View Public Input on TCI-P

This page shows public input on the TCI-P development and implementation process received through the online TCI-P Public Input Portal. You can submit your input here.

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All public input on the TCI-P development and implementation process received through the online TCI-P Public Input Portal since March 1, 2021 appears on this page. You can view public input from the 2019-2020 policy development process here.

Date	First	Last	Affiliation	City	State	Input	File
5/8/2021	Suanna	Bruinooge	Self	Alexandria	Virginia	I call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments... read more I call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments from the program, (2) integration of air quality commitments across Virginia, and (3) robust empowerment of Virginia's Equity Advisory Body.	-
5/7/2021	Sue	Gier	None	Singers Glen	Virginia	l would like for the TCI-P Model Rule to include these three items: * a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a... read more l would like for the TCI-P Model Rule to include these three items: * a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments from the program, * the integration of air quality commitments across Virginia, and * a robust empowerment of Virginia's Equity Advisory Body.	-
5/4/2021	Susan	Altoft	Ms.	Bennington,	Vermont	Please support this much needed initiative. Please support this much needed initiative.	-
5/7/2021	Susan	Bartram	Lewinsville Faith in Action	McLean	Virginia	I support a strong TCIP- Model Rule. The burden climate change places on our communities is steadily worsening. Action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is needed now; we cannot delay any longer... read more I support a strong TCIP- Model Rule. The burden climate change places on our communities is steadily worsening. Action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is needed now; we cannot delay any longer. Additionally, communities are suffering from particulate emissions, with negative health effects on all of us but dis-proportionally impacting lower income and minority communities most often located near major roads. Transportation is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Virginia and the region, as well as dangerous particulates. We can best tackle both of these problems by moving to a clean transportation system, and a clean-energy economy. TCI-P will greatly help Virginia and the region do this. It will improve air quality, lower health care costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It will also generate revenue for other environmental initiatives to further accelerate our progress.	-
5/10/2021	Sybil	Bullock	Break Free From Plastic	Arlington	Virginia	I call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-than-proportional share of investments... read more I call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-than-proportional share of investments from the program, (2) integration of air quality commitments across Virginia, and (3) robust empowerment of Virginia's Equity Advisory Body.	-
5/5/2021	Sylvia	Flood	Retired	Afton	Virginia	Coming out of a 14 month pandamic, you are proposing an increase to our gas that is already seen a $.50 increase because of our President's careless actions to restrict the oil and gas... read more Coming out of a 14 month pandamic, you are proposing an increase to our gas that is already seen a $.50 increase because of our President's careless actions to restrict the oil and gas industry. My husband and I live on a fixed income, one that cannot absorb a $1.00 increase in gas. We do not have the infrastructure to move away from gas driven vehicles, even if we wanted to. You govern a state that is not 100% left and you need to consider the fact that almost half of the state is conservative and this is an election year. We do not need to belong to any organization that increase the costs in our daily life without having any direct improvement in the environment, by the way, the US is one of the cleanest countries in the world. Stop this crazy action.	-
5/4/2021	Tammy	Snellings	Virginia resident	Spotsylvania County	Virginia	I am against Virginia joining the Regional TCI I am against Virginia joining the Regional TCI	-
5/4/2021	Terry	Sindt	Homeowner	Locust Grove	Virginia	To raise gasoline prices to pay for some initiative that would only diminish the carbon foot print by a tiny-winy amount compared to sticking it to the middle class again is unfair. Electric cars... read more To raise gasoline prices to pay for some initiative that would only diminish the carbon foot print by a tiny-winy amount compared to sticking it to the middle class again is unfair. Electric cars are a wave of the future and beyond. Do not burden other people to pay for your progress. If you can't make it on your own then go back to the drawing board and figure it out without sticking it to someone else.	-
5/5/2021	Terry	Bosworth	democrat	Westford	Vermont	Terrific plan! Reduce pollution, stimulate the economy, focus on the most needy, cooperate with other states. Please support TCI-P Terrific plan! Reduce pollution, stimulate the economy, focus on the most needy, cooperate with other states. Please support TCI-P	-
3/24/2021	Thomas	Modzelewski	Citizen	New York	New York	Please see attached Comment Letter Please see attached Comment Letter	TCI-P Comment Letter Submission_TJM.pdf
5/5/2021	Thomas	WRAY	Concerned lifelong Virginia resident	Stafford	Virginia	Adding a tax onto our already skyrocketing fuel prices as Virginians come out of the Pandemic is utterly foolish. Virginia is a state with the majority of residents who must commute to their work... read more Adding a tax onto our already skyrocketing fuel prices as Virginians come out of the Pandemic is utterly foolish. Virginia is a state with the majority of residents who must commute to their work places...often that commute is of long distance or of long time because of the huge volume of traffic on roads not designed for the large numbers of vehicles using them. Virginia does not need to be tied to other states who want to tax their residents heavily. This gasoline tax will have negative inpacts on our economy that will hurt our state's businesses...ie tourism etc. People afe having hard times now. This extra tax is not necessary at all. It's in the best interest of all that Virginia NOT join the other states in burdening their constituents with this unnecessary and misguided TAX.	-
