What’s missing in the new rule for EV chargers?
Photo from Pxfuel/Architecture and DesignThe Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, or just the infrastructure law) created the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula...
Electric vehicles aren’t good for equity, but we should try
Electric vehicles, while vital for reducing emissions and meeting our long-term emissions reduction goals, are not a good strategy for improving existing inequities in...
Electric vehicles are good for emissions, bad for advancing equity
Climate funders, electric vehicle industry groups, and environmentalists are rightly confronting the question of how to address equity in the electric vehicle space. They...
More highways, more driving, more emissions: Explaining “induced demand”
Even if we hit the most ambitious targets for changing our cars and trucks over to electric vehicles, we will fail to meaningfully reduce...
Federal transportation funding opportunities 101
With the imminent passage of the transportation infrastructure bill that initially passed the US Senate in August, the discussion now pivots to implementation. Federal...
Going #BeyondEVs in three webinars, including one with Sec. Anthony Foxx
Electrifying vehicles is critical to reducing transportation emissions, but they can’t get the job done on their own—Americans need the freedom to drive less....
Why Transportation for America joined an electric vehicle coalition
If you’ve been following Transportation for America for a while, you know that electric vehicles on their own aren’t enough to reduce emissions from...
Everything we liked (and didn’t like) at Buttigieg’s Transportation Secretary confirmation hearing
Last Thursday, former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg faced the Senate for questioning on his nomination to be Secretary of Transportation. We liked almost...
We’ll never address climate change without reducing how much we drive
With transportation accounting for the largest share of carbon emissions in the U.S., we’ll never achieve ambitious climate targets or create more livable and...
Webinar recap: How the Senate’s transportation proposal would make climate change worse
Transportation is the largest source of U.S. carbon emissions, and most of it comes from driving. But a long-term transportation bill passed by a...
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