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
5/6/2021	James	Shifflett	Private citizen	Afton	Virginia	I’m opposed to Virginia joining the TCI. It will cost consumers and businesses too much at the gas pump. I’m opposed to Virginia joining the TCI. It will cost consumers and businesses too much at the gas pump.	-
5/6/2021	Charles	Gerena	Drive Electric RVA	Richmond	Virginia	Individual choices for driving electric are good, but states need to work together to make bigger, better choices for our collective future. The electrification of transportation in the TCI region... read more Individual choices for driving electric are good, but states need to work together to make bigger, better choices for our collective future. The electrification of transportation in the TCI region and the pricing of pollution will go a long way to cleaning the air and combating climate change.	-
5/7/2021	Dianna	Howard	Virginia Beach Tea Party	Virginia Beach	Virginia	I do not appreciate your efforts to increase my cost of living by eliminating cheap energy is favor so called "clean" energy. by making fossil fuels more expensive using cap and trade... read more I do not appreciate your efforts to increase my cost of living by eliminating cheap energy is favor so called "clean" energy. by making fossil fuels more expensive using cap and trade policies that run the price of gas up at the pump. electric cars are expensive and the batteries don't last. The climate has been changing since the beginning of time innovation not rigging the economy with cap and trade is what we need.	-
5/7/2021	Nelson	Velez	American	Chesapeake	Virginia	Creating a crisis where there is none as a cover to harm and tax the people and their livelihoods is unacceptable. First it was the crisis of a global ice age. The science and data did not support... read more Creating a crisis where there is none as a cover to harm and tax the people and their livelihoods is unacceptable. First it was the crisis of a global ice age. The science and data did not support these claims. Then these same people came up with global warming. But once again, the science and data did not support the charge of catastrophic rising of temperatures. Now it is climate change which describes the weather which must change by its nature if it never did then that itself would be a crisis. There is no catastrophic crisis related to weather, but there is fatal crisis as it relates to these solutions to non existent crisis. Stop these attacks on our free markets and our rights.	-
5/7/2021	Blair	St. Ledger-Olson	Generation180	Charlottesville	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. In addition, 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	Matthew	Turner	NA	Charlottesville	Virginia	I'm sharing my input here because I support a strong TCI-P Model Rule that ensures meaningful climate action to address Virginia's largest driver of our climate crisis. Unfortunately, we... read more I'm sharing my input here because I support a strong TCI-P Model Rule that ensures meaningful climate action to address Virginia's largest driver of our climate crisis. Unfortunately, we no longer have the luxury of wasting time on the climate crisis. Luckily, a TCI-P Model Rule can actually benefit us in more ways than just addressing climate action. it also can direct significant investments to correcting historic inequities in overburdened and underserved communities and affords Virginia the opportunity for a cleaner, healthier transportation system. Any calls to reject or weaken the TCI Program are direct calls to ignore climate change and promote pollution. I also support the TCI-P Model Rule to include a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments from the program, integration of air quality commitments across Virginia, and robust empowerment of Virginia's Equity Advisory Body. This is an opportunity for Virginia to take care of its most underserved and unprotected citizens.	-
5/7/2021	Pamela	Burke	Resident	Crozet	Virginia	I am opposed to Virginia joining the TCI. It will cost consumers and businesses too much at the gas pump. This will impact all citizens in some way including the "disenfranchised" you... read more I am opposed to Virginia joining the TCI. It will cost consumers and businesses too much at the gas pump. This will impact all citizens in some way including the "disenfranchised" you continue to say you are going to help. It will impact all via food cost increases due to higher delivery truck fuel costs and each and every citizen of this commonwealth who must drive to their job or medical care thereby increasing the tax of your coffers. This is the most hypocritical action you could take to supposedly help all citizens and especially those struggling the most!	-
