Central Region Projects in Action
Below are summaries of California Air Resources Board (CARB) funded community-specific projects in the northern region. There are 5 different categories of funded projects highlighted on this page: Regional Clean Mobility Pilot Projects, Clean Mobility Options Voucher Pilots (CMO), Sustainable Transportation Equity Projects (STEP), Clean Mobility in Schools Projects (CMiS), and Advanced Technology Demonstration and Pilot Projects. View Regional Map
(Counties include: Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne)
Regional Clean Mobility Pilot Projects
| Project Name/Grantee | Project Details |
|---|---|
Ecosystem of Shared Mobility in the San Joaquin Valley
Grantee: | A suite of mobility services located in six disadvantaged counties in the San Joaquin Valley. The first pilot is an electric vehicle carsharing service known as Míocar, located in affordable housing complexes in eight rural communities in Tulare and Kern counties. The second is a volunteer ridesharing service, known as VOGO, which supplements existing transit services in transport-disadvantaged rural areas in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties. The third is a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform that allows planning and payment for fixed and demand-responsive transit services, including VOGO, in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties. Location: San Joaquin Valley Grant Amount: $3,119,000 Resource Contribution: $1,311,084 Project Participant Demographic Information: Míocar: 77% Hispanic/Latino and 23% Other 20% below $25,000 annual household income (AHHI), 18% between $25,000 and $50,000 AHHI, and 62% over $50,000 AHHI VOGO: 70% White, 9% American Indian, 9% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 4% Asian, and 8% Other 40% below $10,000 AHHI, 50% between $10,000 and $25,000 AHHI, and 10% over $25,000 AHHI MaaS: 37% Hispanic/Latino and 63% Other 9% below $10,000 AHHI, 18% between $10,000 and $25,000 AHHI, 24% between $25,000 and $50,000 AHHI, and 49% over $50,000 AHHI |
Valley Air ZEV Mobility Pilot Project
Grantee: | An advanced clean carsharing and mobility options project that operated in disadvantaged communities within Cantua Creek and Delhi. The funding supports the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment infrastructure in San Joaquin Valley, offering participants a combined EV vanpooling and carsharing service. |
Clean Mobility Options Voucher Pilots (CMO)
| Project Name/Grantee | Project Details |
|---|---|
Clean Transportation Needs Assessment for the Three Palms Mobile Home Park and RV Park
Grantee: | Engagement and outreach to the community members using a variety of methods such as quantitative and qualitative bilingual surveys, virtual meetings, social distanced gatherings, and educational materials. Transportation needs assessment focused on the Three Palm Mobile Home Park and RV Park in Fresno. Location: Fresno Grant Amount: $48,430 Resource Contribution: $145,290 Demographics of Community Served by Project: 50% Hispanic/Latino, 26% White, 14% Asian, 7% Black/African American, and 3% Other Median Household Income: $33,657 |
Fresno EOC Community Transportation Needs Assessment
Grantee: | Engagement and outreach to the community groups and community members using a variety of resident surveys, community forums, focus groups, online, and social media platforms. The Fresno EOC worked with the agency’s transit systems to determine how far and where rural residents travel for various needs and considered factors like travel costs, vehicles per household and household size, and barriers to accessing public transportation services. Location: Del Rey, Firebaugh, Fowler, Kerman, Mendota, Parlier in Fresno County Grant Amount: $50,000 Resource Contribution: N/A Demographics of Community Served by Project: 76% Hispanic/Latino, 16% White, 6% Black/African American, and 2% Asian Median Household Income: $43,751 |
Biola Community Transportation Needs Assessment
Grantee: | Data collection and community engagement using various techniques and types, such as the formation of an advisory group, a focus group, virtual and telephone meetings, community events, and multi-lingual surveys, to engage community groups and community members. Location: Biola in Fresno County Grant Amount: $36,880 Resource Contribution: N/A Demographics of Community Served by Project: 63% Hispanic/Latino, 18% White, 9% Black/African American, 9% Asian, and 1% Native American Median Household Income: $52,440 |
Fresno Metro Ministry Southern Blackstone Transportation Needs Assessment Project
Grantee: | Engagement of community groups and community members involving a variety of outreach, such as surveys sent out through the mail, email, social media, and conducted by phone. Participants will include over 14,000 residents from the 3 census tracts. Location: Fresno Grant Amount: $49,990 Resource Contribution: N/A Demographics of Community Served by Project: 61% Hispanic/Latino, 23% White, 9% Asian, 4% Black/African American, and 3% Other Median Household Income: $32,750 |
Kern COG’s Clean Mobilities Options Needs Assessment
