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.

Date	First	Last	Affiliation	City	State	Input	File
12/1/2019	Jeffrey	Taveras	Republican	TEWKSBURY	Massachusetts	We do not need more taxes! Most of the money will apparently go to the inept and corrupt MBTA, which I ride every day. This will be pouring more money down a rat hole. As a scientist, I have... read more We do not need more taxes! Most of the money will apparently go to the inept and corrupt MBTA, which I ride every day. This will be pouring more money down a rat hole. As a scientist, I have serious questions about the whole global warming theory. We all agree that the earth is warming. The question is man responsible? There is plenty of scientific dissent to the theory, but the dissenting voices are suppressed by the media, who no longer feel the need to give light to ideas that contradict their political orthodoxy. Science is not science when it is politicized. The promoters of this theory would have everyone believe that all scientists agree that CO2 is the cause of global warming. In science, there is almost never complete consensus on anything.	-
11/15/2019	Melinda	Taylor	None	Millbury	Massachusetts	Adding more gasoline and climate taxes to already struggling families and those on fixed incomes will drive more people from the region. It’s not enough that MA, CT, NJ, NY are all in the top ten... read more Adding more gasoline and climate taxes to already struggling families and those on fixed incomes will drive more people from the region. It’s not enough that MA, CT, NJ, NY are all in the top ten of states people are fleeing the fastest. These I’ll conceived taxes and fees and ever increasing property taxes are the reasons why. I’ll conceived idea.	-
1/12/2020	Martin	Taylor	Constitutional Conservative	Belgrade	Maine	Governor Mills lied to get elected and she's lying now to get what she wants. I have no respect for anyone who prioritizes their personal agenda while deceiving the ones who trusted her to... read more Governor Mills lied to get elected and she's lying now to get what she wants. I have no respect for anyone who prioritizes their personal agenda while deceiving the ones who trusted her to look out for their best interest. Our tax dollars are being spent recklessly and illegally as if it is her right to do so and now, she has gone incognito with the more controversial items. The end of your term cannot come soon enough!	-
1/17/2020	Laura Pitt	Taylor	fire and rescue	Albuquerque	New Mexico		-
2/28/2020	Merideth	Taylor	Sierra Club	Lexington Park	Maryland	I want Maryland to make a make a firm commitment to adopt a regional transportation policy that achieves a minimum 40 percent reduction in transportation sector climate... read more I want Maryland to make a make a firm commitment to adopt a regional transportation policy that achieves a minimum 40 percent reduction in transportation sector climate pollution by 2030, to keep us on track to meet the climate goals updated by the General Assembly in 2016. Investment and policy decisions should be made based on pollution reduction and equity goals, as well as robust engagement opportunities from the public‒particularly those most overburdened by transportation pollution and undeserved by our current transportation system.	-
10/10/2019	Darlene	Taylor-Crommett	None	Sidney	Maine	This cannot be allowed to happen in Maine. This would devastate the poor and elderly in their ability to heat their homes! This cannot be allowed to happen in Maine. This would devastate the poor and elderly in their ability to heat their homes!	-
12/18/2019	Montgomery	Teague	none	MEDFORD	New Jersey	I am against this tax as the government has demonstrated that they cannot manage a budget. Taxpayer are already paying for Federal Flood Insurance and Beach replenishment. Instead of always... read more I am against this tax as the government has demonstrated that they cannot manage a budget. Taxpayer are already paying for Federal Flood Insurance and Beach replenishment. Instead of always increases taxes find budgets cuts. IE. why do tax payers fund federal flood insurance for millionaire's second homes. Why is the federal government in the business of ensuring second beach homes. Obama Care, Medicare pricing is based on income,same policy should be implemented for Flood Insurance. And if no bath houses, parking or public assess( ie the north end of LBI) stop having tax payers pay. Use that saving for Climate Change.	-
1/13/2020	Ronald	Tebbetts	Maine Citizen	Auburn	Maine	This tax is a fraud. It is simply feel good legislation that imposes additional taxes without any benefits. Our politicians can only think in terms of taxes and power. I already pay enough to... read more This tax is a fraud. It is simply feel good legislation that imposes additional taxes without any benefits. Our politicians can only think in terms of taxes and power. I already pay enough to register vehicles in the State of Maine. I don't need to pay even more in gas taxes for no reason other than to get more of our money.	-
2/26/2020	Amy	Tecosky Feldman	citizen	Narberth	Pennsylvania	We must shift our transportation policy and dollars to support Complete Streets that allow for all road users to have access. It should not be harder to walk, bike, or use transit, than it is to... read more We must shift our transportation policy and dollars to support Complete Streets that allow for all road users to have access. It should not be harder to walk, bike, or use transit, than it is to drive. Building only for cars insures congestion that we can never build our way out of, and destroys local downtowns with land dedicated to surface parking. Driving creates ground-level pollution and results in significant health problems and increased early death. It is our largest single contributor to greenhouse warming gases and so is rapidly escalating the climate crisis. We need policy that favors road diets, safe sidewalks, protected bike lanes, and bus rapid transit lanes. Not only are such policies good for our health and the health of our planet, they are also good for our communities and our local businesses.	-
10/15/2020	Amy	Tecosky-Feldman	CCL, CANN	Narberth	Pennsylvania	Our town is out of space and can't expand. It we are to maintain our small business district and tax base we need to eliminate some parking to make space for people in public space. That... read more Our town is out of space and can't expand. It we are to maintain our small business district and tax base we need to eliminate some parking to make space for people in public space. That means connecting our town to robust regional transit, bike, and walking infrastructure. we also need research evidence of benefits to business of active transit.	-
