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.

1. Tools to Get There: Technical Assistance
12 September 2023
T4America.org
@t4america

2. Corrigan Salerno,
Policy Associate,
Transportation for America
corrigan.salerno@t4america.org

3. “We envision a country where no
matter where you live, or who you are,
you can enjoy living in a place that is
healthy, prosperous, and resilient.”

4. What We Do

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

7. Who are we designing
for?

8. Vehicles, or People?

9. Transportation Policy Levers

10. 90% increase from FAST Act
79% increase from FAST Act
750%
increase
from FAST
Act

12. More Money… More Problems

13. More Money… More Problems

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

15. Communities know what they want to do but…
they may not know how to do it

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

19. https://t4america.org/iija/

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!

21. Questions?

22. Thank you!