two demand-response ADA cutaway buses and upgrade dispatch software $259,000
Community Action of Skagit County Skagit Special needs mobility management project* $48,938
Community Action of Skagit County Skagit Operating assistance for training of staff and volunteers and coordination of public transportation in rural areas of Skagit County $304,890
Community Action of Skagit County Skagit Fleet of cars for staff to conduct senior and disabled client home visits, facilitate street outreach to unhoused clients, attend training, and fund fleet maintenance and fleet storage space $424,710
Community in Motion Clark North County Shuttle Service program $465,100
Community in Motion Clark Employment transportation program* $511,501
Community in Motion Cowlitz, Wahkiakum Sustaining operating assistance for Reserve-A-Ride program providing transportation for seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, and other at-risk Cowlitz/Wahkiakum residents $697,499
Community in Motion Clark Sustaining operating assistance for CIM's Reserve-A-Ride program providing transportation for seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, and other at-risk Clark County residents $855,411
Cowlitz Indian Tribe Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis Cowlitz tribal transit service – rural demand response $658,782
Cowlitz Indian Tribe Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis Cowlitz tribal transit service – rural demand planning $42,500
Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum Mobility management program $259,473
Ecumenical Christian Helping Hands Organization (ECHHO) Jefferson Volunteer driver program that provides no-cost transportation to elderly, disabled, and low-income residents of east Jefferson County $34,392
Entrust Community Services Yakima Door-to-door special needs services* $461,982
Garfield County Transportation Authority Garfield Operating assistance to sustain demand-response service $680,900
Grant Transit Authority (Grant County Public Transportation Benefit Area) Grant Preservation of public transportation services* $1,500,000
Grant Transit Authority (Grant County Public Transportation Benefit Area) Grant Two propane-fueled cutaway buses to replace two propane cutaway buses that have surpassed their useful life to provide general public transportation within Grant County $339,974
Grays Harbor Transit (Grays Harbor Transportation Authority) Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Thurston Sustaining fixed-route and demand-response public transportation services in Grays Harbor County $1,520,361
Grays Harbor Transit (Grays Harbor Transportation Authority) Grays Harbor, Lewis, Pacific, Thurston Replace 10 (ten), 35-foot-long heavy-duty coaches and two light-duty cutaways beyond their useful life $4,656,000
Hood River County Transportation District Klickitat Summer weekend White Salmon/Bingen Hood River fixed-route service $25,093
Hood River County Transportation District Skamania Seasonal intercity, fixed-route service that provides access to the Dog Mountain Trailhead along State Route 14 during peak wildflower season from Cascade Locks (limited) and Stevenson (primary) $48,000
Hopelink King, Pierce, Snohomish Regional Alliance for Resilient and Equitable Transportation (RARET) $191,282
Hopelink King, Pierce, Snohomish Central Puget Sound One-Call/One-Click program $583,561
Hopelink King Mobility management in King County $965,807
HopeSource Kittitas Kittitas County connector operations $733,998
HopeSource Kittitas HopeSource dial-a-ride service $1,880,367
HopeSource Kittitas HopeSource dial-a-ride vehicle replacements $100,000
HopeSource Kittitas Central Transit vehicle replacement $384,000
Intercity Transit Pierce, Thurston Thurston/Pierce regional connector* $1,479,458
Island Transit (Island County Public Transportation Benefit Area) Island Sustaining the mobility management program $155,989
Island Transit (Island County Public Transportation Benefit Area) Island, Skagit, Snohomish Sustaining rural public transportation service (North Sound Regional Connector) $3,249,436
IslandRides (San Juan Islands Shuttle System) San Juan Sustaining operations of IslandRides $978,150
IslandRides (San Juan Islands Shuttle System) San Juan IslandRides vehicles: three Kia EV6s and one Chrysler WAV $308,750
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Clallam Sustaining Clallam Transit System Route 50 fixed-route service to Blyn $277,326
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Clallam, Jefferson Commute trip reduction survey and mobility plan for Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe employees $78,375
