# Do US cities map where robots stage and charge?

**Verdict:** Mostly no. Of the corridors DEPLOY tracks, San Francisco is the only city with a machine-readable off-street parking inventory (1,406 locations, SFMTA, verified). Los Angeles publishes 57 city-owned lots (LADOT, verified). Austin's off-street parking dataset exists but is not machine-queryable, and every other tracked corridor publishes nothing on off-street parking. And not one city publishes which of those lots has a usable ground-floor electrical outlet. That is the single most under-served data point in robot infrastructure.

## Off-street parking inventory, by city

| City | Published inventory | Basis | Machine-queryable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 57 | verified | yes |
| San Francisco | 1,406 | verified | yes |
| Austin | exists (count not extracted) | verified | no |
| Phoenix | none published | undisclosed | n/a |
| Miami | none published | undisclosed | n/a |
| Atlanta | none published | undisclosed | n/a |
| Chicago | none published | undisclosed | n/a |
| (every tracked city) | ground-floor-outlet dataset: 0 | undisclosed | no |

## What each corridor publishes

### Los Angeles (LA: West Side)

- Parking / staging (basis: verified): LA WESTSIDE TIER 3 PARKING STAGING: 57 city-owned parking lots in corridor bbox from LADOT Geohub (MapServer/2). Each has name, address, operator, spaces, hours, cost. Examples: Electric Ave & Santa Clara St (Venice, 66 spaces), Broadway St & Spring St (Chinatown, 176 spaces). THIS IS THE ROBOT STAGING CANDIDATE DATASET -- city-owned lots where robots could potentially stage/charge. Ground-floor outlet availability: NOT PUBLISHED in this dataset. Source: maps.lacity.org/lahub/rest/services/LADOT/MapServer/2. Source: https://geohub.lacity.org/datasets/city-owned-parking-lots
- EV charging (basis: verified): LA WESTSIDE TIER 3 CHARGING: 1,183 EV charging stations in corridor bbox from LA Geohub (US DOE AFDC source). Examples: LADWP John Ferraro Building 111 N Hope St (338 L2 ports + 12 DCFC), LADWP Truesdale Center 11797 Truesdale St (57 L2 + 2 DCFC), LA Convention Center 1201 S Figueroa St (7 L2). Networks: Shell Recharge, Non-Networked (LADWP), ChargePoint. Total 1,253 alt-fuel stations (includes CNG). Source: services5.arcgis.com/7nsPwEMP38bSkCjy/arcgis/rest/services/Stations_Clip/FeatureServer, queried with corridor bbox + Fuel_Type=ELEC filter. Source: https://geohub.lacity.org/datasets/charging-stations-in-the-city-of-los-angeles

### San Francisco (SF Core)

- Parking / staging (basis: verified): SF CORE TIER 3 PARKING STAGING: 1,406 off-street parking locations (341 garages + 1,029 lots) from SFMTA (mizu-nf6z). 317 private garages, 24 SFMTA garages, 32 SFMTA lots. Each has address, capacity (regcap), owner, hours. THIS IS THE ROBOT STAGING DATASET -- identifies parking structures where robots could stage/charge. No EV charging field in dataset (gap). Ground-floor outlet availability: NOT PUBLISHED. Source: data.sfgov.org/mizu-nf6z. Source: https://data.sfgov.org/Transportation/SFMTA-Off-Street-Parking-Locations-Lots-and-Parkin/mizu-nf6z
- EV charging (basis: reported): SF CORE TIER 3 CHARGING: ~1,200 public EV charging stations in SF (per PlugShare + published reports). SF does not publish a standalone EV charging GIS dataset on DataSF (referenced in data inventory but not as downloadable dataset). AFDC API unavailable during acquisition. Networks: ChargePoint, EVgo, Shell Recharge. SF also has curbside EV charging pilot (EVgo curbside chargers). Parking-garage-outlet staging gap: UNDOCUMENTED -- no public dataset of parking garages with confirmed ground-floor electrical outlets for robot staging/charging. This is the most underserved Tier 3 gap. Source: https://www.plugshare.com/directory/us/california/san-francisco

### Austin (Austin)

- Parking / staging (basis: verified, not machine-queryable): AUSTIN TIER 3 PARKING STAGING: Off-street parking dataset confirmed at data.austintexas.gov/nura-qkf6 -- 'Geographic location of off-street parking locations in downtown Austin, including surface lots and garages.' Dataset exists but API returns 'non-tabular table' error -- spatial-only, not queryable via Socrata JSON/CSV. Ground-floor outlet availability: NOT PUBLISHED. Austin also has city-operated lot at I-35 ($2/hr, $7-8/night). Source: data.austintexas.gov/nura-qkf6. Source: https://data.austintexas.gov/Transportation-and-Mobility/Off-Street-Parking/nura-qkf6
- EV charging (basis: reported): AUSTIN TIER 3 CHARGING: 2,237 EV charging stations in Austin-Round Rock metro (per PlugShare, updated Jul 3 2026). 306 DC Fast Chargers. 146 free stations. Networks: ChargePoint, Tesla Supercharger, EVgo. Examples: City of Austin Permitting Center (10 ChargePoint), H-E-B 1801 E 51st St (4 ChargePoint), Circle K 12200 FM 969 (12 Supercharger). Parking-garage-outlet staging gap: UNDOCUMENTED. Source: https://www.plugshare.com/directory/us/texas/austin-round-rock

### Phoenix (Phoenix)

- EV charging (basis: reported): PHOENIX TIER 3 CHARGING: 616 publicly accessible EV charging ports in Phoenix (per City of Phoenix official statistics). 246 of those on city-owned property. ADOT plan: 18 fast charging stations along I-10, I-8, I-40, I-17, I-19 ($76.5M federal investment). Parking-garage-outlet staging gap: UNDOCUMENTED. Source: https://www.phoenix.gov/administration/departments/sustainability/electric-vehicles/electric-vehicle-statistics.html

### Miami (Miami)

- EV charging (basis: reported): MIAMI TIER 3 CHARGING: 4,573 EV charging stations in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro (per PlugShare, updated Jul 3 2026). Parking-garage-outlet staging gap: UNDOCUMENTED. Miami-Dade also has streetlight inventory on open data hub (confirmed but not yet queried for charging-relevant locations). Source: https://www.plugshare.com/directory/us/florida/miami-fort-lauderdale-west-palm-beach

### Atlanta (Atlanta)

- EV charging (basis: reported): ATLANTA TIER 3 CHARGING: 5,083 EV charging stations in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro (per PlugShare, updated Jul 3 2026). Georgia Power also operates network of stations statewide. Parking-garage-outlet staging gap: UNDOCUMENTED. Source: https://www.plugshare.com/directory/us/georgia/atlanta-sandy-springs-roswell

### Chicago (Chicago)

- EV charging (basis: reported): CHICAGO TIER 3 CHARGING: 5,302 EV charging stations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro (per PlugShare, updated Jul 3 2026). Illinois has 8K+ stations statewide. Parking-garage-outlet staging gap: UNDOCUMENTED. Source: https://www.plugshare.com/directory/us/illinois/chicago-naperville-elgin

## See also

- [Where do robots charge?](/where-do-robots-charge.md): the pillar hub.
- [Where do robots charge and stage in LA?](/where-do-robots-charge-and-stage-in-la.md): the deepest single-corridor record.
- [Where do delivery robots operate?](/where-do-delivery-robots-operate.md)

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