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Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.08,0:00:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our electric vehicle infrastructure\Nprogram, where we're distributing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.56,0:00:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,$5 billion to states to establish
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.12,0:00:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a car charging network along our highways,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.96,0:00:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as a companion program called\NCommunity Charging, which is another 2.5.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.32,0:00:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do carry standards.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.84,0:00:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want to dictate, of course, all\Nof the particulars of charging stations
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.88,0:00:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will typically be owned\Nand operated by the private sector
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.33,0:00:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we do need to make sure certain\Nthings are true about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.28,0:00:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make sure that you are not,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.40,0:00:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, confined to an individual
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.24,0:00:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,network in order to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.64,0:00:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be able to purchase power\Nfrom a given charging station.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.76,0:00:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, that's often the case.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.64,0:01:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's as if, you know,\Nyou could only fill up at a Speedway
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.84,0:01:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gas station if you were a Speedway member,\Nbut not if you were a BP member, right.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.64,0:01:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make these interoperable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.76,0:01:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And accessibility\Nis one of the considerations
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.20,0:01:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's going into this as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.12,0:01:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as we work with our counterparts\Nin the Department of Energy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.88,0:01:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lay out those requirements\Nand expectations for
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.52,0:01:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the states in their investments,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.12,0:01:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to be, within reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.08,0:01:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laying out some
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.21,0:01:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standards and expectations\Nfor how those chargers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.66,0:01:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ought to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.34,0:01:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you know, one thing we're trying to\Nsupport is active transportation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.90,0:01:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to make sure that people\Nare able to walk or bike or roll
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.40,0:01:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wherever they need to be\Nand I think that's something that has been
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.20,0:02:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe more familiar for people\Nliving in city centers of dense
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.76,0:02:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,urban areas but can bring\Nbenefit everywhere in the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.80,0:02:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we adopted a Complete Streets\Napproach in my hometown of South
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.40,0:02:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bend, for example, that really opened up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.44,0:02:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what had been a road pattern
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.20,0:02:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was almost hostile to any traffic\Nbesides a vehicle.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.76,0:02:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really opened that up to people\Nand through that to small business too,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.04,0:02:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it became a more inviting place\Nto have a cup of coffee
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.60,0:02:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or browse the store.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.80,0:02:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all of these things add up to,\NI think, a more vibrant local economy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.84,0:02:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they add up to more ease for people\Ngetting to where they need to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.28,0:02:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially when you start\Nfrom the principle of safety.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.32,0:02:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's really what's on our mind\Nas we work
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.52,0:02:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make active transportation\Navailable to more Americans.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.24,0:02:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of our grant programs do just that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.48,0:02:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,E-bikes hold the promise of making it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.16,0:03:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more natural
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.08,0:03:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a lot of people\Nto commute to work by bike.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.88,0:03:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that they present
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.88,0:03:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an opportunity in terms of people\Nwho are maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.04,0:03:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't think of themselves as athletes\Nor aren't able to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.96,0:03:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bike longer distances on traditional bike
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.52,0:03:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to now have a convenience to get around.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.38,0:03:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again,\Nsafety has to be our guiding principle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.76,0:03:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you know, local communities,\NI think, are dealing with the necessity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.44,0:03:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of managing the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.44,0:03:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shared spaces\Nand just the rules of the road
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.68,0:03:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that it is safe\Nbecause these e-bikes can go
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.08,0:03:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obviously faster, not just farther\Nthan traditional bicycles,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.92,0:03:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we see a lot of potential there\Nand we want to support local community
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.49,0:03:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visions for how they want\Nto put these technologies to use.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.80,0:04:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The great thing about this role\Nand the daunting thing about this moment
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.56,0:04:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we need to be delivering\Nimprovements to every mode
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.32,0:04:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of transportation in the country and,\Nyou know, we have provisions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.28,0:04:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this new infrastructure law\Nthat touch on everything from
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.04,0:04:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commercial aviation to pipeline safety.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.48,0:04:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're administering a pipeline safety\Nimprovement program
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.90,0:04:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not getting as much attention\Nas some of the other things,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.96,0:04:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it just gives you a sense of the range\Nof what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.72,0:04:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We work on commercial space travel, port
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.65,0:04:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,improvements, anything related\Nto how people or goods move around.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.77,0:04:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tend to have some role in it\Nand what we're very proud of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.64,0:04:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this infrastructure\Ndeal is the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.52,0:04:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make more improvements than we have in\Ncertainly my lifetime.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.76,0:04:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything from the ASAP program\Nthat we're rolling out next week,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.08,0:04:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,improvements to stations across\Nthe country for transit, accessibility
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.44,0:04:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the airport terminal program,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.44,0:04:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which also by the way,\Ndid a lot for accessibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.83,0:05:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.84,0:05:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADA improvements are coming to airports\Naround America now through this funding,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.08,0:05:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're proud to be able to bring that\Nto communities of different sizes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.00,0:05:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By many measures, the U.S.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.32,0:05:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't have a single airport\Nin the world's top 25 now.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.24,0:05:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that we want to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.30,0:05:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The president\Ndefinitely wants to change it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.47,0:05:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it starts with the basics,\Nmaking sure that airports
