Corrigan Salerno, Policy Associate at Transportation For America
gave this presentation at the Forth Strengthening Community Impact With Capacity Building and Technical Assistance
webinar on September 12, 2023.
6. Toplines
1. How We Got Here
2. The Transportation Funding Conundrum
3. Extra Challenges with Transportation Electrification
4. Technical Assistance: Support to go the distance
14. Transportation Electrification: Open Questions Abound
● Municipal electrification:
○ Siloed work across different agencies (DOEs vs DOTs)
○ Where to site city chargers?
○ Coordination with utilities
○ Coordination with CBOs, businesses and other stakeholders
● Federal programs
○ Compliance with NEVI Final Rule
■ over 100 requirements to account for
■ 1 mile and 4-port rule
○ Accessibility and Safety
16. Time for TA
Technical Assistance:
● Processes, programs, and resources administered to provide targeted support
to help a recipient build local capacity to execute policies, plans and projects
● Expectations for TA:
○ Communities should expect to learn how to do the work
in a way that will allow them to do the work by themselves
into the future
17. What to look for
Programs explicitly designed to provide direct technical
assistance: Capacity builder consults with a recipient.
● Thriving Communities Initiative
○ USDOT LOI & NOFO Soon
○ EPA/DOE EJ Thriving Communities
● Clean Cities Coalitions
● DOE National Lab TA
● BIA Renewables and Charger Support
● Reconnecting Communities Institute
● FTA Technical Assistance Centers
● Forth
● Community Connectors Grant Program
20. TA Resources:
When direct consulting is not available, resources can bridge gaps
● DOT Navigator
○ Extensive list of resources, including case studies, toolkits, and guides
○ EV Urban Toolkit and the EV Rural Toolkit
● Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
○ TA Resources on planning and implementation of chargers, ZE infrastructure and transit.
● EV Grid Assist
○ DOE TA resources on utilities, Vehicle to Grid Integration
● EV States Clearinghouse
○ Free resources for states to implement EV infrastructure investments
● T4A’s Community Connectors Tools for advocates
And you can always ask!