A version of this article first appeared in Streetsblog.
As President Biden pushes to install a network of electric vehicle chargers across America, some advocates are wondering where they will all go and if the effort will deal a blow to the movement to reform urban parking policy.
Some sustainability advocates applauded Biden last month when his long-awaited infrastructure plan, the American Jobs Act, included a program that would fund the construction of 500,000 new EV chargers. But besides a commitment to building a nationwide network of fast chargers on highways, Biden hasn’t yet clarified how, exactly, that money would be divided among incentive programs to put chargers in the homes of private drivers, the parking lots of private businesses and apartment buildings, and even city-subsidized spots on public streets and what the consequences of those choices will be for cities.