U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

The clean energy transition is well underway, as Prairie Rivers Network’s Amanda Pankau saw firsthand last week in Washington D.C. 

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has released its FY24 notice of funding opportunity for the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Grant Program. The purpose of this program is to reconnect communities that have been harmed, isolated, and cut off from opportunity by transportation infrastructure. 

The Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program (CFI Program) is a competitive grant program created by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to strategically deploy publicly accessible electric vehicle charging and alternative fueling infrastructure in the places people live and work – urban and rural areas alike – in addition to along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFCs). 

The U.S. Department of Transportation has a toolkit on rural EV infrastructure that is meant to be a one-stop resource to help rural communities scope, plan, and fund electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has opened the process for cities, towns, counties, Tribal governments and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) to apply for $1.256 billion in funding for local projects that improve roadway safety.