An official website of the POLICY 29: Electric vehicle infrastructure
This policy states:
Ensure the availability, visibility, and accessibility of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Actions
- Investment Priority (IP): Actions tagged with (IP) provide direction to regional investment processes directed by the plan. This includes the Regional Solicitation, which will complete an evaluation to determine the appropriate framework and application of these actions to the Regional Solicitation. Actions could be applied in the Regional Solicitation in a variety of ways including qualifying requirements, application categories, or scoring measures. These actions can also apply to other regional highway and transit funding programs. Investment priorities targeted exclusively at local governments are tagged as local planning (see below).
- Local Planning (LP): Actions tagged with (LP) are requirements or guidance for agencies to incorporate into the transportation element of their Comprehensive Plans, corridor plans, transit provider plans, and other plans that are not regional or statewide. Major items are noted but this is not intended to be a comprehensive list. Local planning tag may also indicate actions with potential local investment priorities that would help support regional goals and objectives that are not tied to regional or statewide investment programs.
- Technical Capacity Building (CB): Actions tagged with (CB) are technical assistance and support activities to provide guidance and best practices to agencies that builds regional technical capacity.
- Partner (P): Actions tagged with (P) are activities that support the regional goals and transportation objectives where the plan is directing partners to take a direct lead. This tag applies primarily to regional or state partners; the local planning tag provides direction to local partners.
- Work Program (WP): Actions tagged with (WP) are work program activities, including staff time and consultant studies, to be worked on until the next scheduled update of the plan in five years. These items are necessary to further research and policy guidance to support the region in achieving its goals and transportation objectives. Work program items are listed at the end of each policy. More complete descriptions of work program items are provided in the Imagine 2050 TPP Work Program.
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Met Council | MnDOT | Counties | Cities | Transit | Other |
| 29A. Plan for regional private and shared electric vehicle charging needs. Establish an approach to define charging infrastructure priorities, including installation in multi-unit housing, historically disadvantaged communities, and rural areas. Action types: Investment Priority Local Planning |
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| 29B. Support the expansion of private and shared electric vehicle charging systems. Coordinate and partner with public and private entities to construct electric vehicle charging infrastructure that meets the needs of private and shared vehicles, e-scooters, e-bikes, and commercial delivery vehicles. Consider charger placement opportunities in transportation right-of-way, public facilities, and publicly accessible private businesses (for example, parking lots, convenience and gas stations). Action types: Investment Priority Local Planning |
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| 29C. Fund, research, develop, and share resources with local agencies to engage and educate residents on vehicle electrification and charging. Action types: Local Planning Technical Capacity Building |
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| 29D. Develop and implement low-/no-emission fleet transition plans, including service and support vehicles. Provide technical support as necessary. Action types: Local Planning Technical Capacity Building Investment Priority |
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| 29E. Evaluate strategies to expand zero-emission transitions in medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and fleets, like delivery vehicles, school buses, and freight trucks. Action types: Technical Capacity Building Partner |
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| 29F. Identify methods and processes to prioritize targeted charging and fueling infrastructure funding with a focus on historically disadvantaged and rural communities. Action types: Technical Capacity Building Work Program |
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MPCA is the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
