TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

Pollution from transportation is our largest source of global warming emissions (regionally and nationally).
I am requesting that New Jersey formally join the plan to reduce emissions.
I demand that the policy has a strong component of equity by prioritizing clean investments in areas overburdened by pollution and/or for those who don't have access.
Thank you for the bipartisan nature of this project, moving us forward while the federal government takes us backward.

As a retired person on a fixed income I am opposed to any increase in the cost of fuel ESPECIALLY WITHOUT A VOTE OF OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.

Limiting pollution from motor fuels has a number of advantages. It will help create jobs and grow the economy as well as cleaning the air and saving lives. I hope Virginia will join TCI to fund better transportation infrastructure, help reduce traffic, and make my community a cleaner, safer place to live. And I urge Gov. Northam to fully support TCI.

I am for this initiative. NY has already started with electric buses here in Albany. Anything we can do to mitigate climate change is a step
forward. Reducing our carbon footprint is essential.

Since we know that 54% of carbon emission in Maine come from the transportation sector alone, this is reason enough to take immediate action to replace all combustion engine vehicles, both commercial and private with clean and far more efficient all-electric versions as well as to build out the charging infrastructure to allow for seamless transportation that minimizes the transition from the convenience of time that we have enjoyed with the proliferation of fueling stations for internal combustion engines for so many years. We CAN do this! Without it, it will not be very convincing or compelling to the general populace for the rapid transformation of our means of transportation to a cleaner and brighter future.

Stop with the additional taxes and oh by the way electric cars only put more money in CMPs pocket.

Climate pollution is real, science has proven this. Transportation is the number one source of climate pollution in the United States. This means it's time to totally reimagine the way that we transport people and goods.

The states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and the city of Washington, D.C., are working on a groundbreaking policy to modernize the transportation sector under the Transportation and Climate Initiative. The draft Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) proposal is a bold and urgently needed step to upgrade the region’s transportation system to be more efficient, more affordable, and less polluting.

A year ago, these jurisdictions set out to develop a plan to fix the region’s transportation problems, which include mind-numbing traffic, outdated infrastructure, delayed and insufficient buses and trains, and dirty vehicles that belch clouds of exhaust while collectively emitting more climate-harming pollution than any other sector—even power plants.

Through an innovative framework that cuts pollution and invests in 21st century transportation solutions, the TCI proposal would ensure today’s broken system isn’t also the region’s future.

In order for this regional plan to work, governors of these states and the mayor of Washington, D.C., must ensure that this transportation plan is bold enough to cut harmful transportation pollution at the scale needed to avert 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

I believe there are still greater opportunities to reduce transportation pollution and invest in clean solutions than the states’ draft analysis currently assumes. Let's do everything we can to ensure we reduce transportation pollution, science is on our side.

Pushing for electric vehicles only transfers emissions from tailpipes to smoke stacks of power plants and battery factories that have other pollution issues is no solution. Mills is blind to the real issues facing Mainers. We are a large rural state in a cold climate and T.C.I. is a ridiculouse idea that can only have a negative impact on the People of Maine.

Do not approve this TAX. The governor has no authority to impose a TAX on his own. This is a TAX, not a fee. You will pay at the ballet box if you don't stop this illegal, unconstitutional TAX.