TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

Material submitted through the TCI Public Input form from April 2019-February 2021 is viewable here. View input submitted from March 1, 2021 forward here. All material submitted on this page informed the participating jurisdictions in the 2019-2020 TCI regional policy design process. Click on the column headings to sort the submissions. 
Firstsort ascending Last Affiliation City State Input File
Amanda Yobbagy Johnson Matthey Audubon Pennsylvania
"The United States constitutes 5% of the world population and contributes to 22% of world’s carbon emission." It is crucial that our state takes control of the climate crisis immediately...
read more
-
Amanda Henson Citizen Litchfield Maine
Increasing taxes on gas in Maine does nothing to help the people of Maine. The cost of electric cars means that they are not an option for the majority of the states population. Since so many...
read more
-
Amanda Dewey Citizen Berwyn Heights Maryland
I support the TCI as an important and critically necessary measure to address greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.
-
Amanda Dewey Town of Berwyn Heights Berwyn Heights Maryland
I'm writing to encourage a thoughtful approach to equity and transportation in the TCI. In particular, I ask that you include a cap on carbon emissions of at least 25% by 2032, an increase in...
read more
-
Alyssa Freeman Ms. Henrico Virginia
We need environmentally-friendly public transportation to help combat pollution. Plus, the smell of the exhaust from buses can be horrible.
-
Alyson Sullivan Massachusetts Lawmaker Abington Massachusetts
As a Massachusetts legislator, I do not support TCI and I hope Governor Charlie Baker brings the proposal before the Massachusetts legislature for a vote.
-
Alyson Shotz concerned citizen New York New York
We must reduce pollution from transportation, which is our largest source of global warming emissions (regionally and nationally).

I request that NY state formally join the plan to reduce...
read more
-
Alta Haywood Sierra Club Perry Hall Maryland
Our children are going to endure the consequences if our indifference to the climate crisis. Everyone, including oil companies, must do their part to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels....
read more
-
Almy Landauer None Burlington Vermont
I am in favor of the strongest possible measures to reduce Vermont’s part in carbon in missions.
-
Allison Molinaro NRDC Mt. Tabor New Jersey
I fully support New Jersey's participation in the Transportation and Climate Initiative. I am hoping the initiative will provide more frequent, faster, and cheaper trains, expand bus lanes...
read more
-
Alliison Wright none SILVER SPRING Maryland
Climate change. Its the most important thing we face.
-
Alleyn Harned Virginia Clean Cities at JMU Harrisonburg Virginia
TCI could be well served to consider climate implications of a range of currently utilized U.S. transportation fuels and fuel switch solutions, based on Department of Energy, Department of...
read more
-
Alleyn Harned Virginia Clean Cities at JMU Harrisonburg Virginia
In a previous submission I had an error where I overstated the impact of the local transportation carbon reduction program in Virginia - 174 thousand tons of CO2e a year is saved in those...
read more
-
Allen Hiltz Stake holder in my taxes. East Bridgewater Massachusetts
I do not wont any more taxes on fuel. this is a scam to get more taxes. I am a tax paying citisan had enough of this back door environmental foolishness. As a retired seiner we can not afford the...
read more
-
Allen Price Rhode Island Cranston Rhode Island
I live in Rhode Island and support for a strong emissions reduction program.
-
Allen Muchnick concerned citizen, long-time transportation bicyclist, and solar home owner Manassas Virginia
The looming global climate crisis--caused by humankind's relatively rapid combustion of millions of years of accumulated fossil fuels--is an existential threat to human existence. Since...
read more
-
Allen Witherington taxpayer/citizen palmyra Virginia
“…design a regional low-carbon transportation policy proposal that would cap and reduce carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation fuels through a cap-and-invest program or other...
read more
-
Allen Schaeffer resident Frederick Maryland
While noble in objective, the TCI is fundamentally flawed and most disturbing in that it pre-supposes an outcome- that electrification is the only and best solution for reducing GHG emissions from...
read more
-
Allen Greenberg Self Washington District of Columbia
As detailed in the attached comments, the primary objective that TCI should strive to achieve is to reduce transportation emissions as much as possible (meaning a 25% reduction from the Reference...
read more
PAYD_Pricing_CarbonEmissions_TCI_Comments.docx
Allen Greenberg Citizen Washington, DC District of Columbia
Comments on Program Design as Outlined on Sept. 16 and 29, 2020 TCI Webinars – Modeled 2032 Max Mileage Reductions from Reference Case of Only 2.0% is a Program Failure
PAYD_Pricing_CarbonEmissions_TCI_SecondRoundComments_Oct2020.docx

Pages