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Northeast Region Designated Corridors and Infrastructure Gap Analysis

Mike Scarpino & Stephen Costa USDOT – Volpe Center

December 11, 2018

The National Transportation Systems Center

Advancing transportation innovation for the public good

Alternative Fuel Corridors Infrastructure Analysis & Round 3 Designation Recommendations for the Northeast

✓ MA, NH, ME, VT, CT, RI, NY, and NJ

✓ Gap Analysis for States Using Existing Stations

✓Focus on CNG & LNG

✓ VMT & Freight Data

✓ 2012 and 2045 projections

✓ Summary

CNG AFC’s: Rounds 1 & 2

CNG Corridor Opportunities

CNG AFC’s: Rounds 1 & 2

CNG Corridor Opportunities

States CNG Ready CNG Pending AdditionalRecommendations/Comments

MA I-95: From MA/RI border to Lexington MA

I-90: From Logan Airport to Weston

I-93: From Everett to MA/NH border

I-495: From Tewksbury to Lakeville

I-95: From Lexington MA to MA/NH border

I-90: From Weston to MA/NY border

I-93: From Everett to Canton

I-495: From Tewksbury to Amesbury; and from Lakeville to Wareham

I-195: Entire Length



I-195, I-290, and I-395 all have 1 CNG station within close proximity

States CNG Ready CNG Pending AdditionalRecommendations/Comments

NH I-93: From NH/MA border to Concord

US-3/Everett Tpke: From NH/MA border to Manchester

NY I-495: From Manhattan to Riverhead

I-81: NY/PA border to Syracuse

I-86: Binghamton to Sayre

I-81: Syracuse to Canada border

I-86: Sayre to NY/PA border

I-86/Rt-17: Binghamton to intersection w/ I-87

Consider nominating I-481, I-290, I-390, I-490

NJ I-95: From NJ/PA border to NJ/NY border

Garden State Parkway: From Egg Harbor to Middletown

Garden State Parkway: From Egg Harbor to Lower Township; and from Middletown to NJ/NY border

RI, CT, VT, ME

No additional CNG corridors recommended at this time

Annual Average Daily Traffic Volume

(AADT) 2012


(AADT) 2045


(AADT) 2012


(AADT) 2045

State Hwy Origin Destination AADT 2012

AADT 2045

Percent Increase

MA I-90 Boston MA MA/NY border 85,905 135,922 58%

MA I-93 Canton MA MA/NH border 152,874 241,872 58%

MA I-95 MA/RI border MA/NH border 118,824 187,998 58%

MA I-91 MA/CT border MA/VT border 57,287 91,126 59%

NH I-93 NH/MA border NH/VT border 40,074 79,617 99%

CT I-84 CT/MA border CT/NY border 94,765 145,367 53%

CT I-91 New Haven CT CT/MA border 107,932 163,978 52%

NY I-90 NY/MA border NY/PA border 44,798 67,170 50%

NY I-81 NY/PA border NY/Canada border 40,554 62,449 54%

NJ/PA I-76 Camden NJ PA/OH border 45,137 78,504 74%

Freight Trucking Flow, 2012

State Hwy Origin Destination FAF4 2012

FAF42045

Percent Increase

MA I-90 Boston MA MA/NY border 3,531 6,254 77%

MA I-95 MA/RI border MA/NH border 2,889 4,375 51%

MA I-91 MA/CT border MA/VT border 1,648 2,508 52%

ME I-95 MA/NH border Houlton ME 2,301 4,026 75%

NH I-93 NH/MA border NH/VT border 787 1,259 60%

CT I-84 CT/MA border CT/NY border 3,625 5,654 56%

NY I-95 NY/CT border NY/NJ border 9,752 16,108 65%

NY I-90 NY/MA border NY/PA border 6,289 12,356 96%

NY I-81 NY/PA border NY/Canada border 3,829 8,493 122%

NJ I-80 Newark NJ NJ/PA border 5,354 10,069 88%

NJ/PA I-76 Camden NJ PA/OH border 6,420 12,419 93%

Alt. Fuel Corridor Analysis Summary✓ Analyze station data on corridors to identify existing stations and gaps where

future stations can be located

✓ Review important metrics such as VMT, freight volume

✓ Utilize various tools to determine possible station locations

✓ Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Projection Tool (EVI-Pro) Lite: https://afdc.energy.gov/evi-pro-lite

✓ TCI/M.J. Bradley & Associates EV Corridor Analysis Tool for Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States: https://www.georgetownclimate.org/articles/ev-corridor-analysis-tool-for-northeast-and-mid-atlantic-states.html

✓ Arizona State University COL LAB LOCATION- Geodesign for CNG Facility Location: https://collablocation.shinyapps.io/geodesign_cng_sw_2018/

✓ Initiate conversations with property hosts for potential station locations✓ Investigate upgrading LPG Secondary sites to Primary vehicle fueling capabilities

https://afdc.energy.gov/evi-pro-lite

https://www.georgetownclimate.org/articles/ev-corridor-analysis-tool-for-northeast-and-mid-atlantic-states.html

https://collablocation.shinyapps.io/geodesign_cng_sw_2018/

Alt. Fuel Corridor Analysis Summary (cont.)

✓ Hold workshops/meetings to identify priority corridors in the state/region

✓ Work with State/Planning agencies to identify potential funding✓ CMAQ Priority for EV & CNG stations on designated corridors

✓ VW Appendix D EVSE Funding

✓ PA AFIG FAST ACT Corridor Infrastructure grants

✓ Initiate/participate in planning with neighboring states✓ Various Diesel Collaboratives

✓ TCI (Northeast) & West Coast Electric Highway (CA, OR, WA)

✓ ZEV MOU states & MOU for Regional EV Plan for Western States

✓ Electrify America Cycle 1 and 2 development

✓ Informal coordination between States & Clean Cities Coalitions

Backup Slides/Additional Analysis for…..

States EV Ready EV Pending AdditionalRecommendations/Comments

MA I-495: From Raynham to Amesbury


I-495: From Raynham to Wareham




I-195, I-295, and I-395 all have 1 DCFC in close proximity.

ME I-95: From ME/NH to South Portland

I-295: From South Portland to Topsham

I-95: From South Portland to Bangor

I-295: From Topsham to Gardiner

For other highways, incorporate details of state-wide EV planning into the nomination.

NH US-3/Everett Tpke: From NH/MA border to Bedford

VT-NH-ME

US-2: From Lancaster NH to Berlin VT (71 miles)

US-2: From Lancaster NH to Bethel ME (or beyond to Bangor)

Consider other important cross-state US or state highways, such as 101/9, US-US-202, US-302, US-4, etc.

Fuel Ready Pending Additional Recommendations/Comments

LPG I-93 (NH): From NH/MA Border to Concord

I-95 (ME): From Biddeford to Hampden

I-93 (NH): From Concord to NH/VT border

No other states/corridors recommended at this time

H2 Evaluate the highways/stations in the Northeast states that directly or indirectly support the Toyota/Air Liquide fueling network that could be nominated as Hydrogen Pending for Round 3, or, wait for Round 4 to nominate Ready corridors once the Toyota (and any other planned) H2 stations come on line.

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