Several agencies will have to collaborate on expanding electric vehicle charging stations nationwide
President Biden officially signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill, including a $5 billion investment in state-administered grants for deploying electric vehicle charging stations nationwide. These funds will help states develop charging networks across communities that include rural, disadvantaged, and hard to reach areas, propelling the administration’s decarbonization goals forward through state-level transportation projects.
Getting these funds from the federal level to state and local governments is not going to happen overnight. It will take planning and coordination across all levels, as well as buy-in from local communities.State departments of transportation will be tasked with spearheading these efforts to ensure that the funding is disseminated thoughtfully. Once DOTs get the ball rolling, they can pull in partner agencies, like energy, environment, and general services to manage specific projects.
Tapping into readily available resources will also be instrumental in speeding up this process. For example, the Federal Highway Administration alternative fuel corridorenables natural coordination between agencies to identify the roadways that are ready to support electrified travel. There’s no reason to reinvent the wheel when foundational resources and consortia like this already exist; instead, the pace of approvals just needs to increase.
State agencies should also engage with their network of community stakeholders. These leaders and organizations deeply understand the socioeconomic, policy, and cultural considerations of their community, so they’ll be instrumental in helping state officials determine and mobilize plans in disadvantaged communities.
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