Web Conference 2023.05.02 Curb
- Every other week Tuesday call at 9am PT, 12pm ET, 5/6pm CET
Meeting ID: 898 5980 7668 - Passcode 320307
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Main Topics
- Electric Vehicle Charging Specs
- Hosts: Jacob Larson, City of Omaha, Parking and Mobility
- Note Taker: Tom Carranza, LADOT
- Facilitator: Jacob Larson, City of Omaha, Parking and Mobility
- Outreach: Michael Schnuerle, OMF
Jacob Larson (Omaha) provided an overview on the Curb Data Specification (CDS), and on the role and make up of the CWG Steering Committee CDS is another product of the OMF open source community that included participation from 160+ individuals and 70+ agencies There was a brief summary provided of the USDOT SMART grants awarded to the OMF collaborative of 8 cities
Electric Vehicle Charging Specifications (Dillon Cruz, Google)
Dillon Cruz led a discussion on EV charging and on cities experiences with EV charging stations
The goal of this group discussion is to gather information about the needs of cities regarding data specifications for EV charging infrastructure and to lay the groundwork for the OMF community to develop EV specs
Michael Schnuerle (OMF) shared that EV charging specs is possible through CDS 1.0 but in a limited way. EV charging activities can be specified as a CDS event. More details can be added and defined in detail, like properties, status (active/charging/occupied/inactive), reliability, uptime, and plug standard.
Future enhancements to CDS can improve how EV charging space data is captured
The agencies on the call were polled to understand how they are currently working with EV charging stations. San Jose EV chargers are mostly off street. Los Angeles has over 4000 charging stations citywide (on and off street). Seattle shared information on their EV charging program. The Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles programs are not managed by their DOTs.
Most cities have adopted visioning programs that include vehicle electrification objectives and GHG emission reduction goals. Many cities have goals and objectives related to EVs on the street, reduction of GHG emissions, and EV charging infrastructure expansion.
For example, San Francisco has set a goal that by 2030, vehicle electrification will increase to at least 25% of all registered private vehicles, and 100% of all by 2040.
Miami also shared their EV charging challenges including charging infrastructure, costs, litigation, etc. Agencies also shared the concern with lack of parking turnover due to vehicles parking past a full charge, data privacy, addressing equity in program deployment and expansion, data sharing agreements, etc.
When polled on what data is needed to help support EV charging programs and initiatives, the responses included start and end of session; parking duration / overstay (time beyond when fully charged), compliance, etc. Agencies repeated that they aim for good turnover and not long term parking.
Many of the agency staff on the call do not manage their EV charging programs and will have to gather more information after this meeting.
It was shared that chargers can display if a vehicle is fully charged. Some cities provide grace periods after full charge but then escalate charges after the grace period.
It was indicated that one commonly used vendor, ChargePoint, can provide dashboard access to their customers so that data can be viewed and collected, which offers an opportunity for CDS integration.
Since there are different vendors in this space with different charger types, a common data standard can set up these EV charging programs for future success.
Wrap Up
Jacob (Omaha) closed the meeting out and described all the ways people can get involved with CDS.
