Seattle EV Charging Siting Study
David served as the lead tool architect for an Electric Vehicle Charger siting model aimed at electrifying shared modes such as carshare and TNCs. David took a lead role in developing siting suitability metrics based on available literature on TNCs, carsharing, and EV charging preferences. After metric development, he led the development of a web-based EV charger siting dashboard developed to assist SDOT and other agencies to determine which locations were high priority for EV charger installation. This application included a dynamic assessment tool enabled stakeholders to reweight a prioritization analysis used to inform where the best EV charger installation locations were.
This project was presented as a poster at APA 2019.
TITLE: Electrifying Shared Mobility in Seattle
POSTER NUMBER: NPC197075
Abstract:
Intersecting trends of an increasingly decarbonized grid and the evolution of shared mobility services in urban areas provides a unique opportunity to reduce transportrelated emissions. Fehr & Peers and SDOT leveraged a McHargian decision-making process to guide an electric vehicle charger deployment that would support shared mobility, fill transit gaps, develop a robust charger network, and provide community benefits equitably. The siting model and its deployment provide a powerful example of how automation, targeted metrics, scenario oriented workflows, and value-driven decision making can help inform stakeholders about the best opportunities to electrify shared mobility systems.