California’s Clean Mobility Options Voucher Program (CMO) has distributed $33 million in awards to under-resourced communities and tribes. This round of funding brings California’s investment in reducing mobility gaps to $66 million. 

This aims to combat two main problems in California: air pollution and a lack of clean transportation options for low-income or disadvantaged communities. 

“For many awardees, this will be a first-of-its-kind mobility project to be funded and launched in their community,” said California Air Resources Board Executive Officer Dr. Steven Cliff, “Clean Mobility Options was designed around the belief that these communities should receive the highest sustained investments toward safe, efficient, affordable, reliable, and clean transportation options that connect them to the places they need to thrive.”

Latest Awards

The $33 million was awarded to be allocated as follows:

• $12.5 million for general funding recipients

• $3 million for eligible tribal governments

• $7.5 million for Window 1 Community Transportation Needs Assessment (CTNA) awardees

• $10 million set aside for Window 1 Mobility Project Vouchers

The Mobility Project Voucher (MPV) gives communities the funding support necessary to launch a clean mobility support project to address their unique needs. 

Supported modes of zero-emissions transportation include:

• On-demand shuttles, vans, and buses

• Traditional fixed route transit services – like school buses

• Bicycle-sharing and scooter-sharing

• Carpooling and vanpooling

• Electric carsharing

• On-demand rideshare services

Ten million dollars was offered to Window 1 MPV awardees to help cover higher-than-expected insurance, labor, and operational costs.

Projects Launched

This funding has allowed the following projects to successfully launch:

1. Biz-Bikes: Fresno Metro Black Chamber Foundation’s bikeshare service.

2. Calexico Mobility On Demand: Imperial County Transportation Commission’s shuttle and innovative transit service.

3. CV Community Shuttle: City of Chula Vista’s shuttle and innovative transit service.

4. FRANC Program: National City’s shuttle and innovative transit service.

5. Good2Go Bikes: Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator’s bikeshare service.

6. Green Raiteros and Green Cruiser Program: Latino Equity Advocacy & Policy Institute’s – Huron, bikeshare and shuttle and innovative transit service.

7. MyEVLA Carshare: Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles’s carshare service.

8. OmniRide Bloomington: Omnitrans’ San Bernardino ride-on-demand service.

9. On-Demand Electric Vehicle Service for the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians’ Reservation: Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians carshare service.

10. On-demand Oakland Unified Student Transportation: Oakland Unified School District’s ride-on-demand service.

11. Redding Bikeshare: The McConnell Foundation’s bikeshare service.

12. Rialto Bike Share Program: City of Rialto’s bikeshare service.

13. Richmond MOVES: City of Richmond’s shuttle and innovative transit service.

14. Richmond Community Carshare: Richmond Community Foundation’s carshare service.

15. Riverside Clean Air Carshare: City of Richmond’s hydrogen fuel cell vehicles carshare service.

16. South El Monte Electric Carshare Program: The Energy Coalition Los Angeles’ carshare service.

17. Stockton EV Car Share Program: San Joaquin Council of Governments’ carshare service.

18. Zero Emissions Multimodal Transportation Ecosystem: Community Economic Development Corporation & Institute for Maximum Human Potential’s shuttle service and innovative transit service.

19. Let’s Go Costa Mesa: City of Costa Mesa’s shuttle service and innovative transit service.

20. Mid-City Go: North Park Main Street’s Shuttle and Innovative Transit Service.

21. Via San Diego: City of El Cajon’s shuttle and innovative transit service.

22. Van-Werx: Fresno Metro Black Chamber Foundation’s shuttle and innovative transit service.