5 of 8 "secret" train station EV charging spaces occupied today.

BACK parking lot of the fire station 10:30 AM Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Secret location of eight EV charging spaces in surface lot north of (train station) TransCenter Garage. Monday, August 27, 2018

Photos in this post were taken about 6PM Sunday August 26, 2018, which may account for there being no cars parked in the EV charging station spaces but not for the absurd location of these spaces. They are not in a public surface parking lot like that south of the "TransCenter Garage". No, the EV spaces are in the BACK parking lot of the fire station. There are no signs directing you to this area.

All this suggests a lack of serious purpose by the City of White Plains...
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Comment from a Common Council member Aug 27, 2018, 8:46 PM:

Please go back and take a picture of the same area any week day. You will find virtually every space taken so this secret is not such a big one! 6 PM on a Sunday for a picture there? Really?

My reply:

Read my first sentence.

If there's a sign pointing to any of the 20 EV spaces, send a photo.
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Today, Tuesday, August 28, 2018 I observed train station EV charging spaces occupied:

9:00 AM  two of the eight
10:30 AM  five of the eight

Two may have been going to work. The other three, ...?

Obviously, the location is not a complete secret. Just as obviously, complete secrecy was not the original point.

At about 10:25 walking through the County Center parking lot, which was not full, I observed among cars parked along the side of the train tracks these electric vehicles (EV) that could that could be charged:
- two Teslas
- Chevy Bolt.

There's no way to know if the drivers are aware of the EV charging stations just on the other side of the tracks. Data from the Parking Department would be the best way to judge how well and diversely the spaces are used.

Common sense dictates that the lack of directional signage and the differing instructions for the 20 city wide EV charging stations should be of concern.

Here's the main page for metered parking in White Plains:

http://whiteplainsny.gov/index.aspx?nid=332

The Galleria parking garage is referred to as:
Lexington-Grove East
Lexington-Grove West.

Grove Street was renamed Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd in the previous millennium. Grove Street no longer exists.

Each of those two sections of the Galleria parking garage have EV charging stations as mentioned in:

Electric cars, i.e., Electric Vehicles (EV): can they be charged in White Plains? Friday, August 24, 2018