Clean Transportation
MassCEC / Clean Transportation
MassCEC is driving down harmful emissions by speeding up the adoption of clean transportation technologies and building a local green workforce, making travel more accessible and creating jobs for communities across Massachusetts.
Funding Opportunities
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School Bus: Advisory Services Program | Rolling
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Mass Fleet Advisor | Rolling
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Vehicle-to-Everything Demonstration Projects | Rolling
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2030 Fund | Rolling
Driving Community Health, Jobs, and Access Across Massachusetts.
MassCEC envisions a future where Massachusetts communities benefit from significantly reduced transportation emissions through the widespread adoption of electric vehicles—from passenger cars and fleet trucks to school buses—and expanded affordable, multi-modal options like e-bikes, all while cultivating local green jobs and ensuring an equitable transition for all residents, especially in historically underserved areas.
Light Duty Vehicles
Light Duty Vehicles are the largest source of transportation GHG emissions (27%). MassCEC is driving the transition to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) through consumer education, incentives for electric taxis and rideshares, and expanding charging stations infrastructure.
Our Clean Energy Lives Here campaign engages homeowners and renters who want to decarbonize, electrify, save money, or just be more energy efficient.
Medium to Heavy Duty Vehicles
Though medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs) are only 3% of Massachusetts vehicles, they account for 20% of on-road emissions, primarily from diesel fuel. MassCEC is accelerating their essential electrification by offering free technical support to fleet managers exploring this transition.
School Buses
With over 8,000 diesel-fueled school buses serving 400,000 students, Massachusetts has a significant opportunity for electrification due to buses' fixed routes and return-to-depot operations. MassCEC's School Bus Program helps schools leverage federal EPA funding to electrify their fleets.
Multi-Modal and Transit
Mass Transit and Multi-Modal Mass transit options offer affordable, emissions-reducing alternatives to vehicle ownership, but rural and low-income residents often lack access or face "first mile/last mile" challenges. MassCEC addresses this by supporting e-bike deployments, which reduce GHG emissions, improve air quality, ease congestion, and enhance quality of life.
Equity and Community-Based Initiatives
Clean transportation access and burdens are not equally distributed across the Commonwealth. Through programs like ACT4All, MassCEC combats these historic inequities by ensuring Environmental Justice, Gateway, low-income, and other underserved communities not only benefit from clean transportation solutions, but are also actively involved from program design to completion.
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
MassCEC is advancing electric vehicle charging infrastructure across Massachusetts. With funding from the Massachusetts Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Coordinating Council, MassCEC develops programs to target a wide range of EV types and users.
Clean Transportation Blogs
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