As a part of the EV Shared Mobility Project, the City of New York seeks to deployment of charging infrastructure to accelerate the electrification of the City’s expanding ride-hail industry. Multiple departments across the City including the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, the New York City Department of Transportation, and the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission are collaborating to realize project goals.
Ride-hailing trips today result in an estimated 69 percent more climate pollution on average than the trips they displace. Fortunately, the industry can implement several strategies to address the negative impacts of ride-hailing and contribute to a low-carbon transportation future.
Forth and Portland State University's (PSU) National Institute for Transportation and Communities funded a collaborative research project between OPAL and PSU to carry out a community-based needs asse...
This report presents approaches for electric vehicles as the future of mobility. They recommend three principles. 1. Take a multistakeholder and market-specific approach; 2. Prioritize high-use vehicl...
This briefing summarizes policies and actions that are expanding access to electric transportation in the United States. We highlight low-income and apartment dwellers where applicable and include act...
Seattle's plan for implementing the Drive Clean Seattle program around vehicle electrification.
This paper analyzes the impact of the suspension of Uber and Lyft in Austin in 2016. The suspension provided for a natural experiment to measure the impact of the suspension on travel behavior. In exa...
This concept summary is part of the Transportation Electrification Toolkit, designed to help Connecticut municipalities develop strategies to encourage transportation electrification through the pairi...
A future with shared, electric autonomous vehicles holds many promises. But without an intentional focus on equity, it may exacerbate existing barriers and increase inequality. Policymakers must cons...
Revolutionary change is happening within and around active travel modes. Sharing and electrification of bikes, scooters, and skateboards could complement auto electrification, automation, and sharing....