The New York Clean Transportation Prizes program has 10 grand prize winners.
These winners will get part of the $85 million dollar prize pot. Funding is provided in order to enhance clean transportation, improve mobility options, and reduce harmful emissions through innovative transportation solutions.
The program was created in order to help with the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Goals of the Act include reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 85% by 2050.
“I am proud to be providing the most significant investment yet in clean transportation for historically underserved communities in New York State,” Governor Kathy Hochul said. “Improving access to clean mobility options, electrifying trucks and buses, and supporting projects that reduce air pollution modernizes the way residents and visitors access community services, recreation, and work opportunities while creating jobs, improving health, and reducing the impacts of climate change.”
The following areas and projects won funding through these program categories
Clean Neighborhoods Challenge:
Three grand prizes of $10 million each were awarded to projects that address air pollution reduction at scale in underserved communities.
New York City:
- Clean Transit Access Program – Electrifying NYC Dollar Vans led by Dollaride
- The Bronx is Breathing: Reimagining a Cleaner Hunts Point led by Volvo Technology of America, a subsidiary of Volvo Group North America
Western New York:
- Centering People, Place and Policy for Buffalo’s Clean Mobility Future led by Local Initiatives Support Corporation Western New York Office
Electric Mobility Challenge:
Four grand prizes of $7 million each were awarded to projects that demonstrate electric mobility options that solve underserved community needs.
Long Island:
- Promoting Sustainable Transportation: Electric Micro-Shuttle Services in Long Island led by Circuit Transit Inc. (through TFR Holdings Corp.)
Mid-Hudson:
- Project MOVER: Moving onto Vast E-Micro-mobility Replication led by EIT InnoEnergy USA
New York City:
- Red Hook Recharge Zone led by Revel Transit
Southern Tier:
Tompkins County Transportation Equity & Access Project led by Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit
Electric Truck & Bus Challenge:
Three grand prizes of $8 million each were awarded to projects that demonstrate electrified solutions or replacement of medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles.
Mid-Hudson, New York City:
- Freight Electrification-as-a-Service for Transformation led by CALSTART
New York City:
- Accelerating New York Fuel Cell Bus & Hydrogen Infrastructure Deployments led by Krueger Transport
- Electrifying School Buses in the Bronx led by New York City School Bus Umbrella Services
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