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Who is making recommendations? Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection
What are the 3 recommendations for utilties to invest in EV?
3 Ways the EV investment can benefit utilities:
Where: Macon Georgia
What entities are involved in the partnership?
How is it funded? In part with anonymous grants to Community Foundation of Macon County
Herald Review | New program will offer free Uber, Lyft rides for low-income Macon County seniors
Louisiana became the first state to allow citizens to use an App to show their state ID to law enforcement.
the Louisiana App: LA Wallet app on iOS and Android platforms
What about safety or hacking?
The company behind th eproduct: Envoc,
The Bill: HB481 (2016 | LA)
State Scoop | Drivers in Louisiana can now show police their ID…
The cities & local governments include:
Year 1 electric vehicle purchase requirements: 376 vehicles in their first year
Requirements:
What are smart stoplights?
The Vendor: Miovision
Testing grounds: 5 intersections in Detroit
Cost savings from smart roads, including smart road partnerships:
State Tech | Cities and States Pursue Smart Roads to Save Lives, Fuel
Background:
What’s the question for the Attorney General? Whether the hiring of Farenthold, as a lobbyist, erquired posting that the hiring was specific to services as a lobbyist
What’s the brouhaha over the Open Meetings Act? Those who say the Act was violated say there was no posting for the hiring of…
State: Arkansas
New transportation construction contract process: construction manager/general contractor (CMGC) form of contracting
Why the switch? liability and risks of cost overruns move to the contractor
What parameters did the Legislature put around the new contracting method?
How does it work?
Design Phase: contractors submit requests for proposals
After the design phase: contractor submits its cost estimate to build the…
Where have EV Charging roads been installed? Stockholm Sweden
What does the partnership look like to develop the road?
How long of a stretch of road has EV charging? 2 kilometers
How does it work?
LOOPHOLES in the Attorney General Cap on administrative fees: toll roads that are operated by non-TXDOT entities, or that have contracts awarded for operation by non-TXDOT entities.
What’s an example of a non-TXDOT tollroad? Tollraods operated by Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority
What’s the legislative fix? Adding the administrative cap to Texas Transportation Code, Section 370 which govrns tollroads operated by regional mobility authorities.