5/7/2021	Thomas	DeWeerd	self	Maidens	Virginia	I support the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) and the collaborative effort to put a brake on carbon emissions while investing in cleaner, more equitable and resilient transportation... read more I support the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) and the collaborative effort to put a brake on carbon emissions while investing in cleaner, more equitable and resilient transportation systems. Please recored my support.	-
8/12/2021	Thomas	Matuszko	Berkshire Regional Planning Commission	Pittsfield	Massachusetts	Attached is BRPCs comment letter on the Model Implementation Plan, Framework for Public Engagement and Strategies for Regional Collaboration. Our concerns relate to rural areas being specifically... read more Attached is BRPCs comment letter on the Model Implementation Plan, Framework for Public Engagement and Strategies for Regional Collaboration. Our concerns relate to rural areas being specifically mentioned as an overburdened and underserved community, the unique challenges facing rural areas and maximizing the use funds for actual emission reductions.	TCI_P MIP Comment Letter v2 signed.pdf
5/5/2021	Tim	Marr	VPIRG member	Bennington	Vermont	Please sign on the TCI-P with other northeastern states, with emphasis on equity and action. Many good paying jobs will result! Thank you. Please sign on the TCI-P with other northeastern states, with emphasis on equity and action. Many good paying jobs will result! Thank you.	-
5/8/2021	Timothy	Howe	farmer land conservation	East Calais	Palau	This must be supported for it is our responsibility to undo the damage done to the atmosphere for our families future and for the future of many species.This is one important step to... read more This must be supported for it is our responsibility to undo the damage done to the atmosphere for our families future and for the future of many species.This is one important step to be followed by much else, and we must not be sidetracked by big business which has much to do in creating the problem. Clean transportation is essential for a sustainable economic survival !	-
5/8/2021	Timothy	Howe	farmer land conservation	East Calais	Palau	This must be supported for it is our responsibility to undo the damage done to the atmosphere for our families future and for the future of many species.This is one important step to... read more This must be supported for it is our responsibility to undo the damage done to the atmosphere for our families future and for the future of many species.This is one important step to be followed by much else, and we must not be sidetracked by big business which has much to do in creating the problem. Clean transportation is essential for a sustainable economic survival !	-
5/8/2021	Timothy	Howe	farmer land conservation	East Calais	Palau	This must be supported for it is our responsibility to undo the damage done to the atmosphere for our families future and for the future of many species.This is one important step to... read more This must be supported for it is our responsibility to undo the damage done to the atmosphere for our families future and for the future of many species.This is one important step to be followed by much else, and we must not be sidetracked by big business which has much to do in creating the problem. Clean transportation is essential for a sustainable economic survival !	-
5/5/2021	Tom	Brzoska	None	Fairfax	Virginia	Just another reason to leave this God forsaken state since the Democrats took over. More bullst on the citizens with nothing in return. Just another reason to leave this God forsaken state since the Democrats took over. More bullst on the citizens with nothing in return.	-
5/7/2021	Tom	Obenschain	partner	Richmond	Virginia	I call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments... read more I call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments from the program, (2) integration of air quality commitments across Virginia, and (3) robust empowerment of Virginia's Equity Advisory Body.	-
5/7/2021	Tony	Rogers	Pelham MA Energy Committee	Pelham	Massachusetts	Please understand that I offer my comments in the spirit of someone who really wants the TCI-P to be successful and to make a big difference in our climate emissions. We need it to be successful!... read more Please understand that I offer my comments in the spirit of someone who really wants the TCI-P to be successful and to make a big difference in our climate emissions. We need it to be successful! But, as proposed, it is an embarrassment. 1) The claims of on the order of 25% reductions of transportation emissions over 10 years is based, by your own admission, on overly optimistic projections of the effect of other transportation policies. TCI-P itself will have a miniscule effect on transportation emissions. The over-selling of TCI-P is totally transparent and will only lead to effective opposition. 2) The amount of funding produced by TCI-P pales in comparison with the funds that will be needed to address transportation climate emissions in the member states. 3) Limiting transportation fuel price increases to levels that will be undetectable within the normal fluctuations of fuel prices reveals the lack of political will on the part of TCI-P states to step out and lead on climate change. The proposal is an embarrassment from the point of view someone who is rooting for NE states to address climate emissions. It is time for TCI-P participants to look in the mirror and decide if they have the courage to lead at a time when we need honest leadership or if they can, with a clear conscience, continue to sell a failure of leadership with deceptive claims of wonderful results.	-

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