Topic: Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners

Presented by: James Nguyen Transportation Engineer & Greg Ramsey Director of Public Works and Engineering, City of Peachtree Corners

Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners is a publicly funded living lab designed to provide a real-world test environment to advance next-generation intelligent mobility and smart city technology. Peachtree Corners, Georgia is a vibrant suburb of Atlanta and is one of the first smart cities in the U.S. to be powered by city-owned connected infrastructure and 5G.

Located within a 500-acre technology park where 7500 people work and more than 1000 people live, Curiosity Lab provides unique infrastructure and a supportive government to facilitate innovation. Early-stage startups, universities, and established companies are all welcome to join our innovation ecosystem.

The forward-thinking municipality, which is home to some of the world’s most disruptive technology developers, established Curiosity Lab: a smart city living laboratory designed to facilitate the development and adoption of emerging technologies in real-world conditions that can’t be replicated in a closed environment. The centerpiece is the “city street of the future”: a three-mile autonomous vehicle test and demo lane – part of a completely connected public street that handles more than 9,000 cars daily – where vehicles can communicate with infrastructure and pedestrians through the latest in the cellular vehicle to everything (C-V2X) technology and an array of sensors and edge computing.

For more information, please visit the website at http://www.curiositylabptc.com

Topic: Panel Discussion on EV Charging Infrastructure in Georgia

While use of EVs is expected to increase significantly, the deployment of charging infrastructure is not keeping pace. Nationally, Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) establishing the National EV Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program to fund installation of DC fast charging (DCFC) stations at no greater 50 miles apart on the designated Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFC). The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), along with 49 other states, has developed an EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan which has been approved by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Regionally, in metro Atlanta, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) will develop a Regional Transportation Electrification Plan (RTEP) to identify regionally important corridors outside the AFCs and develop EV charging infrastructure (EVCI) strategies in the near-term, mid-term, and long-term. The Town Center Community Improvement District (CID) is developing an electrification plan to promote the installation of EVCI and support development of a national and regional EVCI network. In this panel discussion, we will hear from the state, regional, and local entities in Georgia on their current EVCI planning activities and ongoing technical, operations, and funding challenges for EVCI planning.