• Granting Agency: Dept. of Transportation – Federal Transit Administration
• Appropriation Amount: $1,100,000,000
• Grant Amount: Variable, 10% – 15% Match
• Announcement Date: March 7, 2022
• Closing Date: May 31, 2022

NOFO

Purpose: The purpose of the Low-No Program is to support the transition of the nation’s transit fleet to the lowest polluting and most energy efficient transit vehicles. The Low-No Program provides funding to state and local governmental authorities for the purchase or lease of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses, including acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities.

Eligible Expenditures:

Eligible projects include:

• purchasing or leasing low- or no-emission buses
• acquiring low- or no-emission buses with a leased power source
• constructing or leasing facilities and related equipment (including intelligent technology and software) for low- or no-emission buses
• constructing new public transportation facilities to accommodate low- or no-emission buses
• rehabilitating or improving existing public transportation facilities to accommodate low- or no-emission buses

Eligible Applicants: The Low-No Program provides funds to designated recipients of FTA grants, including states, local governmental authorities and Indian Tribes.

Technical Assistance:

• View the April 2018 National RTAP Webinar: FTA Low No Emissions Program Grant Writing
• FTA contracts with the National Renewable Energy Lab to evaluate zero-emission bus research and demonstration projects.
  • Electric and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Fleet Vehicle Testing
  • Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Evaluations
• FTA hosted webinars on deploying low- or no-emission buses that feature speakers from agencies that have been successful in introducing zero-emission buses, including recipients of FTA’s Low-No grants.
  • February 1, 2017 – Center for Transportation and the Environment
    • Low-No Best Practices: From Grant Application to Deployment
    • Low-No Best Best Practices: From Grant Application to Deployment transcript
    • Webinar recording
  • January 24, 2017 – CALSTART
    • Best Practices: Deploying Low or No Emission Buses
    • Best Practices: Deploying Low or No Emission Buses transcript
    • Webinar recording

You can contact program staff at Amy Volz, Office of Program Management, 202-366-7484 or ftalownobusnofo@dot.gov. Other contacts and information can be found in the NOFO or FAQ.