TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

My wife and I live almost half the year in East Bootbay, ME. We have been witnesses to the environmental degradation of that region for over 45 years. Much of that has been from dense automobile traffic. Anything that would improve public transportation to a level that would shift travel from individual cars to collective transport would be helpful. We support this effort to make a difference.

To Whom It May Concern:
I want to express my enthusiastic support for this multi-state initiative. It is past time to be taking concrete steps - aggressive steps - to address climate change. I hope those involved will move ahead quickly and a clear sense of the narrowing window we have to prevent the worst effects of global warming.
Sincerely,
Hillary Twining

Another state tax coming our way, we just lost net pay from the medical and family tax.
God controls the climate - not the politicians.

Fossil Fuels companies and their lobbyists have no place in a Transportation and Climate Initiative.

I’d like to submit a comment in support of the Transportation & Climate Initiative.
First, reducing pollution from transportation is a key component to reducing Pennsylvania's emissions. There are numerous benefits to Pennsylvania and the entire Northeastern United States in cutting emissions and the subsequent formation of toxic greenhouse gases; public transit investments that could be made with TCI proceeds would be valuable and could be reinvested to develop further climate saving, greenhouse gas reducing programs throughout the region, protecting our children and the elderly from the choking greenhouse gases that have been linked to increased rates of respiratory disease, have been shown to affect the birth weight and overall fetal health in our region and darken skies with clouds of smog that are brimming full of dangerous chemicals that collect on our skin, in our hair, contaminate our fresh water supply and adversely affect the health of livestock grown for human consumption in the region.
I ask, that as the leaders responsible for effecting change, you choose the aggressive greenhouse gas reduction target that the most recent climate science tells us we need. I also urge you to adopt policy that prioritizes clean investments in areas overburdened by pollution and/or for those who don’t have access to transportation choices.
The time to act is now! I’d like to point out that change has been a long time in coming, and it takes progressive, forward-thinking policy makers that agree with the urgency of the situation and are bold enough to perhaps step outside of their comfort zones in order to make meaningful change possible.

It is about time to for Maryland to tackle its public transportation deficiencies, renovate aging infrastructure and come into the 21st century. Public transportation is a human right: students have the right to timely and safe transport to school. Workers are spending more time behind the wheel each year, decreasing productivity and affecting quality of life. The environment suffers via increased pollution.

On behalf of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA), I would like to offer our comments on the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI). Please see attached.

Sincerely,

Rob Underwood
PMAA President

Why is the answer to all so called problems more government? Maine is a very old and poor state, more taxes will not improve anything. Only hurt the people that choose to work for a living.