Ep. 27: Post NEVI Plan… Where Are They Now?

The Modern Mobility Podcast

Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to support the ongoing NEVI plan through siting electric charging stations, planning the sites, and designing infrastructure around the stations. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 027:

• Understand the goals of the NEVI plan, minimum requirements for project funding, and planners’ roles in implementing it
• Explore the creation of the Alternative Fuel Corridors and how they are used in NEVI requirements
• Understand equity considerations of the NEVI plan and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program
• Explore what the NEVI plan looks like in action by following its progress to date in Georgia
• Discover what kinds of projects planners can expect to be a part of that are both directly funded by NEVI and resulting from NEVI projects

Links:

• Full text of NEVI standards and requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations, February 28, 2023 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/28/2023-03500/national-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-standards-and-requirements
• NEVI as it first appeared in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (SEC. 11401) https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ58/PLAW-117publ58.pdf
• Most recent National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program Guidance. June 11, 2023 https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/nevi/formula_prog_guid/90d_nevi_formula_program_guidance.pdf
• Joint Office of Energy and Transportation homepage https://driveelectric.gov/
• Map of EV charging stations and other alternative fueling stations across the United States. https://driveelectric.gov/embed-stations-map
• Map of ready and pending Alternative Fuel Corridors across the United States: https://hepgis-usdot.hub.arcgis.com/apps/5c4d9e173301473688468fc7cf6dbe19/explore
• Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure growth https://driveelectric.gov/stations-growth
• EV-ChART information page https://driveelectric.gov/evchart
• EV Charger Types and Speeds https://www.transportation.gov/rural/ev/toolkit/ev-basics/charging-speeds
• National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program Annual Report: Plan Year 2022-2023 https://driveelectric.gov/files/nevi-annual-report-2022-2023.pdf
• Georgia NEVI program homepage: https://nevi-gdot.hub.arcgis.com/

Co-Hosts:

• Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP has 25 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in early 2018 with Jennifer Zhan. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 15 years of experience in transportation planning and is certified by MIT Media Lab’s Beyond Smart Cities program. Kirsten is an Associate Vice President and Director of Smart Mobility Planning with Modern Mobility Partners. Kirsten holds a M.S. degree in City Planning from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Guest Speaker:

• Ansley McKenzie is a GIS analyst with three years of experience and a transportation planner with one year of experience. She holds two master’s degrees, one in city planning and one in GIS, both from Georgia Tech.

Modern Mobility Partners is an Atlanta-based women and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm. Service areas include smart mobility and transportation planning, demand modeling and traffic engineering, and data analytics and visualization.

If you are interested in learning more about Modern Mobility Partners, please visit www.modernmobilitypartners.com.

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