5/7/2021	Bridget	McGregor	Virginia resident	Fredericksburg	Virginia	Transportation emissions are a huge driver of climate change, accounting for nearly half of Virginia’s carbon output, while also emitting toxic air pollution that falls disproportionately on low-... read more Transportation emissions are a huge driver of climate change, accounting for nearly half of Virginia’s carbon output, while also emitting toxic air pollution that falls disproportionately on low-income populations and communities of color. The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) is a welcome step forward to addressing this major source of pollution, while steering needed investments in a modern, sustainable transportation system. Funding provided by the TCI-P could help with ongoing efforts to put more electric vehicles on the road in Virginia along with equitably distributed charging infrastructure across the state. The TCI-P also presents the opportunity to drive investments in a cleaner transportation system in the communities that have suffered the most from vehicle pollution. While the model rule calls for at least 35 percent of TCI proceeds to go toward frontline, impacted communities, here in Virginia I would hope we go above and beyond that benchmark, investing at least half of our TCI revenue in programs and infrastructure that will lower this disproportionate pollution burden. I hope this important framework moves forward for the good of our climate, our health and our future. Bridget McGregor	-
5/7/2021	Heather	Firth	Self	Stafford	Virginia	This is important to me. We desperately need cleaner transportation in our area, especially in underserved communities and areas. It is vital they states/regions work together to address... read more This is important to me. We desperately need cleaner transportation in our area, especially in underserved communities and areas. It is vital they states/regions work together to address transportation, air quality, and continuing impacts to climate instability. 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. I also 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	Laura	Cofsky	Individual	Arlington	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.	-
5/7/2021	David	Redding	EcoVillage Charlottesville	Charlottesville	Virginia	Individual choices for driving electric are good, and states need to work together to make bigger, better choices for our collective future. The electrification of transportation in the TCI region... read more Individual choices for driving electric are good, and states need to work together to make bigger, better choices for our collective future. The electrification of transportation in the TCI region and the pricing of pollution will go a long way to cleaning the air and combating climate change.	-
5/7/2021	Virginia	Bethune	retired	HARRISONBURG	Virginia	Please put a brake on carbon emissions while investing in cleaner, more equitable and resilient transportation systems. Please put a brake on carbon emissions while investing in cleaner, more equitable and resilient transportation systems.	-
5/7/2021	Jesse	Bohl	None	North Chesterfield	Virginia	If the level of carbon pumped into our air by fossil fuels is not curtailed greatly and very soon, there will be no air left for us, as well as lots of other living beings to breath. If the level of carbon pumped into our air by fossil fuels is not curtailed greatly and very soon, there will be no air left for us, as well as lots of other living beings to breath.	-
5/7/2021	Steven	Thai	N/A	South Riding	Virginia	Transportation is a large emitter of gasses that contribute to climate change. I'm also tired of the terrible traffic due to a underdeveloped and underfunded public transportation system. The... read more Transportation is a large emitter of gasses that contribute to climate change. I'm also tired of the terrible traffic due to a underdeveloped and underfunded public transportation system. The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) is a welcome step forward to addressing this major source of pollution, while steering needed investments in a modern, sustainable transportation system. I fully support cleaning up our environment and reducing traffic in the area. Please invest at least half of our TCI revenue in programs and infrastructure that will lower this disproportionate pollution burden. Thank you.	-
5/7/2021	Cale	Jaffe	Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic at UVA Law	Charlottesville	Virginia	I strongly support the TCI-P Model Rule as an essential next step on the road to decarbonization. A 2018 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms... read more I strongly support the TCI-P Model Rule as an essential next step on the road to decarbonization. A 2018 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms that meeting the Paris Agreement's 1.5-degree target will require cutting GHG emissions roughly in half by 2030, and achieving net zero emissions by 2050. See Bill McKibben, "How 1.5 Degrees Became the Key to Climate Progress," New Yorker (April 21, 2021), at https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/how-15-degrees-became-the-key-to-climate-progress. Achieving these reductions will be challenging. A recent forecast from the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization finds "a 20% chance that global temperatures will be 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) higher than the pre-industrial average in at least one year between 2020 and 2024." See Nadine Achoui-Lesage & Frank Jordans, "UN: World could hit 1.5-degree warming threshold by 2024, " Associated Press (July 9, 2020) at https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/world-hit-15-degree-warming-threshold-years-71687896. We simply no longer have the luxury of time. I respectfully encourage adoption of the TCI-P Model Rule now to ensure durable, sustained, and necessary reductions in GHG pollution.	-
