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Carlsbad staff outline EV charging master plan, seek commissioner feedback
Summary
City staff told the Traffic Safety and Mobility Commission they will prepare a Clean Mobility Charging Master Plan to identify 10–15 near‑term EV charging sites, perform a gap assessment of existing infrastructure and utility capacity, and position the city for grant funding; commissioners pressed staff on costs, equity for multifamily housing and competition with private chargers.
Nick Gorman, an associate engineer, and Kylie Martin of the Climate Action Plan Division presented a proposed Clean Mobility Charging Master Plan, saying it will identify near‑term sites, evaluate utility capacity and prepare the city to pursue grants and public–private funding.
The presentation said transportation accounts for about 51% of Carlsbad’s greenhouse‑gas emissions and described Measure T8 in the city’s Climate Action Plan as the policy driver for expanding public zero‑emission vehicle and bicycle charging infrastructure. “Developing a clean mobility charging master plan fulfills the climate action plan’s measure T8,” Martin…
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