Overview:

Summary: Installing and distributing charging stations throughout an area can aid adoption of electric vehicles among residents.

Implementation: Build charging infrastructure along major highways and highly-traffic vehicular corridors to support the transition to electric vehicles.

Considerations for Use: The public and private sector can partner to increase efficiency and expand the reach of efforts to provide electric vehicle chargers.

• Policy Levers:
  
  
  MandateMandates are government regulations that require stakeholders to meet standards through building codes, ordinances, zoning policies, or other regulatory tools.
• Trigger Points:
  
  
  City planning processesIncludes city initiatives such as the development of climate action plan, pathway to zero-energy, master plan, transit plan, energy mapping etc.
  Evaluating or initiating major city infrastructure projectsIncludes projects such as city transit, street or utilities construction / re-construction etc.
• Intervention Type:
  Planning/Policy
• Sectors:
  Public Works, Transportation

Impact:

• Target Beneficiaries:
  Residents
• Phase of Impact:
  Risk reduction and mitigation
• Metrics:
  Number and density of charging stations

Implementation:

• Intervention Scale:
  City, State
• Authority and Governance:
  City government, State/provincial government
• Implementation Timeline:
  Medium-term (3-9 Years)
• Implementation Stakeholders:
  City government, Industry
• Funding Sources:
  private investment, Public investment
• Capacity to Act:
  High, Medium

Benefits:

• Cost-Benefit:
  Medium
• Public Good:
  Medium
• GHG Reduction:
  High
• Co-benefits (Climate/Environmental):
  Reduce air and water pollution, Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Co-benefits (Social):
  N/A