As electric vehicles become the future means of transportation, cities like Fort Wayne are making plans to expand charging networks to help encourage people to switch to EVs.
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Although council members acknowledged that electric vehicles appear to be the wave of the future, some wondered whether the stations could be more equitably distributed throughout the community. None of the locations identified in the proposal are on Fort Wayne's southeast side or near the airport.
“With all that we see going on currently with the minority groups, it seems like as we build infrastructure and grow, they're always one of the last, and when devastation happens it impacts them greater,” said Councilwoman Sharon Tucker, D-6th. “I'm wondering why we don't see maybe one or two more on the southern portion of the city as opposed to were they currently are.”
Every time I take my car through the interchange from Fort Wayne's Coliseum Boulevard South to East Washington Boulevard, my heart jumps into my throat.