April 2018 – Page 2 – InfoHive

Lege TREND. Include Cities & Electric Distribution in EV Legislation. Anatomy of an EV Charging Station Bill.

State: Pennsylvania

The EV Bill: Pennsylvania’s HB 1446 (2018)

The EV Charging Station framework proposed by HB1446:

Governor must set EV charging station rollout based at 50% above 2030 estimates
the framework must set statewide goals
the framework must also establish separate regional goals
- developed by stakeholders including agencies, municipalities & electric distribution companies

The response by an EV charging station company:

City: Phoenix Area

Self Driving Taxi Proposal:

Waymo is proposing an autonomous taxi service in 100 square miles in metro Phoenix
In preparation, Waymo testing has:
- driven on public roads for more than 5 million miles
- traveled five billion miles in computer simulation

Response to the autonomous driving fatality in Phoenix: Waymo CEO John Krafcik said his company’s technology could have avoided the incident

Nebraska Legislature sent to final reading LB989 (2018) that will:

permit self driving cars anywhere in Nebraska
allows for no human driver as long as certain conditions are met
allows for consultation with railroads concerning self driving vehicles and railroad crossings

How did the bill begin? As a pilot project in Lincoln on a fixed route and was expanded to anywhere in the state.

The locality: West Memphis, Arkansas

The ordinance: blight ordinance banning unregistered, uncovered vehicles on private property, Ordinance 1298

The fine for property owners: $250 and $1,000

How is inoperable vehicle defined?

doesn’t have a current license plate
has any wheels removed
cannot be legally operated on the streets, e.g. “lack of proper mufflers, tires, headlights, or other mechanical defects.”
Really anything that prevents the car from being unable to move under its own…

Georgia is considering HB 134 (2018) that will:

Allows voters in 13 metro counties to vote on a 1-cent sales tax
Allocates $100 million to expand transit
Create the Atlanta-region Transit Link with a 16 member board that will:
- Serve the needs of hardworking Georgians
- Respond to the demands of our employers and workforce
- Reduce traffic congestion