City of Evansville, IN | Climate Action Dashboard
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About 34% of Evansville residents live in apartments or condos, which means many people don’t have easy access to home EV chargers. To help everyone switch to electric vehicles, the city can work with developers to include EV-ready wiring and charging stations when new buildings are constructed. Doing this now is cheaper than adding chargers later and ensures that all residents have fair access to clean transportation.
Placing chargers where people live, work, and shop makes electric vehicles more convenient, reduces “range anxiety,” and supports the City’s greenhouse-gas reduction goals. It can also save households money on fuel, improve air quality, and encourage sustainable development. To make this happen, the City could update building codes, offer incentives to developers, create a loan fund for affordable housing upgrades, and provide guidance through workshops and partnerships with utilities and local organizations.
Improves air quality
Policies, practices, and programs that limit fossil fuel combustion reduce the emission of harmful air pollutants, such as particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxides. Adopting more sustainable actions enhances our air quality, resulting in improved health and a higher quality of life for everyone.
Supports local economy
An increase in demand for renewable energy systems, clean transportation options, and sustainable waste and land management methods create opportunities for research and innovation, market growth, product manufacturing, contractual services, and workforce development - all which furthers investment in the local economy.
Enhances equity
Equitable and affordable access to technologies and programs helps residents save money, reach essential services, and cope with climate impacts. Equitable access ensures even the most vulnerable and underserved have the opportunity to be safe, healthy, and resilient to climate impacts.
