Transport. There are numerous ways that a city can play a role in reducing emissions from motor vehicles.
1. Survey all of the City’s transportation and work vehicles. Begin to carry out a program to replace vehicles powered by fossil fuels with EVs and hybrids. If school busing is contracted for with a private company, initiate discussions and negotiations that are aimed at the company’s switching over to electrically powered student transport within a specified number of years.
2. Require that fast-charging EV chargers be installed on all new residential and commercial construction and substantial rehabs.
3. Planners should use the best available tools in selecting sites for EV charging stations. “New Model Finds Best Sites For Electric Vehicle Charging Stations” www.cleantechnica.com 6/7/22.
4. Cities can locate EV chargers on light poles as well as in other public locations. “National Grid Installs Pole-mounted EV Chargers in Massachusetts” www.cleantechnica.com . “Seattle Offers Utility Pole EV Chargers to City Residents” www.cleantechnica.com 6/20/22.
5. City governments can enter into arrangements with EV charging station manufacturers to install charging stations across their cities. “Volta & Hoboken, NJ, Partner to Install 25 New Public EV Chargers” www.cleantechnica.com 8/14/22.
6. Cities should be encouraging major retailers and shopping centers to install EV chargers for their customers.
7. Cities should require owners/operators of private parking facilities to install a minimum number of EV charging stations, or pay a fine”. “Vancouver Requires Gas Stations & Parking Lots Without EV Chargers to Pay $10,000 Per Year”. www.cleantechnica.com 5/24/22.
8. Work with the City’s or the region’s public transit agency to more quickly achieve a fleet of all-electric buses and other vehicles.
9. Expand the range of carbon-free mobility devices in your city: conventional bicycles, e-bikes, e-scooters, golf carts, etc. “a Bike-sharing Model to Get More People Moving” (Hangzhou, China) www.markdouglaswessel.com
10. City governments can get into the owning and managing of their own EV car-sharing programs. (Minneapolis & St. Paul). “Evie Carshare is the Nation’s 1st City-owned Electric Car-sharing Network” www.motorbiscuit.com
11. A muni (municipal utility) might offer its customers a rebate on the purchase of an e-bike or similar electrically powered small vehicle, or operate an e-bike-sharing or lending program. “Oakland Electric Bike Library Program” www.ktvu.com .
12. “EV Charging Network: 8 Ways US States & Cities Can Make it Work” www.cleantechnica.com 6/25/22.
13. A Complete Streets program should be part of every city’s Climate Action Plan. “Complete Streets” www.smartgrowthamerica.org
14. If a City owns its own school buses, commit to replacing all fossil-fueled school buses by 2035 or earlier. “Electric School Bus Education” www.afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_school_buses.html “Boston Will Move to 100% Electric School Buses by 2030” www.electrek.co 4/13/22.
15. Cities should replace some of their curbside parking with bicycle parking facilities – 10 bikes per each car parking space. “Clever Low-cost Way to Improve & Increase Biking in the City” www.cleantechnica.com 9/2/22 and “What is a Protected Bike Lane?” www.cleantechnica.com 5/21/16.
