The resources provided on this page offer guidance on establishing alternative fueling stations at your site and key considerations behind their development. After determining your organization’s fueling needs or priorities, stakeholders interested in serving as a host site are encouraged to review the provided materials to develop a better understanding of the technical and legal requirements for your project.
What does city planning have to do with alternative fuel vehicles?
A robust alternative fuel infrastructure network is critical to greater market adoption of AFVs; as such, the availability of alternative fuel infrastructure is the issue over which local governments can exert the greatest direct impact.
TACC prepared The City Planner’s Guide to Alternative Fuels to assist local governments in identifying how zoning and development regulations can be updated to better accommodate alternative fuel infrastructure and thereby help promote use of alternative fuel vehicles. Electricity and gaseous fuels (i.e., propane, compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas) are the alternative fuels addressed in this report.
Vehicles powered by these fuels can take advantage of the existing electric grid and gas delivery networks. Where adequate power and fuel distribution networks are in place, getting these fuels to the ultimate consumer may require only relatively modest investments in vehicle fueling stations and charging equipment. Local governments can also play a positive role by providing an up-to-date and predictable regulatory framework for prospective alternative fuel infrastructure providers.
The City Planner’s Guide to Alternative Fuels
Fuel-Specific Guides
CNG
CNG Station Development in Tulsa
This guide is specific to compressed natural gas fueling station development within the City of Tulsa.
CNG Station Development – National Guide
This guide covers compressed natural gas fueling station development generally across the U.S.
EV
EV Charging Equipment Placement
Public EV Charging Station Guide
Propane
Oklahoma Guide for Propane Infrastructure
This is a comprehensive guide to propane fueling infrastructure development in Oklahoma.
National Guide for Propane Infrastructure
This is a guide for propane station development generally across the U.S.
