California Air Resources Board

Current Incentive Amounts*:

*Additional Clean Mobility Options (CMO) funding opportunities are currently closed.

**All Window 1 mobility project awardees received additional funds worth up to $500,000.

Who is Eligible

Public agencies, non-profit organizations, or tribal governments can apply as lead applicants. Sub-applicants can include project partners who are sub-contracted for specific purposes and/or services. Sub-applicants may include, but are not limited to, organizations that provide clean mobility services, infrastructure equipment and installation, community outreach services, and technical expertise/assistance. Sub-applicants may be public, private, tribal governments, or non-profit organizations. All projects funded by CMO must directly benefit residents of a low-income community or a disadvantaged community (DAC). The project area must either be DAC as defined by SB 535, a low-income community or household as defined by Assembly Bill 1550 or Tribal land within DACs or low-income communities.

How it's Administered

CMO is administered and implemented through a partnership between CARB, the California Energy Commission, and the Program Administrator, CALSTART, and their sub-grantees. The Program Administrator verifies applicants’ eligibility set in the Implementation Manual, reserves the voucher amounts on a first-come, first-served basis, and then signs the Voucher Agreement with the awarded entities. A Voucher Agreement is a “promise to pay” that enables Awardees to develop partnerships and incur costs with the assurance that all eligible costs will be reimbursed by the Program Administrator.

Where and When it’s Offered

The Program Administrator accepted applications online in a series of application submission windows. Community Transportation Needs Assessment (CTNA) application windows were held in June of 2020 and December 2022. Mobility Project Voucher (MPV) application windows were held in October of 2020 and May of 2023. No further application windows are currently scheduled as all project funds have been awarded.

Project Funding or Participation Requirements

Funds may be applied to a variety of eligible activities related to project planning and design, outreach and marketing, capital costs, operations and maintenance, and administration costs. These projects include:

• Clean mobility options delivered by the project must be identified through community engagement and evaluation of the community’s transportation needs
• Majority of funded mobility services and associated infrastructure must be located inside the project area (disadvantaged or low-income designated communities or tribal lands) to deliver intended benefits to local residents
• Light-duty and medium-duty vehicles that are zero-emissions
• Micromobility devices (e.g., bikes, e-bikes, scooters, tricycles, pedicabs, cargo bikes)
• Level 2 and Level 3 EV charging systems
• Hydrogen refueling equipment
• Active transportation infrastructure, including docking stations, quick-build safety infrastructure in the public right-of-way, bike and scooter locking stations and storage
• Subsidies for traditional public transit rides

The Implementation Manual, in conjunction with the Guidelines and the corresponding Funding Plans, identifies the minimum requirements for implementing this program. The Implementation Manual, including any updates, is posted on the CMO website at www.cleanmobilityoptions.org.

Announcements

Awardees will be announced for the CTNA funding window held in December 2022 and for the MPV funding window held in May 2023 in the next few months.