Electrifying Transportation: Strategies for Equitable Action

There is a growing focus on transportation electrification at the state and local levels as a method to mitigate climate change, and recent federal legislation has provided local governments with the means to invest in electrification programs. However, local and tribal governments face key challenges associated with planning, implementing, operating, and evaluating transportation-electrification efforts.

This presentation offers local transit agency and tribal perspectives on electrification programs, and introduces strategies for assessing electrification needs, planning for accessible infrastructure, coordinating effectively with project stakeholders, and evaluating program success. Presenters discuss how transportation electrification programs can affect environmental-justice communities, with a focus on impacts and considerations for tribal communities. They share tools for planners to evaluate health co-benefits associated with reduced emissions.

NPC Peer Reviewers assigned this presentation a learning level of Intermediate. For more on learning-level descriptions, visit our General Information Page.