SCC-PG: ECET: Empowering Community-centric Electrified Transportation

电气化（E-）交通在大都市地区迅速普及，以解决城市化引起的环境和可持续性问题。 个人、运输机构和地方政府的持续努力正在增加电子交通模式（电动巴士、电动汽车和电动滑板车）的可用性。这一过渡将为改善区域交通和电力系统以及促进城市空间的社会经济增长带来前所未有的机会。为了实现电子运输的潜力，有必要采取跨学科的办法，并与利益攸关方不断接触。该项目将建立一个合作团队，以调查一个电子枢纽的概念，旨在转换交通中心，以托管各种电子模式。该团队将与公共交通机构、地区电力公司和德克萨斯州奥斯汀市政府合作，探索利用电子枢纽支持城市基础设施和解决社会公平问题的潜力。这一规划活动将使我们的合作伙伴受益于可操作的结果，并最终有助于开展一项大规模的研究。该项目将通过一项合作试点研究，探讨电子枢纽概念对城市基础设施和社会经济增长的影响。目标是开发综合解决方案，以促进城市社区规模的电子交通。 利用我们的合作伙伴提供的真实的数据集，我们提出了三个有凝聚力的研究重点：T1）通过开发具有更高分辨率的交通模型和解决交通公平问题来定位电子枢纽; T2）通过考虑新兴能源资源和智能充电来支持电网，为电子枢纽提供动力; T3）研究电子枢纽的社区层面影响，重点关注整个社区的潜在影响。 该团队将与我们的合作伙伴（奥斯汀市，CapMetro和Austin Energy）密切合作，通过定期讨论和收集反馈，促进我们社区采用电子枢纽。 我们还将通过UT的Energy Institutive组织教师行业研讨会，以接触行业利益相关者，政策制定者和公众。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Electrified (E-) transportation is rapidly gaining popularity in metropolitan areas to address environmental and sustainability issues induced by urbanization. Ongoing efforts by individuals, transit agencies, and local governments are increasing the availability of E-transportation modes (E-buses, EVs, and E-scooters). This transition could introduce an unprecedented opportunity to improve regional transportation and electricity systems, as well as promote socio-economic growth in urban space. To realize the potential of E-transportation, it is necessary to pursue an interdisciplinary approach and continuous engagement with stakeholders. This project will build a collaborative team to investigate an E-hub concept that seeks to convert transit centers to host various E-modes. The team will collaborate with the public transit agency, regional electric utility, and city government in Austin, Texas to explore the potential of using E-hubs to support urban infrastructure and address social equity issues. This planning activity will benefit our partners with actionable results and ultimately contribute to the development of a large-scale study.This project will investigate an E-hub concept through a collaborative pilot study on its impacts on urban infrastructure and socio-economic growth. The goal is to develop integrative solutions to promote E-transportation at the scale of urban communities. Using real data sets provided by our partners, we propose three cohesive research thrusts: T1) Locating the E-hubs by developing traffic models with improved resolution and addressing transit equity issues; T2) Powering the E-hubs by considering emerging energy resources and intelligent charging for grid support; and T3) Studying community-level effects of E-hubs, focusing on potentially distributing the impacts across the whole community. The team will closely work with our partners (City of Austin, CapMetro, and Austin Energy) to facilitate the adoption of E-hubs in our community through regular discussions and feedback collection. We will also organize faculty-industry workshops through UT’s Energy Institutive to reach out to industry stakeholders, policymakers, and the public.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.