The EV Charging Stations are Gone, but the Reserve Parking Remains…

[LoudThunder]

@Barkydog

I don’t like that ev spot is given better proximity than a handicapped spot.

@circuitsmith

They’re close to the building to save money on the underground wiring.

I think CircuitSmith has it right, it was probably a logistics decision as they only had to dig under some sidewalks to get the power there… The two spots are right adjacent to the “after-hours” drop box and now folks are sort of “advoiding” the spots, they are instead pulling in behind the spots along the sidewalk.

@Cavell

Saving spots is incentive for who?

From the meeting, I take it that leaving the spots reserved for EV drivers will somehow inspire folks to go buy an EV so they can also park close to the library…

For the next few comments, I need to state this. The EV Charging Stations were not on the agenda and the BOS is usually not too responsive to taking these questions from the floor; but I was not being confrontational, I was merely asking questions, so they were not prepared to respond…

@George_San_Jose1

Do you mean the county will replace the free charging stations with new paid commercial charging stations,? Or that they’ll leave the signs there, but provide no charging stations at all, thinking the signs will promote EVs?

From the meeting, I gathered it was merely a two-year experiment to test the waters. I do not know who drove the issue in the first place, but it seems to have died a quiet death… The Charging stations were removed and there are no plans to replace them. But they think that leaving the signs up is a good thing. I guess they watch too my “Martha Stewart” TV and that’s a “Good Thing…”

@Nevada_545

I suspect the cost of maintaining the charging stations and vandalism outweighed the benefit, do many people with electric vehicles visit the library?

First part, I do not think they even considered the cost of installing and maintaining the charging stations. As far as I know, there never was any vandalism on the Charging Stations.

As for, “do many people with electric vehicles visit the library?” Not many, as I mentioned earlier, This topic has been “Driven Over” before and I posted this previously about the usage of the parking spots…

“ICEing” by any other name?

I guess some folk missed the reference in the Title of this posting, “ICEing” by any other name… Yeah, it’s technically not ICEing, that’s why I wrote “by any other name…” Rude, Offensive, Inconsiderate, Bullying, Carelessness, Uncouth, and a whole bunch of more explicate names… Like the person in the idling car, blocking the sidewalk, in a fire lane no less… The purpose of this posting was to give all a chance to tell and share their experiences… So, in spite of the naysayers, I’ve got anot…

@Nevada_545

I have been told that homeless people seek shelter in public libraries when the weather is too hot, too cold or raining, they don’t have electric vehicles yet.

Our county is still pretty much rural and the infrastructure is not conducive to supporting a homeless population the way a larger city might be…

@George_San_Jose1

Here in Silicon Valley many of the tech companies provide free charging stations at the office parking, just considered one of their employment benefits.

Finally, I spoke to numerous folks after the meeting and a NASA Engineer volunteered that he uses their EV that his wife drives to work and gets FREE Charging from her employer to provide power to their home like a backup generator at night. You would think that a NASA Engineer, who has a working professional wife in a successful enough position that her employer provides FREE Charging Stations would not be so cheap. I wonder if the wife carries a large purse so she can stock up on Pens, Paper, and Post-its?