published
EV-Ready and Bike?First Street Standards
Proposed August 9, 2025
Policy intent: This action reduces emissions quickly while improving health, lowering total cost of ownership, and strengthening resilience. It is designed for pragmatic rollout-simple defaults, opt-out only where technically necessary, and clear accountability.
Program details:
- Target & scope: define coverage, exclusions, and phased milestones.
- Why it matters: quantify emissions, health, and reliability benefits.
- Implementation: responsible office, required approvals, vendor standards.
- Equity: avoid cost burdens; support low?income households and small firms.
- Funding: rebates, grants, bonds; stack incentives to close gaps.
- Verification: quarterly metrics, public dashboard, and third-party audits.
- Enforcement: warnings, corrective plans, and proportionate penalties.
Metrics example: publish monthly progress, track cost per ton abated, and disclose benefits by
neighborhood to ensure fair distribution of investments.
Program details:
- Target & scope: define coverage, exclusions, and phased milestones.
- Why it matters: quantify emissions, health, and reliability benefits.
- Implementation: responsible office, required approvals, vendor standards.
- Equity: avoid cost burdens; support low?income households and small firms.
- Funding: rebates, grants, bonds; stack incentives to close gaps.
- Verification: quarterly metrics, public dashboard, and third-party audits.
- Enforcement: warnings, corrective plans, and proportionate penalties.
Metrics example: publish monthly progress, track cost per ton abated, and disclose benefits by
neighborhood to ensure fair distribution of investments.