It is clever, and an obvious
It is clever, and an obvious solution. Interestingly, our nearby public parks currently have regular 110V outlets on the light poles now. Of course 110V is seriously slow to charge up a car, and for others who have discovered the public plugs, you will often find people sitting in their cars and plugging in their laptops or phones. it would be very nice to have 220V plugs available as well because several inexpensive plug adapters are now available with a NEMA 6-20 ( Dryer plug ) a long cable and a J1772 - EVSE (220V-240V) Type 2 plug for the car. As far as stealing the cable goes, I know that both my Volt and ELR sound an alarm when you are charging and the charge cable gets pulled out without the proximity key fob being nearby. But there are many city neighborhoods where I would not want to risk it. Still the Type 2 lamp post charger is a good idea, and hopefully we will see them here soon as well.