andyG59
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For those who may be interested, here is a summary flyer from the US Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (responsible for NEVI, BIL/IIJA, etc. implementation) about how interstate signage will be changing to provide another way for drivers to find EV charging.
https://driveelectric.gov/files/mutcd-ev-signage-help-sheet.pdf
I'm a transportation engineer and an EV driver so this is right up my alley to geek out about. The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices is the Federal Highway Administration publication that standardizes signs and pavement marking color, shapes, and size options across the US. In other words, it is the reason that stop signs are always 8-sided with white letters on a red background, regulatory speed limit signs are black letters on a white background, and so on. The publication gets updated every 10 years or so and BEV's were a rarity at the time of the last update.
As there is some flexibility in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices guidance for application of service signs, it will be interesting to see how EV signs will evolve and be added to interstate and freeway exit information signs for specific services (food, fuel, lodging, etc.) in different states. For instance, EV charging could have its own sign or be part of another sign.
On my last trip earlier this year from Florida to Iowa, I did not notice any changes to existing business signs that I knew had EV charging.
https://driveelectric.gov/files/mutcd-ev-signage-help-sheet.pdf
I'm a transportation engineer and an EV driver so this is right up my alley to geek out about. The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices is the Federal Highway Administration publication that standardizes signs and pavement marking color, shapes, and size options across the US. In other words, it is the reason that stop signs are always 8-sided with white letters on a red background, regulatory speed limit signs are black letters on a white background, and so on. The publication gets updated every 10 years or so and BEV's were a rarity at the time of the last update.
As there is some flexibility in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices guidance for application of service signs, it will be interesting to see how EV signs will evolve and be added to interstate and freeway exit information signs for specific services (food, fuel, lodging, etc.) in different states. For instance, EV charging could have its own sign or be part of another sign.
On my last trip earlier this year from Florida to Iowa, I did not notice any changes to existing business signs that I knew had EV charging.
