Ep. 25: 6 Things to Know about Electrified Roadways

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners should know about electrified roadways. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 25:

• What are electrified roadways?
• What is the purpose of electrified roadways?
• What is the technology of electrified roadways?
• What are the benefits of electrified roadways?
• What are the challenges of having electrified roadways?
• Where are the pilot projects?
• What is the future outlook of electrified roadways?

Links:

• The Ray Foundation’s EV Charging Lanes and Future visions - https://theray.org/technology/down-the-road/
• Biden-Harris Administration’s National Strategy to Accelerate Deployment of Zero-Emission Infrastructure for Freight Trucks - https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-releases-first-ever-national-strategy-accelerate-deployment
• New Central Florida Highway Will Charge EVs as They Drive - https://www.governing.com/infrastructure/new-central-florida-highway-will-charge-evs-as-they-drive
• Article on Electrified Road and Climate Goals -https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-021-00974-8

Co-Hosts:

• Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP has 25 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in early 2018 with Jennifer Zhan. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 14 years of experience in transportation planning and is certified by MIT Media Lab’s Beyond Smart Cities program. Kirsten is an Associate Vice President and Director of Smart Mobility Planning with Modern Mobility Partners. Kirsten holds a M.S. degree in City Planning from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Guest Speaker:

• Chisun Yoo has two years of experience in urban planning and transportation planning, specializing in data analysis, network analysis, and freight modeling. Chisun is a Transportation Planner with Modern Mobility Partners. Chisun holds a PhD degree in City and Regional Planning from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Modern Mobility Partners is an Atlanta-based women and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm.  Service areas include smart mobility and transportation planning, demand modeling and traffic engineering, and data analytics and visualization.

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