Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility formula grants

These transit formula grants sustain and expand services to people with disabilities, seniors, children, and people living in rural areas.

Paratransit/Special Needs

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

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Paratransit/Special Needs formula grants assist transit agencies around the state in sustaining and expanding services to people with disabilities, including seniors and children.

Rural Mobility

Rural Mobility formula grants support transit agencies in providing public transportation services in rural and small urban service areas. The funds for these grants are based on sales tax expenditures.

Awards

This table provides an overview of the $116.6 million in formula funds awarded to 31 transit agencies for the 2023-2025 biennium for Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility.

WSDOT Awarded $108.4 million in Paratransit/Special Needs formula funding to transit agencies for the 2023-2025 biennium.

WSDOT awarded $8.2 million in Rural Mobility formula funding to transit agencies for the 2024 state fiscal year. These funds are distributed annually. The 2025 state fiscal year awards will be determined in June 2024.

Organization

Paratransit/Special Needs formula

2023-2025

Rural Mobility

formula funds 2024

Total award

Asotin County PTBA (Asotin County Public Transportation Benefit Area)

$130,179

$65,723

$195,902

Ben Franklin Transit (Benton Franklin Public Transportation)

$7,021,875

$0

$7,021,875

Central Transit (City of Ellensburg)

$8,436

$0

$8,436

Clallam Transit System (Clallam County Public Transportation Benefit Area)

$1,047,873

$0

$1,047,873

Columbia County Public Transportation

$658,047

$6,248

$664,295

Community Transit (Snohomish County Public Transit Benefit Area Corp.)

$4,298,575

$0

$4,298,575

C-TRAN (Clark County Public Transit Agency)

$4,826,660

$0

$4,826,660

Everett Transit

$2,666,768

$0

$2,666,768

Garfield County Transportation Authority

$153,296

$25,319

$178,615

Grant Transit Authority (Grant County Public Transportation Benefit Area)

$2,255,616

$0

$2,255,616

Grays Harbor Transit (Grays Harbor Transportation Authority)

$1,132,943

$954,410

$2,087,353

Intercity Transit

$7,596,615

$0

$7,596,615

Island Transit (Island County Public Transportation Benefit Area)

$2,624,466

$3,259,447

$5,883,913

Jefferson Transit (Jefferson Transit Authority)

$635,437

$262,676

$898,113

King County Metro Transit

$32,524,500

$0

$32,524,500

Kitsap Transit (Kitsap County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority)

$6,939,292

$809,531

$7,748,823

Link Transit (Chelan Douglas Public Transportation Benefit Area)

$2,882,905

$0

$2,882,905

Mason Transit Authority (Mason County Public Transportation Benefit Area)

$3,503,930

$2,473,848

$5,977,778

Pacific Transit System (Pacific County Public Transportation Benefit Area)

$363,124

$210,151

$573,275

Pierce Transit (Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation)

$7,012,661

$0

$7,012,661

Pullman Transit (City of Pullman)

$519,228

$80,687

$599,915

RiverCities Transit (City of Longview)

$701,599

$0

$701,599

Selah Transit (City of Selah)

$27,763

$0

$27,763

Skagit Transit (Skagit Transit System)

$2,272,582

$0

$2,272,582

Spokane Transit Authority

$6,961,936

$0

$6,961,936

TranGO (Okanogan County Transit Authority)

$124,649

$45,460

$170,109

Twin Transit (Lewis Public Transportation Benefit Area)

$1,909,535

$0

$1,909,535

Union Gap Transit (City of Union Gap)

$63,991

$0

$63,991

Valley Transit

$756,323

$0

$756,323

Whatcom Transportation Authority

$6,003,367

$0

$6,003,367

Yakima Transit (City of Yakima)

$790,829

$0

$790,829

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