Rural Mobility

These competitive and transit formula grants support rural and small urban areas. Grant recipients use these funds to purchase or enhance vehicles and facilities as well as support operations.

Formula funds are based on sales tax expenditures, including money spent in county locations outside of the transit agency service area.

Awards

The 2023-2025 Rural Mobility grants table below shows 47 projects awarded approximately $23.7 million for July 2023-June 2025.

Organization

County/counties

Award

Asotin County Public Transportation Benefit Area

Asotin

$65,723

Chelan Douglas Public Transportation Benefit Area

Chelan, Douglas

$142,500

City of Ellensburg

Kittitas

$1,065,000

City of Pullman

Whitman

$80,687

City of Pullman

Whitman

$950,934

City of Pullman

Whitman

$586,780

Coastal Community Action Program

Grays Harbor, Pacific

$90,000

Columbia County Public Transportation

Columbia

$6,248

Columbia County Public Transportation

Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla

$780,834

Garfield County Transportation Authority

Garfield

$25,319

Garfield County Transportation Authority

Garfield

$680,900

Grays Harbor Transit Authority

Grays Harbor

$954,410

Grays Harbor Transportation Authority

Grays Harbor, Lewis, Pacific, Thurston

$663,200

Hood River County Transportation District

Klickitat

$25,093

Hood River County Transportation District

Skamania

$48,000

HopeSource

Kittitas

$274,975

Island County Public Transportation Benefit Area

Island

$3,259,447

Jefferson Transit Authority

Jefferson

$262,676

Kitsap County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority

Kitsap

$809,531

Klickitat County Senior Services

Klickitat

$554,768

Lewis Public Transportation Benefit Area

Cowlitz, Lewis, Thurston

$321,961

Lewis Public Transportation Benefit Area

Lewis

$290,884

Lewis Public Transportation Benefit Area

Cowlitz, Lewis, Thurston

$1,052,943

Lower Columbia Community Action Council, Inc

Clark, Cowlitz

$969,750

Mason County Public Transportation Benefit Area

Mason

$2,473,848

Mid-Columbia Economic Development District

Klickitat, Skamania

$77,000

Mid-Columbia Economic Development District

Klickitat, Skamania

$50,000

Mt. Si Senior Center

King, Snohomish

$450,000

Okanogan County Transit Authority

Okanogan

$45,460

Okanogan County Transportation & Nutrition

Okanogan

$946,890

Pacific County Public Transportation Benefit Area

Pacific

$210,151

People For People

Benton, Franklin

$15,863

Puget Sound Educational Service District

King, Pierce

$32,861

Rural Resources Community Action

Stevens

$182,410

Rural Resources Community Action

Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens

$460,438

San Juan County

San Juan

$395,868

Skagit Transit System

Island, Skagit Snohomish, Whatcom

$160,000

Skamania County

Clark, Skamania

$217,856

Skamania County

Clark, Klickitat, Skamania

$317,824

Skamania County

Clark, Klickitat, Skamania

$232,000

Special Mobility Services Inc.

Spokane

$104,906

Special Mobility Services Inc.

Adams, Lincoln, Spokane

$458,503

Thurston Regional Planning Council

Grays Harbor, Lewis

$917,650

Thurston Regional Planning Council

Grays Harbor, Lewis, Thurston

$941,176

Wahkiakum Health & Human Services

Cowlitz, Pacific, Wahkiakum

$885,084

Wahkiakum Health & Human Services

Cowlitz, Pacific, Wahkiakum

$160,000

Whatcom Council of Governments

Whatcom

$26,111

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