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Clallam, Jefferson New electric transit shuttle $90,250
Jefferson Transit (Jefferson Transit Authority) Jefferson Sustaining deviated fixed-route service between Forks and Amanda Park along US 101, Monday through Saturday $411,958
Jefferson Transit (Jefferson Transit Authority) Jefferson Sustaining fixed-route and on-demand ADA service for the some of the most vulnerable and transit-dependent residents of east Jefferson County $3,555,118
King County Metro Transit King Sustaining community shuttles for seniors and people with disabilities in King County $609,018
Kitsap Transit (Kitsap County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority) Kitsap Paratransit ACCESS bus $652,083
Link Transit (Chelan Douglas Public Transportation Benefit Area) Chelan, Douglas Sustaining mobility management program $212,000
Link Transit (Chelan-Douglas Public Transportation Benefit Area) Chelan Sustaining Upper Valley demand-response $106,000
Link Transit (Chelan-Douglas Public Transportation Benefit Area) Chelan, Douglas Transportation reimbursement intercommunity program (TRIP-Link) $142,500
Link Transit (Chelan-Douglas Public Transportation Benefit Area) Chelan, Douglas Sustaining commuter routes $1,300,000
Link Transit (Chelan-Douglas Public Transportation Benefit Area) Chelan Sustaining general public dial-a-ride service in greater Chelan area* $218,913
Lower Columbia CAP (Lower Columbia Community Action Council, Inc.) Clark, Cowlitz Connecting the I-5 corridor: operating assistance to sustain rural public transportation service between Vancouver and Castle Rock $969,750
Lower Columbia CAP (Lower Columbia Community Action Council, Inc.) Clark, Cowlitz Connecting the I-5 corridor: capital vehicle replacements $200,000
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation (Lummi Indian Business Council) Whatcom Sustaining weekday fixed-route services within the Lummi Reservation; providing transportation to employment, education, health, social, government, and retail $991,041
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation (Lummi Indian Business Council) Whatcom Pole-mounted seating at 12 stops $15,000
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation (Lummi Indian Business Council) Whatcom Propane-powered, half-ton pickup truck $59,900
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation (Lummi Indian Business Council) Whatcom Retrofit vehicles and equipment to propane $250,000
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation (Lummi Indian Business Council) Whatcom Vehicles and equipment $799,613
Makah Tribal Council Clallam Sustaining public transportation needs to the community on the Makah Reservation, including elderly, disabled, and low-income populations; and providing access to off-reservation needs $187,945
Mason Transit Authority (Mason County Public Transportation Benefit Area) Mason Sustaining Mason County dial-a-ride service $1,856,400
Mason Transit Authority (Mason County Public Transportation Benefit Area) Mason Capital vehicle replacement of three (3), 35-foot-long buses beyond their useful life $1,386,753
Mid-Columbia Economic Development District Klickitat, Skamania Gorge TransLink Alliance mobility management* $75,245
Mid-Columbia Economic Development District Klickitat, Skamania Gorge Regional Transit Network: inclusive outreach and education project $77,000
Mid-Columbia Economic Development District Klickitat, Skamania Gorge Regional Transit Network: implementation planning $50,000
Mt. Adams Transportation Service (Klickitat County Senior Services) Klickitat Mt. Adams Express fixed-route service $554,768
Mt. Adams Transportation Service (Klickitat County Senior Services) Klickitat Dial-a-ride services $980,756
Mt. Adams Transportation Service (Klickitat County Senior Services) Klickitat Replacement vehicles for dial-a-ride and fixed-route service $424,800
Mt. Si Senior Center King, Snohomish Mt. Si Senior Center Snoqualmie Valley Transportation expansion to weekend service $677,088
Mt. Si Senior Center King, Snohomish Sustaining Mt. Si Senior Center Snoqualmie Valley Transportation $1,110,971
Northshore Senior Center King Northshore Senior Center transportation $130,370
OCTN (Okanogan County Transportation & Nutrition) Okanogan Sustaining Okanogan County demand-response service $1,096,874
OCTN (Okanogan County Transportation & Nutrition) Okanogan Bus replacements $428,624
