Boston’s Mayor has big plans for EVs in the city
Going green
Boston’s planned EV expansion is being made in partnership with energy provider Eversource, through itsMake Ready Program. The firm will provide the infrastructure to support the EV charging stations, while the city will install and operate them.
Chris Osgood, Boston’s Chief of Streets, said “In addition to encouraging more people to walk, bike or take transit, an essential path to reaching carbon neutrality is switching from gas-powered to electric vehicles. This Zero-Emission Vehicle Roadmap identifies concrete steps we must take to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles.
“The Roadmap furthers our commitments made in Go Boston 2030 and the Climate Action Plan Update, and it will help us provide more reliable and sustainable transportation options for our residents.”
In March 2017, Mayor Walsh launchedGo Boston 2030, a transport plan that set a goal of reducing the number of car trips in the city by half through investing in safer streets and major upgrades to the city’s transit system.
Of the 58 projects listed under the plan, 21 are already in implementation, 17 are in design, and 20 have yet to be started.
This week the citylauncheda number of new buses and bike lanes through the scheme, which has been accelerated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Transportation accounts for almost a third of Boston’s total greenhouse gas emissions, with 65 percent coming from personal vehicles.
InOctober, the city issued arequest for proposals(RFP) to design its first ‘urban forest’ plan. This will see the development of strategies that promote the growth and protection of Boston’s urban canopy over the next 20 years.
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