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.

For more information on how to reach out to your jurisdiction directly, see the TCI Jurisdiction Points of Contact page.

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
5/4/2021	Joe	Bared	Citizen	Arlington	Virginia	We don't want to pay any more taxes. The carbon that the government wants to reduce is political. You should stop spreading falsehood about carbon emission. The Government should... read more We don't want to pay any more taxes. The carbon that the government wants to reduce is political. You should stop spreading falsehood about carbon emission. The Government should protect us the people not take advantage of us by robbing us with taxes on a fake issue trumped up by big government and big industry, equivalent to fascism.	-
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.	-
5/4/2021	Troy	Nichols	Virginia Citizen	CULPEPER	Virginia	Stop this Carbon Tax push, a tax will ruin our economy and standard of living. Stop this Carbon Tax push, a tax will ruin our economy and standard of living.	-
5/4/2021	Hilda	Seary	none	Locust Grove,	Virginia	We need more money for the roads repair. NOT an increase In. gas taxes DO NOT JOIN TCI. We need more money for the roads repair. NOT an increase In. gas taxes DO NOT JOIN TCI.	-
5/4/2021	Gary	Blevins	Private Citizen	Fredericksburg	Virginia	This is not a good idea. It is just the way to try to get more money from the citizens of Virginia to pay for miniscule environmental benefits. DO NOT APPROVE THIS. It is a terrible idea for... read more This is not a good idea. It is just the way to try to get more money from the citizens of Virginia to pay for miniscule environmental benefits. DO NOT APPROVE THIS. It is a terrible idea for Virginia in EVERY way possible.	-
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	Ivy	Main	PowerforthepeopleVA.com	McLean	Virginia	I support a strong TCI as a response to the climate crisis and the need to decarbonize the economy. It's important that resources are allocated in a way that achieves other benefits, too,... read more I support a strong TCI as a response to the climate crisis and the need to decarbonize the economy. It's important that resources are allocated in a way that achieves other benefits, too, such as improving air quality in the communities with the worst air now, typically low-income and minority communities.	-
5/4/2021	Jacob	Fish	AFP-VA	Fredericksburg	Virginia	We should take steps to be better stewards of the environment, but the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) is not an effective way to do that. The TCI would increase gas taxes to pay for... read more We should take steps to be better stewards of the environment, but the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) is not an effective way to do that. The TCI would increase gas taxes to pay for corporate welfare handouts for favored industries and is not responsible public policy. Our goal should be to remove barriers to innovation and empower people in communities and business to be better stewards of the environment. Subjecting consumers, businesses and entrepreneurs to taxes, mandates, and regulations will undermine the kind of ingenuity needed to achieve that goal. Even if Virginia enters the TCI, the effect on transportation emissions would be negligible. In 2017, emissions from the transportation sector in Virginia were 15% lower than their peak in 2006. And even TCI proponents acknowledge that transportation-related emissions are set to decline an additional 19% in the TCI region without their regressive tax. Private sector innovation unhindered by government intervention and red tape is the better path forward to keep reducing our emissions.	-
5/4/2021	Brian	Arnold	Concerned Citizen	Culpeper	Virginia	Another tax on fellow Virginias/Americans just doesn't make sense. NO!!!! read more Another tax on fellow Virginias/Americans just doesn't make sense. NO!!!!	-
5/4/2021	Charles	Riley	Retired	FREDERICKSBURG	Virginia	TCI sounds nice, but won't work while hurting poor families and taking money from road repair. read more TCI sounds nice, but won't work while hurting poor families and taking money from road repair.	-
5/4/2021	Rick	Drom	Lawyer	Spotsylvania Courthouse	Virginia	I strongly support efforts to address the existential threat posed by greenhouse gases by an "all of the above" strategy. The stakes are too high for Virginians to be worried about 20%... read more I strongly support efforts to address the existential threat posed by greenhouse gases by an "all of the above" strategy. The stakes are too high for Virginians to be worried about 20% increases in the cost of a gallon of gasoline. To fail to take all possible steps to address climate change is to doom future generations to incurring much higher costs than a $0.50/gallon tax.	-
5/4/2021	Edwin	LaBarre	Virginia resident and tax payer	Stafford	Virginia	Based on articles I have read and other research the TCI would cost Virginians hundreds of millions of dollars per year and billions of dollars over the coming decades. The projected benefit is... read more Based on articles I have read and other research the TCI would cost Virginians hundreds of millions of dollars per year and billions of dollars over the coming decades. The projected benefit is about hundred-thousandth of a degree over the remainder of this century. There is absolutely no way I can support the extremely high cost of this climate initiative for such an infinitesimally small benefit.	-
5/4/2021	Joe	Gherlone	self	Stafford County	Virginia	This plan is exceptionally costly, and provides virtually no environmental impact, even with the most optimistic projections. It will impact lower income and minority citizens much more negatively... read more This plan is exceptionally costly, and provides virtually no environmental impact, even with the most optimistic projections. It will impact lower income and minority citizens much more negatively than anyone else. Stop this plan. Virginia at least must avoid this insanity!!	-
5/4/2021	David	Dickinson	Virginia Citizen	Fredericksburg	Virginia	This is one of the worst ideas dreamed up. The cost is extremely high and the return is nil. Virginia should not participate. This is one of the worst ideas dreamed up. The cost is extremely high and the return is nil. Virginia should not participate.	-
5/4/2021	Volpe	Boykin	Citizen	Carrsville	Virginia	This is more Democrat destruction to the economy that will drive up prices and accomplish absolutely nothing except rising prices. I hope by November people wake up and vote out the idiots that... read more This is more Democrat destruction to the economy that will drive up prices and accomplish absolutely nothing except rising prices. I hope by November people wake up and vote out the idiots that come up with these destructive crackpot ideas	-
5/5/2021	stephen	mcdermott	American	King George	Virginia	I'm against a carbon tax. read more I'm against a carbon tax.	-
5/5/2021	Charles	Ball	Retired	Fredericksburg	Virginia	I oppose VA joining the TCI I oppose VA joining the TCI	-
5/5/2021	Walton	Shepherd	NRDC Virginia	Richmond	Virginia	I SUPPORT a strong TCI-P Model Rule that (1) ensures meaningful climate action to address Virginia's largest driver of our climate crisis, (2) directs significant investments to correcting... read more I SUPPORT a strong TCI-P Model Rule that (1) ensures meaningful climate action to address Virginia's largest driver of our climate crisis, (2) directs significant investments to correcting historic inequities in overburdened and underserved communities; and (3) affords Virginia the opportunity for a cleaner, healthier transportation system.	-
5/5/2021	Kim	Jemaine	Chesapeake Climate Action Network	Glen Allen	Virginia	We 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 We 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. Overall, we support a rule which ensures meaningful climate action and sets forth significant investment in historically overburdened communities.	-
5/5/2021	Jeff	Roadcap	Citizen	Broadway	Virginia	I’m opposed to Virginia joining the TCI. It will cost consumers and businesses too much at the gas pump. This ignorance of trying to kill fossil fuels in a short order is irresponsible.... read more I’m opposed to Virginia joining the TCI. It will cost consumers and businesses too much at the gas pump. This ignorance of trying to kill fossil fuels in a short order is irresponsible. Technology is improving and we will get there but not at the expense of killing businesses and costing families more. This venture needs to be funded privately not by the taxpayer! Stop the stupidity!!	-

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