Grantee: | Engagement and outreach to community members involving use of meetings, local events, bilingual surveys, and digital communications, such as social media, Facebook groups, and advertising. Location: Tejon, Tubatulabal, Delano, McFarland, Wasco, Shafter, Taft, Arvin, Buttonwillow, Lamont, Lake Isabella, and Bodfish in Kern County Grant Amount: $49,924 Resource Contribution: N/A Demographics of Community Served by Project: 76% Hispanic/Latino, 17% White, 4% Asian, 2% Black/African American, and 1% Other Median Household Income: $42,244 |
PUSD Energy and Sustainability Program Needs Assessment
Grantee: | Initial broad online survey of community members and collection of in-depth data and input from school faculty; elementary, middle, and high school students; school caregivers and parents through community forums, focus groups, surveys (digital/online questionnaire and personal interviews), and social media tools. Location: Porterville in Tulare County Grant Amount: $48,802 Resource Contribution: N/A Demographics of Community Served by Project: 71% Hispanic/Latino, 23% White, 3% Asian, 1% Native American, and 2% Other Median Household Income: $34,047 |
Kettleman City Community Transportation Needs Assessment
Grantee: | Engagement and outreach to community groups and members using variety of surveys, meetings, interviews, and bilingual educational materials. Participation open to all residents of community; however, survey will sample at least 10 percent of the population. Location: Kettleman City in Kings County |
Expansion of E-Bike Services in Fresno
Grantee: | Expansion of existing bike sharing program to serve the entire City of Fresno, supporting the infrastructure, maintenance, upkeep, and sustainability of the entire fleet of library and shared e-bike programs while adding 107 e-bikes with 7 funded by the voucher. Location: Fresno Grant Amount: $599,500 Resource Contribution: $239,000 Demographics of Community Served by Project: 53% Hispanic/Latino, 26% White, 11% Asian, 7% Black/African American, and 3% Other Median Household Income: $38,578 |
Stockton Electric Vehicle Carshare Service
Grantee: | Launch of an affordable round-trip carsharing service featuring 11 EVs distributed across 3 locations in the city of Stockton and the French Camp community, owned and/or operated by the Housing Authority of the County of San Joaquin. Location: Stockton and San Joaquin County Grant Amount: $998,614 Resource Contribution: $351,400 Demographics of Community Served by Project: Stockton: 44% Hispanic/Latino, 21% Asian, 19% White, 12% Black/African American, and 4% Other San Joaquin County: 43% Hispanic/Latino, 28% White, 19% Asian, 8% Black/African American, and 2% Other Median Household Income: $38,012 |
Green Raitero and Green Cruiser Ride Sharing
Grantee: | Expansion of Green Raitero rideshare program, adding 3 EVs, and create a new Green Cruiser program with 30 e-tricycles and 10 smart docking stations, powered by solar energy. Location: Huron in Fresno County Grant Amount: $1,000,000 Resource Contribution: $157,033 Demographics of Community Served by Project: 95% Hispanic/Latino, 3% White, and 2% Other Median Household Income: $22,391 |
Sustainable Transportation Equity Projects (STEP)
| Project Name/Grantee | Project Details |
|---|---|
Rebound the MLKcommUNITY: A Transportation Equity Roadmap
Grantee: | Equip community members with the knowledge and tools necessary to identify neighborhood-scale clean transportation needs and opportunities; educate the community about clean transportation options, such as bus ridership, EV car share programs, and active transportation; and ultimately empower residents to develop a roadmap and implementation strategy centered on mobility equity. Location: Bakersfield in Kern County Grant Amount: $200,000 Resource Contribution: $127,133 Demographics of Community Served by Project: 78% Hispanic/Latino, 11% White, 8% Black/African American, and 2% Asian Median Household Income: $34,000 |
Grantee: | Implementation of: 1) e-carsharing project with 30 battery-EVs throughout project area; 2) e-bikeshare project with 100 bikes at about 12 stations; 3) expansion of Vamos Mobility, a platform to add mobile transit ticketing, e-carsharing and e-bike sharing reservations and payments; and 4) transit and shared mobility incentives through the app to qualifying members. Location: South Stockton in San Joaquin County Grant Amount: $7,480,385 Resource Contribution: $18,742,000 Demographics of Community Served by Project: 44% Hispanic/Latino, 21% Asian, 19% White, 12% Black/African American, and 4% Other Median Household Income: $54,912 |
Clean Mobility in Schools Projects
| Project Name/Grantee | Project Details |
|---|---|
Getting Stockton to Zero Emissions: Clean Air for Our Community
Grantee: | Development of a master plan for the entire school district while deploying pilot vehicles on a small scale for testing. Project includes four battery electric school buses and charging infrastructure, zero-emission commercial-grade landscape/custodial equipment, peer-led educational programs, a carbon emissions analysis, and cost-benefit evaluation of charging infrastructure. Location: Stockton Grant Amount: $4,938,491 Resource Contribution: N/A Demographics of Community Served by Project: 44% Hispanic/Latino, 21% Asian, 19% White, 12% Black/African American, and 4% Other Median Household Income: $44,841 |
