1. Diane Turchetta Federal Highway Administration
Green Drives Conference and Expo
May 18, 2017
Diane Turchetta
Federal Highway Administration

2. Agenda
Alternative Fuel Corridors Program
Overview
Next Steps

3. Alternative Fuel Corridor Roadmap
7. Follow-up FR Notice issued and public webinar – summer, 2017
Designations Announced
November 3, 2016
5. Recommendations to FHWA Administrator and Secretary
6. March 7, 2017 webinar for initial nominations
3. Issue RFI in FR
July 22, 2016
1. National webinars
May 12 and 16, 2016
Key stakeholder input
4. Screening/Evaluation Process
2. Develop RFI for Corridor Designations
FAST Act – Dec. 4, 2015

4. Criteria EV CNG LNG Hydrogen Propane Includes DCFC and Level 2
50 miles between stations
5 miles from highway
Public stations only (no Tesla)
CNG
150 miles between stations
Public stations only
Fast fill, 3,600 psi
LNG
200 miles between stations
Hydrogen
100 miles between stations
Propane
Primary stations only

5. Process 34 nominations received – separated into two categories:
Signage-ready – sufficient facilities on the corridor to warrant highway signage;
Signage-pending – at this time, insufficient facilities on the corridor to warrant highway signage
Decisions based on information from DOE’s alternative fuel station locator database
This initial phase focused on interstate highway designations (many state highways and roads were nominated)
Designations….
Include portions/segments of 55 Interstates and a few state roads/highways
Comprise 35 states plus D.C.
Covers almost 85,000 miles of the National Highway System
Fuel Type
Signage Ready
Signage Pending
Total
Electric Vehicle (EV)
     11,579
       13,056
     24,636
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
     11,101
       10,695
     21,796
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
       2,845
       13,526
     16,371
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
       3,922
         8,040
     11,962
Hydrogen
         717
         9,223
       9,939
There are  30,164 miles that are “signage-ready”,  54,540 that are “signage pending” for a total of 84,704 miles of roadway on the National Highway System that have been designated (signage-ready +signage pending) as alternative fuel corridors for one or more fuels.
Another way you may want to express it is as total miles of the entire NHS that are signage ready ( 13.4%) or have been designated (signage-ready + signage-pending)(38%) for one or more fuels.
This is assuming that the total NHS mileage is 223,668 miles, which is stated on our website.
For EV’s less than 1% of the NHS is signage-ready.  If we can get the pending corridors to change to green (signage-ready) we would be at 11%!

6. Website Interactive GIS maps for each fuel
Interactive GIS maps for each fuel
Report required under the FAST Act
MUTCD Memorandum – Signing for Designated Alternative Fuel Corridors
Materials from March 7 webinar/handout
“Sign Up” for Alternative Fuel Corridors Updates
We have posted the AFC maps in HEPGIS.  Recently, we created “What’s New” box to show the latest maps added to HEPGIS, see the following first map.    Users can zoom in and out and see detail  corridors locations.  Users can also turn on and off County boundaries, Popular city name, urbanized areas, etc. You can also use info tool to see the roadway segments alternative names or their AFC status, see the following 2nd map.  On the Legend panel, click on Sources, you will see the contact information.  I listed Diane as the contact and AFC website hyperlink. 

7. Next Steps Outreach Future designation process Corridor nominations
Meetings with industry
First round nominations webinar (March 7, 2017)
Public webinar (after release of 2017 FR Notice)
Future designation process
Process to be defined in follow-up Federal Register Notice
Provides ability to nominate new corridors or add fuel types to existing corridors
Will provide more specific requirements and longer time to develop nomination packages
Corridor nominations
Can be submitted by ANY state or local official
State DOT with jurisdiction over corridor must be aware and supportive of nomination
Collaboration with the US Department of Energy
Continued support from Clean Cities Program/Coalitions & DOE National Labs

8. Contact Information
Diane Turchetta
U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Mike Scarpino
U.S. Department of Transportation
Volpe Center -
Stephen Costa
U.S. Department of Transportation
Volpe Center