Planning for More Equitable EV Charger Placement

Map of Boston neighborhoods with EV charging infrastructure represented by colored dots. The greatest concentration can be seen in and directly adjacent to downtown, while other's have little in the way of coverage/support.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy via Paula Moura's WBUR partnered with the Visualizing Energy project at the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability and the Justice Media Computational Journalism co-Lab, a collaboration between the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences’ BU Spark! program, the College of Communication, and the BU Hub Cross-College Challenge.

Graphic by Roberto Scalese

Published

February 13, 2023

Source

https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/02/02/electric-vehicle-chargers-boston

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For EVs to take off, Boston needs more equitable placement of chargers

"As of September 2022, the City of Boston has 924 chargers, 95% of which are Level 2. But across the city, the distribution among neighborhoods has not been even. Most of the city’s 182 charging locations are in Central Boston, Seaport, Fenway and Beacon Hill," reports Paula Moura for WBUR news.

In her piece, "For EVs to take off, Boston needs more equitable placement of chargers," Moura explores the challenges for Boston residents who live outside of denser and more commercial areas and therefore lack access to walkable public EV charging infrastructure.

Listen or read to Moura's full piece