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.28,0:05:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we even get to the\Nthe finer points of the esthetics of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.42,0:05:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just need to make sure they work well\Nand that they work well for everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.16,0:05:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this round of terminal grants
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.74,0:05:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alone was 84 different airports\Nwe're able to make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.00,0:05:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are big recognizable ones\Nlike L.A.X.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.32,0:05:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the way down to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.89,0:05:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chamberlain, South Dakota,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.19,0:05:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they're general aviation terminal\Nright now is a mobile home.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.43,0:05:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're funding them a new building.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.76,0:05:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in places like in between,\Nlike Huntsville, Alabama,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.64,0:05:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which will get better restrooms and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.20,0:05:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finally be able to get
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.32,0:05:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADA compliance in areas\Nwhere they hadn't before.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.08,0:06:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was the Cash For Clunkers program,\NI think during the Obama administration,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.14,0:06:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the approach that we've pursued\Nhas had to do with
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.72,0:06:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reducing the upfront sticker\Nprice of EVs through tax credits,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.96,0:06:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although unfortunately there's
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.48,0:06:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been a lot of congressional,\Nmostly Republican opposition to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.24,0:06:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it hasn't passed,\Nbut we are seeing that the scale effects
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.76,0:06:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are starting\Nto pull down the cost of EVs too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.24,0:06:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cost of charging is a little different\Nbecause it's in the hands of utilities
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.44,0:06:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there are 3000\Ndifferent utilities across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.31,0:06:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're certainly interested to see\Nwhat kinds of approaches will be taken
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.94,0:06:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,locally.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.69,0:06:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.76,0:06:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to run a utility as mayor\Nbecause I ever saw the water works.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.80,0:06:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the uses that my successor put\Nrescue plan dollars to was to reduce
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.76,0:06:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or forgive utility bills for low\Nincome residents on their water charges.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.96,0:06:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there are ways this can be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.68,0:06:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It varies from state to state,\Nand it gets a little difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.88,0:07:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us from the federal level\Non the transportation side of the House
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.24,0:07:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have all the visibility into that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.13,0:07:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're certainly interested\Nin approaches to make the charging as well
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.66,0:07:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the purchasing of electric vehicles\Nmore affordable for more Americans.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.18,0:07:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing that a lot of folks\Ndon't realize is that you can often charge
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.56,0:07:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a vehicle with a
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.74,0:07:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regular wall plug.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.72,0:07:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.52,0:07:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,frankly, that's what Chasten and I do\Nin Michigan with our plug in hybrid,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.24,0:07:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although it's quicker and more efficient\Nif you can get a level two charger.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.48,0:07:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that only helps you if you live in\Na single family home or you have a garage.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.32,0:07:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people in multi-family\Ndwellings also live in areas
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.00,0:07:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it's not yet profitable\Nfor a company to install a charger.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.36,0:07:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, in the parking\Nlot of your apartment building.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.12,0:07:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where we think the community\Ncharging funding that we're going to be
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.73,0:07:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distributing can make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.46,0:07:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We buy down the difference
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.72,0:07:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it doesn't pencil out\Njust yet for the private sector,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.56,0:07:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when we get that charger up, it helps\Ndrive adoption and helps, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.00,0:07:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people get in on the fuel savings\Nthat come with owning.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.88,0:08:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's funded for this fiscal year.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.56,0:08:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll get the first of five years,\Nwhich across five years
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.28,0:08:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be two and a half billion.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.85,0:08:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That will go alongside the 5 billion.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.64,0:08:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So about 1 billion a year that's\Ngoing to the states for their own plans.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.20,0:08:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are more toward\Nbuilding out the network of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.43,0:08:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chargers across the U.S.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.68,0:08:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,highway system.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.16,0:08:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we do everything
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.56,0:08:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from overseeing the Academy for Merchant\NMariners at Kings Point, New York
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.04,0:08:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to licensing commercial space launches\Nand so I think everybody knows
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.83,0:08:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're the Department\Nof Planes, trains and automobiles.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.43,0:08:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even I am repeatedly struck by the\Nsheer range of things we get to work on.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.35,0:08:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they're all important and they're\Nall there and they're all exciting.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.90,0:08:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's never been a better\Ntime to do this work.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.74,0:08:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, it's
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.48,0:09:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, we're trying to strike\Nan appropriate balance
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.13,0:09:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of our own travel,\Neven just how I get around the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.17,0:09:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one idea that I, to be honest, stole\Nfrom Secretary Granholm was to convert
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.56,0:09:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of my security detail vehicles\Nto an electric car so that I can
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.45,0:09:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get around
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.20,0:09:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DC on it on a zero emissions basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.27,0:09:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course part of my job is to travel\Nto be in lots of different places
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.88,0:09:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at once,\Nwe want to see, feel and experience
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.60,0:09:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's happening on the ground
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.88,0:09:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can make the best\Npossible decisions as we guide
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.64,0:09:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's ultimately going to be roughly\Nhalf of the $1.2 trillion of the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.56,0:09:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,president's infrastructure plan.