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. 
First Lastsort descending Affiliation City State Input File
Charles Byrne Individual San Francisco California
I write as a civically engaged citizen and budding environmental scientist to urge a robust TCI.



Specifically, there should be a greater than 35% increase in the minimum investment...
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M C Resident of the area Baltimore Maryland
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G C CORR Concepts Roanoke Virginia
We NEED a bold plan that holds large transportation polluters accountable for the pollution they create and invests in clean transportation solutions including:



- More public...
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Nick C. Getthere Mobility Management Binghamton New York
1) Rural microtransit should be encouraged by making it easier to get passenger authority and receive STOA funding in NY, and wherever else it makes sense, by allowing smaller vehicles to become...
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Nuno Cabral Independent Peabody Massachusetts
Imposing a gas tax to help fund the fledgling MBTA is foolhardy and detrimental to families and tax payers of the commonwealth. The MBTA has been mismanaged and underperforming for decades. To...
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Brian Cacchiotti Salem State University Peabody Massachusetts
I am 100% in favor of the proposal for TCI. Without bold and decisive action, we will get no change taking place, and the dire situation will get worse.
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Blake Cady Climate Action Brookline (CAB) Brookline Massachusetts
Eventually, all transportation must be electrified. A carbon fee and dividend is the most useful method, at

present, to drive this process. Electric cars and busses can be subsidized in by...
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Blake Cady MD Harvard Medical School Brookline Massachusetts
40% of green-house gases now come from the transportation sector. We must get control of this by cooperative efforts, especially

multi-state plans, such as TCI.
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Peter Caesar Raise Up Newburyport Massachusetts
Emphasize conservation replacement of fossil fuel use, adhere to Obama Era mileage standards, shift resources to public transit upgrades
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Jeanne Cahill citizen Northborough Massachusetts
I appreciate the stakeholder engagement process of the TCI. I attended the public workshop held at Roxbury Community College, Boston, on October 30. My concerns are:

1)complementary state...
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J Cahill citizen northboro Massachusetts
The Transportation Climate Initiative is necessary but not sufficient policy to address the challenge of climate change mitigation.

All economic sectors must be represented to make real...
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David Cahoon Mr. Wells Maine
I do not support this new gas tax. It will in no way make a difference in the carbon foot print. All it will do is hurt the middle class working people of the State of Maine. All it will do is...
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Susan Caiazza Retired teacher Liverpool New York
I am concerned about the cost of this initiative and would like to know the expected cost increase to a gallon of gasoline
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Roger Caiazza Retired Liverpool New York
The attached comments specifically address the proposal to use a cap-and-invest approach. I propose that instead of funding the programs from auction proceeds as suggested in the framework that...
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Transportation Climate Initiative Draft Framework Cap and Invest Caiazza Comments.pdf
Roger Caiazza Retired Liverpool New York
My attached comments address multiple concerns. I believe that costs must be addressed before any jurisdiction can decide whether to join the TCI. Contrary to the statements saying that there...
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Transportation Climate Initiative Draft Framework Caiazza Comments.pdf
Roger Caiazza Retired Liverpool New York
Comments attached
Caiazza TCI comments February 2020.pdf
Roger Caiazza Retired Liverpool New York
I took the time to prepare this comment because I don’t want this program to repeat the implementation problems associated with the Acid Rain Program’s emissions monitoring system. I was involved...
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Caiazza TCI Technical Comment September 2020.pdf
Roger Caiazza Retired Liverpool New York
General comments on the TCI
Caiazza TCI Comment September 30 2020.pdf
Joan Caiazzo American citizen Fresh Meadows New York
We need clean air and reduced emissions. Do what’s right for the health of the American people.
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Silvio Calabi N/A Camden Maine
I have been urging our local government agencies—especially the police dept. and school system—to seek VW 'Dieselgate' reparations money to at least begin testing battery-electric...
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