OCTN (Okanogan County Transportation & Nutrition) Okanogan Sustain commuter routes $946,890
Pacific Transit System (Pacific County Public Transportation Benefit Area) Pacific Sustaining rural public transportation for paratransit fleet that provides ADA and senior service for Pacific County $388,624
Pacific Transit System (Pacific County Public Transportation Benefit Area) Pacific Operating assistance for rural transportation system $1,550,768
People For People Benton, Franklin Mobility management preservation for Benton and Franklin Counties* $142,764
People For People Yakima Mobility management preservation for Yakima County $153,329
People For People Adams, Grant, Lincoln Mobility management preservation for Adams, Grant, and Lincoln counties* $170,613
People For People Adams, Benton, Franklin Special needs transportation for Adams, Benton, and Franklin counties* $287,321
People For People Adams, Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane Preservation of rural special needs transportation for Adams, Grant, and Lincoln counties $3,308,293
People For People Yakima Preservation of rural special needs transportation for Yakima County $3,394,974
People For People Adams, Grant, Lincoln, Yakima Transit technology planning for Adams, Grant, Lincoln, and Yakima counties $14,980
People For People Adams, Benton, Chelan, Franklin, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane Replacement vehicles to sustain special needs transportation in Adams, Grant, and Lincoln counties $579,897
People For People Yakima Replacement vehicles to sustain special needs transportation for Yakima County $711,670
Pierce County (Pierce County Human Services) Pierce Mobility management and special needs transportation* $184,000
Pierce County Human Services (Pierce County) Pierce Sustaining accessible demand and deviated fixed-route transportation for special needs riders in east and south Pierce County $1,746,846
Pierce Transit (Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation) Pierce Special needs transit connector* $294,895
PSESD (Puget Sound Educational Service District) King, Pierce Sustaining the Road to Independence demand-response program that assists individuals with special needs in rural south King and east Pierce counties where there is little or no service $676,000
Pullman Transit (City of Pullman) Whitman Fixed-route service expansion to the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport $586,780
Pullman Transit (City of Pullman) Whitman Dial-a-ride paratransit service in Pullman $921,322
Pullman Transit (City of Pullman) Whitman Fixed-route service in Pullman $3,942,960
Pullman Transit (City of Pullman) Whitman Capital procurement assistance for two electric buses in Pullman $1,022,080
RiverCities Transit (City of Longview) Cowlitz Sustaining paratransit services for the Longview/Kelso urban area $895,353
Rural Resources Community Action Stevens Ferry County deviated fixed-route service $182,410
Rural Resources Community Action Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens Sustaining weekday commuter services between Kettle Falls and Colville and between Chewelah and Colville $460,438
Rural Resources Community Action Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens Tri-County dial-a-ride service $1,131,569
San Juan County (San Juan County Health and Community Services) San Juan San Juan County transportation voucher program $395,868
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Skagit, Snohomish Sustaining fixed-route service between Darrington, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Reservation, and Concrete in rural Snohomish and Skagit counties $463,463
Senior Services of Snohomish County (Homage Senior Services) Island, King, Snohomish Transportation Assistance Program outreach* $116,382
Senior Services of Snohomish County (Homage Senior Services) Snohomish Pay Your Pal program* $83,308
Senior Services of Snohomish County (Homage Senior Services) Snohomish Expanding Transportation Assistance Program* $372,229
Senior Services of Snohomish County (Homage Senior Services) Snohomish Deviated fixed-route service from Darrington to Smokey Point $605,000
Senior Services of Snohomish County (Homage Senior Services) Snohomish Sustaining Transportation Assistance Program* $1,446,188
Skagit Transit (Skagit Transit System) Skagit Community engagement coordinator position to conduct outreach with Limited English Proficiency population of Skagit County $134,577
Skagit Transit (Skagit Transit System) Skagit Increase frequency of transit service in western Skagit County $605,272
