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Street-lighting official says EV charger siting will target underserved neighborhoods; streetlights framed as city ‘platform’
Summary
A Bureau of Street Lighting representative told an LA Currents interviewer the bureau aims to site EV chargers in high-demand and underserved neighborhoods and to use streetlights as platforms for services such as 5G, dynamic lighting and air-quality sensors.
A representative from the Bureau of Street Lighting described an equity-focused approach to placing electric-vehicle chargers and framed the city’s streetlight network as a multiuse platform that can host new services.
“In places that the private sector doesn’t necessarily see, like Hyde Park, South LA, the Valley,” Speaker 2 said, the bureau is looking to site chargers where they will increase access and usage. The official said staff are using…
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