Overview
The
Carbon Reduction Program is a federal competitive grant program created by the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The program will provide Oregon $82 million over five years to fund projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.
The Carbon Reduction Program requires ODOT to develop a Carbon Reduction Strategy. The strategy identifies Oregon’s strategies and priorities for reducing emissions from the transportation sector.
Read ODOT’s Carbon Reduction Strategy.
More information about the Carbon Reduction Program
2024 Small Urban and Rural Areas call for projects
The 2024 call for the projects for Small Urban and Rural Areas ran March 1 - May 31, 2024. In November 2024, ODOT announced that about $11.3 million was awarded for 14 projects.
2023 Small Urban and Rural Areas call for projects
Program development process
From June to August 2022, the OOT Climate Office developed strategies and priorities to guide the program, and project selection criteria with the Carbon Reduction Program Consultation Group. The consultation group consisted of Oregon Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Transportation Management Areas, and partners. The strategies and priorities and the project selection criteria will be used to select projects from the Small Urban and Rural call for projects and statewide portion of funding.
Types of funding available under the program
The Carbon Reduction Program has three types of funding available for states.
Transportation management areas are the urbanized areas of Portland, Eugene and Salem. The regional agencies for these areas will decide which projects get funded in their jurisdictions.
ODOT statewide projects are projects overseen by ODOT. The agency will decide which projects to fund using federal and state criteria.
Small Urban and Rural Areas include counties, cities, rural areas, and tribal governments with populations less than 200,000. ODOT will coordinate a grant program to distribute the federal funding for eligible projects in these areas.