Skagit Transit (Skagit Transit System) Skagit Increase frequency of transit services in east Skagit County $609,120
Skagit Transit (Skagit Transit System) Island, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom Northwest Washington regional public transportation study $160,000
Skagit Transit (Skagit Transit System) Skagit Replacement of heavy-duty transit coaches $2,660,000
Skamania County Senior Services (Skamania County) Clark, Skamania Route-deviated transit service* $217,856
Skamania County Senior Services (Skamania County) Clark, Klickitat, Skamania Dial-a-ride service* $317,824
Skamania County Senior Services (Skamania County) Clark, Klickitat, Skamania Skamania County vehicle replacement $232,000
Sound Generations King Hyde Shuttle Eastside: community-based demand-response service for seniors and people with disabilities in Bellevue, Kirkland, and Redmond $577,600
Sound Generations King Hyde Shuttle: sustaining a community-based paratransit service for seniors and people with disabilities in urban, suburban, and rural King County $2,093,007
Special Mobility Services Spokane Spokane County mobility management project $707,324
Special Mobility Services Spokane Newport Community shuttle $314,718
Special Mobility Services Adams, Lincoln, Spokane Davenport and Ritzville community shuttles $458,503
Special Mobility Services Spokane Deer Park dial-a-ride and community shuttle $678,965
Special Mobility Services Inc. Spokane Replacement buses to sustain Deer Park services $324,000
Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners Spokane Neighbors on the Go program $211,885
Spokane Tribe (Spokane Tribe of Indians) Spokane, Stevens Moccasin Express* $744,150
Spokane Tribe (Spokane Tribe of Indians) Stevens Spokane Tribe Moccasin Express fleet replacement $304,000
Squaxin Island Tribe Grays Harbor, Mason, Thurston Operating assistance for Squaxin Transit $224,139
Squaxin Island Tribe Grays Harbor, Mason, Thurston Squaxin Transit capital equipment $117,130
Stanwood Community and Senior Center Island, Snohomish Snow Goose transit operations $584,986
The Arc of Tri-Cities Benton, Franklin Demand-response transportation services* $48,240
The Arc of Tri-Cities Benton, Franklin Continuing operation of community van service $85,689
Thurston Regional Planning Council Grays Harbor, Lewis, Thurston Expanding ruralTransit (rT) program $885,221
Thurston Regional Planning Council Grays Harbor, Lewis, Thurston ruralTransit (rT) program $1,818,871
Transportation Choices Coalition King, Pierce, Snohomish Regional mobility survey for priority populations $80,000
Tri County Economic Development District Stevens Regional mobility veterans services coordinator position* $145,705
Twin Transit (Lewis Public Transportation Benefit Area) Cowlitz, Lewis, Thurston Two mobility management positions to help providers and passengers in Lewis, Cowlitz and Thurston counties understand available transit options; demand-response and fixed-route planning and operational software to improve mobility management and coordination $450,684
Twin Transit (Lewis Public Transportation Benefit Area) Cowlitz, Lewis, Thurston Fixed-route and demand-response staffing and program support $858,561
Twin Transit (Lewis Public Transportation Benefit Area) Lewis Demand-response and special needs services $1,892,401
Twin Transit (Lewis Public Transportation Benefit Area) Cowlitz, Lewis, Thurston Fixed-route and deviated services $5,597,166
United Way of Pierce County Pierce South Sound 2-1-1 $309,058
Wahkiakum Health and Human Services/Wahkiakum on the Move Cowlitz, Pacific, Wahkiakum Rural bus service* $885,084
Wahkiakum Health and Human Services/Wahkiakum on the Move Cowlitz, Pacific, Wahkiakum Purchase two replacement buses that provide the only connection between Longview/Kelso and Naselle $160,000
Whatcom Council of Governments Whatcom Sustaining existing mobility management services and expanding activities and materials to teach seniors and youth how to ride fixed-route transit $235,000
Whatcom Transportation Authority Whatcom Rural transit service* $183,264
Workforce Snohomish (Snohomish County Workforce Development Council) Snohomish Sustaining special needs transportation services* $203,280
Yakama Nation (Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation) Yakima Sustaining operations for extended route $120,252
Yakima Valley Conference of Governments Yakima Yakima Valley transit study – Phase II $50,000

*Indicates a four-year continuing project that began in the 2021-2023 biennium.

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