How to Find Funding for Transportation

Finding money for transportation can feel complicated because the best transportation programs are rarely funded by one source alone.

In this 60-minute working session, we’ll show you practical ways to identify funding opportunities, research what is available locally, and build a stronger funding strategy around the transportation problem you are trying to solve.

We’ll walk through how we use AI tools alongside trusted local, state, federal, philanthropic, healthcare, workforce, and community sources to search for grants and other funding opportunities. We’ll show you what information to look for, how to quickly determine whether an opportunity is worth pursuing, and how to avoid spending hours chasing funding that does not fit your work.

We’ll also explain braided funding in plain language: what it is, why transportation programs often need multiple funding sources, and how different dollars can work together to support rides, technology, staffing, outreach, administration, evaluation, and other program costs.

Most importantly, we’ll talk about sustainability. Winning a grant is not the same as building a transportation program that lasts. We’ll help you think beyond the first award and start asking the questions funders, partners, and communities need to answer from the beginning.

You’ll leave with a clearer approach for finding funding, evaluating opportunities, combining resources, and building a transportation funding strategy that can grow beyond the first grant.

Best for: Nonprofits, transit and mobility organizations, healthcare organizations, government agencies, community leaders, grant writers, workforce organizations, and anyone responsible for finding or sustaining transportation funding.