TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

silly left wing nonsense this state is expensive enough without this foolishness.....TRUMP2020

I think it's ridiculous to put the challenges of climate change on the backs of those who consume gasoline. New Hampshire has refused to go with this initiative. It can't work without all states in the region. And the US has done a lot already about climate change. Russia, India and China are the real problem countries. It is a worldwide problem - not a local one.

The electric bus is an idea whose time has come. Improving mass transit in general is one of the easier ways to mitigate climate change. Making mass transit free would be a positive step toward environmental justice.

If there isn't a problem, this TCI program will create one. Adding fees to the producers/distributor is just conscripting business to collect a tax on consumers.
I've listened to all the hand wring and false claim of imminent disaster for the last 60 years (from "the Ice Ages is coming, to "the Oceans will flood the world" and "the hurricane will get worse"). None of it has happened. The whole thing is a fabrication based on extrapolations of a chaotic (in the mathematical sense) computer program trying to solve the Navier-Stokes equation for a turbulent boundary layer on a spinning sphere with gravity and variable heat input. The science isn't there yet!
Blaming every thing on the Industrial Revolution ignores the fact the the Little Ice Age ended about 1850 (the last winter carnival on the frozen Thames outside London was 1814). Anyone with a little history would expect the world to get warmer after that.
With out an atmosphere the Earth would have an average temperature like the Moon -- zero degrees F. (This can also be calculated from basic radiant heat transfer.) So we are getting ~60 degrees of global warming from the atmosphere. If CO2 was a major contributor, increasing from 280 ppm to 415ppm (an almost 50% increase) there should be more than a 0.8 Deg C increase.
There is no technical basic for the panic!
I'm all in favor of better, more efficient, safer public transportation! But that means for the most part catching up on all the deferred maintenance.

I am widowed, retired ,on fixed income.And live in rural area.Electric vehicles,the required charging stations is not affordable nor practicable in here in Maine which has a large population of retirees, veterans & we have a huge problem with opioid addiction& we are # 1 in babies born opioid-exposed .Your priorities are amiss. REMEMBER who you work for . We cannot afford the transition to electric vehicles, NOR A .17 cent/ gallon GAS TAX!!! Please bow out of the TCI.

Taxation, fees, and restrictive regulations are the wrong way to stimulate innovation. Positive incentives are much more effective and likely to achieve new ways to improve environmental performance. The notion that there is an urgent environmental crisis is not born out by the facts. This truth is becoming more and more clear. Our environment has been continually improving since the 1950s. People are made of carbon and people are the solution to continued environmental progress not the problem.

These taxes are so ridiculous and unnecessary Governor LePage managed to put away a lot of money for the state of Maine without any taxes. Governor Mills has chosen to waste all of that money that he put away so this stupidity needs to stop now.

I am writing to support a strong Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) program, the purpose of which is to design a program that will reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

According to a recently released study by Harvard and other institutions, if the program is designed appropriately, up to 1,100 lives can be saved annually, and the region could see $11 billion in health benefits each year.

I ask that the following issues are supported in the design:

a cap on carbon emissions of at least 25% by 2032;

an increase in the minimum investment in overburdened and underserved communities (>35%);

and, I respectfully request that investments be put towards active transportation like better sidewalks, bicycle infrastructure, and high quality public transit.

A regional low-carbon transportation program could only provide benefits for citizens and the environment.

Thank you for your consideration.

We need better public transport in PA! We could save much pollution by making it less expensive. We need to clean up our transportation system in PA: electric vehicle charging stations statewide, stronger mass transit, better bike lanes!