TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

Governor Phil Scott please do all you can to support Vermont through this climate crisis we are in by backing your fellow Vermonters by signing off on TCI. Think of our child and our children’s children. Be the man to make a difference.

Reducing pollution from transportation is a key component to reducing New Jersey's emissions.
Public transit investments that could be made with TCI proceeds would be valuable.
Choose the aggressive greenhouse gas reduction target that the most recent climate science tells us we need.
The policy must prioritize clean investments in areas overburdened by pollution and/or for those who don’t have access to transportation choices.

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) appreciates the opportunity to provide the attached comments on the Draft MOU for the Transportation and Climate Initiative.

Thank you,
Drew Stilson

Trying to reduce miles driven by adding a gas tax is unconscionable. There is no avoiding driving great distances in rural areas to the doctor, groceries for just normal everyday needs. Residents will be hit twice...who do you think will pay for increased charges from contractors, truckers, etc. who will be forced to increase their prices and pass on to consumers. Electric cars are not practical in Maine. These "initiatives" are going to cripple an already poor state. And that does not even account the new waste streams car batteries and solar panels create.
The state is not all about what portland thinks.

I have lived in Maine my entire life. Most of the time in a rural setting. I have been retired for almost 3 years and have a fixed income. I want to know why I should have to pay for additional taxes on gas to help reduce carbon emissions ? I do not believe in Global Warming and very angry with politicians trying to ram it down my throat. Being on a fixed income I cannot afford increases every year for the government to put charging stations in Southern Maine. That is discrimination against every retired person in this state. Mills has done nothing for the state of Maine since she got in there except setting a new record for spending money. There are many people that live in rural areas in Maine and we should not have to finance anything that we don't believe in, especially the retiree's living on a fixed income. Maybe Mills wants me to go back to work and work until I die. That way she could bring in some more immigrants. As you can see I am extremely upset, but do not worry because I know nobody cares about my opinion and all the bleeding heart Liberals will have there way and drive 50% of the Maine population into bankruptcy . Have a nice day !!! P.S I will probably have to start burning coal again so I can afford to pay my extra gas taxes. Oh well so much for carbon emissions.

I want transportation pollution managed and reduced asap because it is our largest source of global warming emissions (regionally and nationally). Please, Montana, formally join the plan to reduce emissions.
In addition, it is essential that all policies have a strong component of equity by prioritizing clean investments in areas overburdened by pollution and/or for those who don't have access.
Finally, I am grateful for the bipartisan nature of this project, moving us forward while the federal government takes us backward.

We need a bold and ambitious plan to cut transportation pollution in our country and state. Please create such a plan.

I strongly urge all law makers to treat de-carbonizing our transportation system as a top priority. While I fear the current proposal may not go far enough, I support this initiative as a critical first step in solving this issue.

The people cannot afford to spend more money our budgets are pushed to the limit as it is. If we keep giving things away to immigrants and we pay this State will definitely go straight into the hole again.