Transportation Demand Management Grants

Commute trip reduction grants are for local jurisdictions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and keep the busiest commute routes flowing. Local jurisdictions work with employers, who develop and manage their own programs based on locally adopted goals.

This grant is supported by state funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) (34.8 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 (65.2 percent).

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These programs help more commuters ride transit, carpool, vanpool, walk, bicycle and telework. The grants support more than 1,000 worksites and more than 500,000 workers statewide. These workers left about 22,000 cars at home every weekday and outperformed the state and national averages for options other than driving alone. Eligible jurisdictions and the funding formula were determined by the state's Transportation Demand Management Technical Committee (also known as the Commute Trip Reduction Board) in consultation with other stakeholders.

Awards

The table below lists 27 projects awarded nearly $6.5 million in state funding during the 2025-2027 biennium.

OrganizationCountyAward
City of AuburnKing$90,100
City of BellevueKing$515,000
City of BurienKing$31,300
City of Des MoinesKing$31,300
City of EverettSnohomish$204,200
City of Federal WayKing$44,300
City of IssaquahKing$50,900
City of KentKing$90,100
City of KirklandKing$83,500
City of Mercer IslandKing$31,300
City of RedmondKing$214,300
City of RentonKing$50,900
City of SeaTacKing$90,100
City of SeattleKing$1,528,200
City of ShorelineKing$44,300
City of TacomaPierce$214,300
City of TukwilaKing$103,200
City of VancouverClark$360,300
City of WoodinvilleKing$31,300
King County MetroKing$37,900
Kitsap TransitKitsap$215,100
Pierce County Planning and Public WorksPierce$321,900
Snohomish County Public Transit Benefit Area Corp.Snohomish$365,700
Spokane CountySpokane$654,200
Thurston Regional Planning CouncilThurston$750,000
Whatcom Council of GovernmentsWhatcom$122,800
Yakima Valley Conference of GovernmentsYakima$187,500

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