Advanced Technology Demonstration and Pilot Projects
| Project Name/Grantee | Project Details |
|---|---|
Frito-Lay Zero-and Near-Zero Emission Project
Grantee: | Replacement of all existing diesel-powered freight equipment at the facility with zero-emission and near-zero emission technologies. This project will transform the 500,000-square-foot site and deploy an array of clean vehicles and charging infrastructure. Location: Modesto Grant Amount: $15,382,243 Resource Contribution: $1,697,362 Demographics of Community Surrounding Project: 43% White, 41% Hispanic/Latino, 8% Asian, 5% Black/African American, and 3% Other |
The Green On-Road Linen Delivery Project*
Grantee: | Deployment of 21 zero-emission all-electric walk-in vans to be used in linen deliveries, a delivery segment with routes for electrification. AmeriPride selected its Stockton, Merced, Fresno, and Bakersfield locations to demonstrate the technology in disadvantaged communities and to use in other locations in North America. Location: Stockton, Merced, Fresno, and Bakersfield |
Net-Zero Farming and Freight Facility Demonstration Project
Grantee: | Delivery and demonstration of 5 zero-emission, all electric battery Class 8 trucks with all-electric transport refrigeration units to the main demonstration site, Moonlight Companies in Reedley, California. The electric transport refrigeration units will operate 100 percent of the time within a disadvantaged community. Location: Reedley Grant Amount: $3,283,735 Resource Contribution: $3,283,735 Demographics of Community Surrounding Project: 79% Hispanic/Latino, 14% White, 2% Asian, 2% Black/African American, and 3% Other |
Porterville Transit Electrification*
Grantee: | Purchase and operation of 10 GreenPower Motor Company EV350 40-foot zero-emission all-electric transit buses on all 9 Porterville Transit fixed routes based from the Porterville Transit Center. To accommodate the 10 zero-emission buses, the City of Porterville installed 2 200-kilowatt hour (kWh) opportunity chargers at the Transit Center and 10 depot 200 kWh chargers at the bus yard. Location: Porterville Grant Amount: $9,516,422 Resource Contribution: $7,437,280 Demographics of Community Served by Project: 69% Hispanic/Latino, 23% White, 5% Asian, 1% Native American, and 2% Other |
San Joaquin Valley Electric Tractor Development & Demonstration
Grantee: | Delivery of 4 zero-emission, all battery-electric 50 HP tractors and one zero-emission, all battery-electric Class 6 truck to the main demonstration site, Moonlight Companies in Reedley, CA Location: City of Visalia, City of Modesto, and Fresno County Grant Amount: $1,500,000 Resource Contribution: $792,054 Demographics of Community Served by Project: Visalia: 52% Hispanic/Latino, 38% White, 6% Asian, 3% Black/African American, and 1% Other Modesto: 43% White, 41% Hispanic/Latino, 8% Asian, 5% Black/African American, and 3% Other Fresno County: 55% Hispanic/Latino, 27% White, 12% Asian, and 6% Black/African American |
The San Joaquin Valley Transit Electrification Project*
Grantee: | Accelerating deployment of commercially available heavy-duty, zero-emission, public transit buses to provide public benefits to disadvantaged communities throughout the San Joaquin Valley. Location: City of Visalia, City of Modesto, and Fresno County Grant Amount: $13,414,215 Resource Contribution: $8,764,606 Demographics of Community Served by Project: Visalia: 52% Hispanic/Latino, 38% White, 6% Asian, 3% Black/African American, and 1% Other Modesto: 43% White, 41% Hispanic/Latino, 8% Asian, 5% Black/African American, and 3% Other Fresno County: 55% Hispanic/Latino, 27% White, 12% Asian, and 6% Black/African American |
San Joaquin Valley Zero-Emission Cargo Handling Demonstration Project*
Grantee: | Accelerating commercial deployment of zero-emission off-road technologies by demonstrating 2 state-of-the-art battery-electric 30,000-pound capacity forklifts with additional cargo handling attachments at the Port of Stockton—significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and eliminating criteria pollutants and exposure to associated toxic diesel emissions to benefit adjacent and surrounding disadvantaged communities. Location: Port of Stockton Grant Amount: $772,555 Resource Contribution: $403,540 Demographics of Community Surrounding Project: 44% Hispanic/Latino, 21% Asian, 19% White, 12% Black/African American, and 4% Other |
United States Postal Service Advanced-Drive Transport and Delivery Vehicle Demonstration*
Grantee: | Building and deployment of 15 zero-emission electric United States Postal Service (USPS) step-vans and charging infrastructure across 2 USPS hubs in Stockton and Fresno in California’s Central Valley. Location: Stockton and Fresno Grant Amount: $4,555,670 Resource Contribution: $2,222,903 Demographics of Community Served by Project: Stockton: 44% Hispanic/Latino, 21% Asian, 19% White, 12% Black/African American, and 4% Other Fresno: 50% Hispanic/Latino, 26% White, 14% Asian, 7% Black/African American, and 3% Other |
*Projects have been completed