I had the same thought. I agree the city should be regulating where there is space to put these on sidewalks, much as they do for CitiBike docking stations, and also charging for use of that space. However, I'd think many sidewalks could accommodate a bollard-sized charger without causing major disruption. The bigger problem is the free …
I had the same thought. I agree the city should be regulating where there is space to put these on sidewalks, much as they do for CitiBike docking stations, and also charging for use of that space. However, I'd think many sidewalks could accommodate a bollard-sized charger without causing major disruption. The bigger problem is the free overnight curbside parking.
Some amount of overnight curbside parking might make sense even in NYC, but it absolutely should require payment. Try suggesting that at your local community board meeting, though! If paying for EV charging while parked overnight gets drivers in the habit of paying for overnight parking, could that be a way to - over time - transition overnight curbside parking to paid? And also designate certain streets as "car streets" and other streets as for people? And eventually to price in the true cost of driving so we discourage cars and properly fund transit?
I had the same thought. I agree the city should be regulating where there is space to put these on sidewalks, much as they do for CitiBike docking stations, and also charging for use of that space. However, I'd think many sidewalks could accommodate a bollard-sized charger without causing major disruption. The bigger problem is the free overnight curbside parking.
Some amount of overnight curbside parking might make sense even in NYC, but it absolutely should require payment. Try suggesting that at your local community board meeting, though! If paying for EV charging while parked overnight gets drivers in the habit of paying for overnight parking, could that be a way to - over time - transition overnight curbside parking to paid? And also designate certain streets as "car streets" and other streets as for people? And eventually to price in the true cost of driving so we discourage cars and properly fund transit?
...probably not, but I'm not sure it hurts much.