Inequitable Access to EV Charging Infrastructure

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• Creators:
  Khan, Hafiz Anwar Ullah ; Price, Sara ; Avraam, Charalampos ; Dvorkin, Yury
• Corporate Creators:
  New York University. Tandon School of Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Connected Cities for Smart Mobility toward Accessible and Resilient Transportation Center (C2SMART) ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Electric vehicles
  • Infrastructure
  • Equity (Justice)
  • Correlation analysis
  • Hypothesis testing
• Resource Type:
  Manuscript
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  New York University. Tandon School of Engineering ; Connected Cities for Smart Mobility toward Accessible and Resilient Transportation Center (C2SMART)
• Abstract:
  Access to and affordability of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure are the two prominent barriers for EV adoption. While major efforts are underway in the United States to roll-out public EV charging infrastructure, persistent social disparities in EV adoption call for interventions. In this paper, we analyze the existing EV charging infrastructure across New York City (NYC) to identify such socio-demographic and transportation features that correlate with the current distribution of EV charging stations. Our results demonstrate that population density is not correlated with the density of EV chargers, hindering New York’s EV adoption and decarbonization goals. On the contrary, the distribution of EV charging stations is heavily skewed against low–income, Black–identifying, and disinvested neighborhoods in NYC, however, positively correlated to presence of highways in a zip code. The results underscore the need for policy frameworks that incorporate equity and justice in the roll-out of EV charging infrastructure.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3551747124
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/61454/dot_61454_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.18 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
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