12/1/2019	Mark	Teehan	Republican	Franklin	Massachusetts	Massachusetts voters have already voted down gas taxes before, with the most recent time being when a petition to overturn the Legislature's insertion of a gas tax tied to the rate of... read more Massachusetts voters have already voted down gas taxes before, with the most recent time being when a petition to overturn the Legislature's insertion of a gas tax tied to the rate of inflation. We did this in 2014 and now Governor Baker, who I mistakenly twice voted for, is trying to sneak in a gas tax disguised as a fee. I suggest that he and the Legislature, for that matter, forego this proposed fee and any other attempt to further burden the hard-working citizens of Massachusetts and leave us alone. I also suggest that the names of anyone who continues to work for this fee proposal or any other attempt to raise the gas tax, including the governor, be published, so the voters will know who we have to vote out of office in November.	-
10/30/2019	Kellie	Teel	Unk	Brunswick	Maine	We can not afford another tax hike anywhere! We are tapped out. Electric cars use coal to create electricity. How is this even helping the environment. I’ve seen the electric fill-up station at LL... read more We can not afford another tax hike anywhere! We are tapped out. Electric cars use coal to create electricity. How is this even helping the environment. I’ve seen the electric fill-up station at LL Bean. Constantly empty. We car and truck drivers need a tax break. Stop trying to force us, through legislation, to do, act, eat, drive, heat, and live in a way that we don’t want to. This is not progressive. It’s oppressive and authoritarian.	-
2/25/2020	Louis	Temme	Philadelphia, PA citizen and voter	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Gov. Wolf please join 11 other states and D.C. to form a regional initiative — the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) — that’s going to limit carbon emissions and significantly reduce... read more Gov. Wolf please join 11 other states and D.C. to form a regional initiative — the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) — that’s going to limit carbon emissions and significantly reduce pollution from gas-guzzling cars and trucks on heavily trafficked roads. It’s a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and raise much-needed revenue to modernize our transportation system on a regional scale, which will make it easier for everyone to get around! Thank you.	-
1/16/2020	Michele	Temple	concerned citizen	Woodside	New York	We must reduce pollution from transportation, our largest source of global warming emissions. And this is New York's opportunity to formally join the plan to reduce emissions. ... read more We must reduce pollution from transportation, our largest source of global warming emissions. And this is New York's opportunity to formally join the plan to reduce emissions. The policy must have a strong component of equity by prioritizing clean investments in areas overburdened by pollution. I am grateful for the bipartisan nature of this project, moving us forward while the federal government takes us backward.	-
2/24/2020	Randall	Tenor	N/A	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	I support the Green Energy initiative as it relates to transportation. I support the Green Energy initiative as it relates to transportation.	-
2/21/2020	Elizabeth	Terbrock	Citizen of Ossining, NY	Ossining	New York	I strongly support the Transportation and Climate Initiative. The transportation sector accounts for a third of all carbon emissions so we must make changes to this sector to avert the worst of... read more I strongly support the Transportation and Climate Initiative. The transportation sector accounts for a third of all carbon emissions so we must make changes to this sector to avert the worst of the climate crisis. We need a plan that holds large transportation polluters accountable for the pollution they create and invests in clean transportation solutions including: - More public transit and electric vehicle infrastructure in rural areas, - Expansion of commuter rail, electric vehicles, and streets in the suburbs that are safe, walkable, and bikeable, - Sustainable and equitable housing near transit and electric bus fleets in urban communities.	-
2/27/2020	Jean	Terwilliger	citizen, architect	Cornwall	Vermont	It is critical that we decarbonize transportation as quickly as possible as a state, region, nation and world. Please pass the Transportation and Climate Initiative for Vermont and the region! In... read more It is critical that we decarbonize transportation as quickly as possible as a state, region, nation and world. Please pass the Transportation and Climate Initiative for Vermont and the region! In rural areas people depend on their cars. I have been fortunate to drive an electric car for the last couple of years and will never go back. A small tax on gas when prices are low is a small price to pay to make progress on decarbonizing transportation and providing more public transportation options for all.	-
11/13/2019	test	test	test	test	Maine		-
12/23/2019	Mark	Tetreault	Smart People	Providence	Rhode Island	Apparently the politicians need a new means to fund the general fund since the 911 funds have been exposed. Apparently the politicians need a new means to fund the general fund since the 911 funds have been exposed.	-
1/16/2020	Betsy	Teutsch	Independent	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	As a Philadelphia senior citizen, I receive a free transit card for Regional Rail, subways and buses. I am saddened and frustrated by the fact that, despite the excellent urban transit... read more As a Philadelphia senior citizen, I receive a free transit card for Regional Rail, subways and buses. I am saddened and frustrated by the fact that, despite the excellent urban transit infrastructure, our transit system is not better resourced to communicate with the public, and that trains run so infrequently during non-peak hours and weekends. Allocating more money to educate the public would increase both ridership and awareness of how mass transit users help decrease everyone's carbon emissions. Better apps to communicate real time arrival of buses, billboards at stations that announce when the next bus or train is expected would greatly minimize the stress of being a mass transit user. We also need cheaper intercity trains. Adding cheap private buses has been a very popular move, but we need more trains to reduce highway congestion. All this, plus expanding public transit, takes dollars that need to be provided.	-

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