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	Brynne	Martin	None	Burlington	Vermont	I fully support this equitable transportation program. This is something that Vermonters need now and to protect Vermont’s future. I fully support this equitable transportation program. This is something that Vermonters need now and to protect Vermont’s future.	-
5/4/2021	Matthew	Voss	UVM student	Burlington	Vermont	Join this initiative! You don't need me to tell you about how huge transportation is as a Vermont issue. It only makes sense that we follow up our other commitments as a state with something... read more Join this initiative! You don't need me to tell you about how huge transportation is as a Vermont issue. It only makes sense that we follow up our other commitments as a state with something like this. Not only that, but it supports our state focus on equity too! Make this happen! Thanks, Matt Voss	-
5/4/2021	Charles	Hazen	Vermont citizen	Cambridge	Vermont	At a time when government over spending is about to drive society into server inflation, the last thing citizens of the Northeast need is increases in taxes on fossil fuels. The Global warming... read more At a time when government over spending is about to drive society into server inflation, the last thing citizens of the Northeast need is increases in taxes on fossil fuels. The Global warming Solutions Act in Vermont is yet another hamstring move to force our hands into these over the top climate alarmist moves. There are more human centric issues that require our attention. Perhaps spending money on electrical infrastructure first would be a positive move, before you cut off your nose to spite your face.	-
5/4/2021	Michael	Ward	citizen	Bethel	Vermont	Anything that will lower toxic emissions is imperative. Anything that will lower toxic emissions is imperative.	-
5/4/2021	Greg	Hostetler	None	Burlington	Vermont	I am writing in support of Vermont joining the TCI-P. Transportation is Vermont's single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, and it is the second-largest expense for Vermont... read more I am writing in support of Vermont joining the TCI-P. Transportation is Vermont's single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, and it is the second-largest expense for Vermont households. Let's join the program and use the funds to give Vermonters better transit and other transportation options. Driving solo is burdening our finances and burdening the climate.	-
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Larry	Camp	none	chambersburg	Pennsylvania	I am in support of TCI initiatives to make transportation cleaner. Higher gas prices are necessary and have been too low for too long. I am in support of TCI initiatives to make transportation cleaner. Higher gas prices are necessary and have been too low for too long.	-
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	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	Andrew	Stockner	America	Abingdon	Virginia	According to the International Energy Agency’s May 2019 Global Electric Vehicle Outlook, EVs start out with a carbon deficit due to the amount of pollutants released. However, the... read more According to the International Energy Agency’s May 2019 Global Electric Vehicle Outlook, EVs start out with a carbon deficit due to the amount of pollutants released. However, the Electrical Vehicle (EV) manufacturing process—including mining of rare earth metals for batteries— actually produces greater carbon emissions than the production of manufacturing internal combustion vehicles. Depending on the source of electricity they use, the EV can take years to break even on the carbon front, not to mention the still unsolved problem of how to safely dispose of the toxic battery. In addition, a recent study by the Virginia-based Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy estimated that this “carbon tax” would reduce the current revenue needed by the commonwealth for road maintenance about 20 percent by 2022.	-
5/4/2021	Anne	Riordan	Virginia Resident & Tax Payer	Fredericksburg	Virginia	Studies and research project that this initiative (TCI) will only reduce global temperature by a minute amount; while costing Virginians an exorbitant (regressive) carbon tax on the fuel they need... read more Studies and research project that this initiative (TCI) will only reduce global temperature by a minute amount; while costing Virginians an exorbitant (regressive) carbon tax on the fuel they need to travel all the while - reducing the revenue needed to maintain our roads. Electric vehicles' manufacturing process result in its own pollutants for a long time, and EV batteries are toxic and currently not being disposed of safely. There is no 'cost-benefit' to this proposed rule. As always, any increases in costs to companies will simply be passed along to their consumers. I am against this proposed rule and TCI. It flies in the face of logic.	-

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