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Tag Archives: charging stations
Planning for the EVolution in charging stations
As the number of EV (electric vehicle) charging stations have increased, their design and appearance have grown in style and variety. While many EV charging stations are currently accessory uses on the site of other uses like hotels, theaters, parking … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, advertising, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, architecture, branding, Cars, cities, climate change, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, economic development, electric vehicles, energy, environment, futurism, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, light pollution, marketing, pictures, planning, pollution, product design, Renewable Energy, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, video, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged charging, charging stations, design, electric cars, electric vehicles, EVs, hybrid electric vehicles, hybrid/electric vehicles, planning, zoning
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States with the most public EV charging outlets
Below are the most recent numbers of public electric vehicle charging outlets (not stations), as of October 29, 2017. A minimum of 500 is required to included on the list. Aside from California which far and away leads the list, … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, climate change, culture, economic development, economic gardening, electric vehicles, energy, environment, geography, infrastructure, land use, nature, planning, product design, Renewable Energy, Science, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged charging stations, electric vehicles, EV, supercharging stations, Tesla
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Your zoning code/map is ahead of its time when…
There is an app for that. There is a required vertical altitude setback from flying car streets and highways. Your code book is entitled “Jetsonian Code for ___” (fill in the blank). You can actually find them on the internet. Landing … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, airports, Alternative energy, architecture, aviation, bicycling, Biking, books, Cars, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, culture, downtown, economic development, environment, EVs and hybrids, fun, geography, government, Green roofs, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Outer Space, placemaking, planning, recycling, Renewable Energy, satire, Science, skylines, Social media, spatial design, sustainability, transportation, zoning
Tagged aerospace, books, charging stations, cities, codes, EVs, futurism, land use, land use planning, laws, ordinances, outer space, planning, space, transportation, zoning
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Ecomodal transportation hubs
This post summarizes several ideas that could be employed to facilitate the establishment of sustainable transportation hubs where intermodal cross-movement between multiple green (or active) transportation options takes place with ease. In a nutshell, these facilities are described by using … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative energy, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, Communications, culture, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, energy, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, EVs and hybrids, geography, Green roofs, health, historic preservation, humanity, infrastructure, internet, land use, landscape architecture, logistics, nature, new urbanism, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, pollution, product design, rail, recycling, Renewable Energy, revitalization, seasons, Social media, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, bike share, BRT, bus, car share, carpool, charging stations, cities, ecology, EVs, green, hubs, hybrids, infrastructure, intermodal, land use, light rail, placemaking, planning, rail, San Francisco, sustainability bicycling, Transbay Terminal, transportations, vanpool
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“Jetson’s cool” EV charging service stations
At the bottom of this post are several conceptual designs for EV (electric vehicle) charging stations. Needless to say, many resemble something out of the futuristic 1960s cartoon series, The Jetsons. Each has its own unique twist on the concept of … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative energy, architecture, art, branding, Cars, cities, climate change, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, economic development, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, EVs and hybrids, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, logistics, marketing, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, psychology, Renewable Energy, revitalization, Small business, spatial design, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged architecture, charging stations, cities, EVs, land use, planning, service stations, sustainability, zoning
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If hybrid/electric car owners ruled the planet…
Just some fun and hopeful thoughts on a better, safer, cleaner world. Many of these ideas are not as far-fetched as they sound (see weblinks). Enjoy! New SUVs would be outlawed and the owners of existing ones forced to enlist … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative energy, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, climate change, commerce, consumerism, culture, economic development, economic gardening, economics, education, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, EVs and hybrids, fun, globalization, government, health, humanity, infrastructure, land use, logistics, nature, peace, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, product design, Renewable Energy, revitalization, Science, spatial design, sustainability, technology, Transportation, urban planning, zoning
Tagged charging stations, design, EVs, futurism, hybrid cars, hybrid/electric vehicles, parking, planning, transportation
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Leading the charge – states with the most EV charging stations
Below is a list of the 25 states with the most electric vehicle charging stations installed and operational as of April 25, 2013 according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center. This data does not include single-family … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative energy, Cars, civics, climate change, commerce, consumerism, economic gardening, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, EVs and hybrids, geography, infrastructure, land use, North America, placemaking, planning, pollution, product design, Renewable Energy, Science, spatial design, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged cars, charging stations, electricity, energy, EVs, land use, transportation planning
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The EV of a new era
Each time I see an EV (electric vehicle) charging station installed, I am heartened that our dependence on fossil fuels may be starting to wane. According to ChargePoint, more than 10,600 of their stations have been installed. The photo below is … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative energy, Cars, cities, civics, climate change, commerce, culture, economic development, energy, entertainment, environment, EVs and hybrids, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, product design, Renewable Energy, spatial design, sustainability, technology, theaters, transportation, urban planning
Tagged cars, charging stations, cities, electric vehicles, energy, EVs, transportation
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Charge it…
Below are a couple of photographs I took last Thursday of the new electric vehicle charging station at the headquarters of Lansing Board of Water and Light. Needless to say, there appears to be enough “volts” for charging . : … Continue reading
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