On March 17, in the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on Energy and Housing at the address of the city of Kyiv, str. Lipska, 3 , public consultations were held on stimulating the development of the infrastructure of charging stations for electric vehicles . Among the participants was the NGO "Vision Zero" in the person of public transport expert Demyan Danyliuk. He presented the presentation "Electric public transport and modernization of legislation for it". NGO "Vision Zero" informed the members of the committee about the advantages of modern electric types of public transport and outlined proposals for further legislative changes:

1. Define the trolleybus as an electric bus in the legislation, with all legal consequences;
2. Develop state assistance tools, primarily through financial mechanisms — for the infrastructure of modern electric transport (in particular, charging stations);
3. Development of the sectoral law "On public transport", instead of the outdated approach of the existence of two separate laws on automobile and electric transport;
4. Development of the sectoral law "On alternative fuels" in accordance with the Association Agreement with the EU.

The representative of our NGO also explained why a battery-powered trolleybus with a power reserve is the best electric bus due to its greater resource intensity, lower cost compared to a battery-powered bus, better flexibility of routes and longer duration of operation. . The recording of the event is availableat the link on YouTube , the presentation from the NGO "Vision Zero" and the reports of other participants are available at this link. Photo: Website of the VRU Committee on Energy and Housing.