5/7/2021	Daniel	Giesy	Retired	Newport News	Virginia	Transportation emissions are a huge driver of climate change, accounting for nearly half of Virginia’s carbon output, while also emitting toxic air pollution that falls disproportionately on low-... read more Transportation emissions are a huge driver of climate change, accounting for nearly half of Virginia’s carbon output, while also emitting toxic air pollution that falls disproportionately on low-income populations and communities of color. The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) is a welcome step forward to addressing this major source of pollution, while steering needed investments in a modern, sustainable transportation system. Funding provided by the TCI-P could help with ongoing efforts to put more electric vehicles on the road in Virginia along with equitably distributed charging infrastructure across the state. The TCI-P also presents the opportunity to drive investments in a cleaner transportation system in the communities that have suffered the most from vehicle pollution. While the model rule calls for at least 35 percent of TCI proceeds to go toward frontline, impacted communities, here in Virginia I would hope we go above and beyond that benchmark, investing at least half of our TCI revenue in programs and infrastructure that will lower this disproportionate pollution burden. I hope this important framework moves forward for the good of our climate, our health and our future.	-
5/7/2021	Jeffrey	Jacobs	EVA/DC	Herndon	Virginia	Virginia should join the TCI-P, we need energy independence and security and we can do that no better than moving to electric cars and driving them on clean domestic fuel. What’s more, we need to... read more Virginia should join the TCI-P, we need energy independence and security and we can do that no better than moving to electric cars and driving them on clean domestic fuel. What’s more, we need to mind the Atmosphere so our power should be clean for our cars and our houses. This is why we need to be part of the TCI-P.	-
5/7/2021	Daphne	Cole	CBF	Blackstone	Virginia	It is unconscionable to consider reducing the current emissions allowance! We must constantly limit the amount of emissions in order to attain attain a sustainable level in our environment! As... read more It is unconscionable to consider reducing the current emissions allowance! We must constantly limit the amount of emissions in order to attain attain a sustainable level in our environment! As always once a ruling is in place, it must be allowed to reach levels and maintain them. It is only when regulations are in place, we see progress. We must address this source of pollution to protect clean air, tackle the climate crisis, and begin the hard work of remedying years of systemic discrimination that resulted in more car exhaust and dirtier air in overburdened, underserved communities.	-
5/7/2021	julia	seward	myself	richmond	Virginia	The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) is a huge step for Virginia in building a sustainable life for my grandchildren. Without it they face a most difficult future. Please... read more The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) is a huge step for Virginia in building a sustainable life for my grandchildren. Without it they face a most difficult future. Please prioritize.	-
5/7/2021	Irwin	Flashman	Virginia League of Conservation Voters supporter	Reston	Virginia	Transportation emissions are a huge driver of climate change, accounting for nearly half of Virginia’s carbon output, while also emitting toxic air pollution that falls disproportionately on low-... read more Transportation emissions are a huge driver of climate change, accounting for nearly half of Virginia’s carbon output, while also emitting toxic air pollution that falls disproportionately on low-income populations and communities of color. The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) is a welcome step forward to addressing this major source of pollution, while steering needed investments in a modern, sustainable transportation system. Funding provided by the TCI-P could help with ongoing efforts to put more electric vehicles on the road in Virginia along with equitably distributed charging infrastructure across the state. The TCI-P also presents the opportunity to drive investments in a cleaner transportation system in the communities that have suffered the most from vehicle pollution. While the model rule calls for at least 35 percent of TCI proceeds to go toward frontline, impacted communities, here in Virginia I would hope we go above and beyond that benchmark, investing at least half of our TCI revenue in programs and infrastructure that will lower this disproportionate pollution burden. I hope this important framework moves forward for the good of our climate, our health and our future.	-

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