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. 
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Jason Kulaszewski University at Buffalo Regional Institute (UBRI) Buffalo New York
Below are suggestions regarding how the TCI can accelerate implementation of alternative fuel transportation and reduce GHGs related to traditional transportation (in no particular order):...
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Katherine Fite Univ. of Massachusetts Hadley Massachusetts
Massachusetts and other TCI participating states must adopt a more ambitious goal in keeping with the climate emergency, while finding ways to spend TCI funds to make this gas tax progressive and...
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John Sadler Univ. MD & Independent Dialysis Foundation Baltimore Maryland
We all agree that emissions should be reduced, but cling to lifestyles thhat produce emissions. Low emission public transportation is good, but limited in availability. Electric autos are...
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Jane Harris Univ of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
It is time to pay attention to the needs of people and transportation, and not only improve travel by train and electric bus, but to

pay attention to the Climate in realizing those...
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Paul Bonarrigo United States Citizen Richmond Maine
If you have a plan that will reduce the impact of the human race on the earth's climate that will not increase our tax burden, go with it. In the meantime stay out of the state of Maine. We...
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Michelle Mariani United States Citizen Woonsocket Rhode Island
This tax is ridiculous. Climate change is a hoax. Stop it!!!
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Shobhana Kanal Unitarian Universalist Pennsylvania Legislative Action Network (UUPLAN) Bala Cynwyd Pennsylvania
I am writing in support of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI). I urge Pennsylvania state government to do everything in our power to reduce emissions, invest in a clean transportation...
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EDWARD OLMSTEAD Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence Climate Action Group FLORENCE Massachusetts
March 6, 2020

Testimony to TCI by Edward Olmstead

Thank you for your work on TCI to reduce emissions from the transportation sector. I strongly urge you to build on what you have so...
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Charlotte Shnaider Unitarian Staunton Virginia
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natasha mayers union of maine visual artists whitefield Maine
Our state needs an ambitious plan to reduce climate-changing transportation pollution,. Working together with neighboring states makes sense.

Maine should use TCI as an opportunity to...
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Jerry Malczewski Union of Concerned Scientists Lancaster New York
After reviewing many of the comments posted to date was well as the draft framework policy proposal, I offer the following:

1. The predicted climate impacts due to our current trajectory of...
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Paulina Muratore Union of Concerned Scientists Cambridge Massachusetts
On behalf of the undersigned 357 scientists, researchers, health professionals and doctors from across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, attached is a letter in support of a strong regional...
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nancy mellen union of concerned scientists hingham Massachusetts
The air pollution caused by commuter rail needs to be eliminated.
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Daniel Alesandro Union of Concerned Scientists ORADELL New Jersey
It is extremely important that we transition from a carbon based transportation system (internal combustion engine based) to clean public transportation. While individual autos will likely remain...
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James Nagengast Union of concerned scientists Shrewsbury Massachusetts
Reducing our carbon emissions is critical and we need to make long term investments now.
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Gabriel Voiles Union of Concerned Scientists Bronx New York
It is vitally important to reduce pollution from transportation, which is our largest source of global warming emissions (regionally and nationally).



I request that New York state...
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Ellen Hopman Union of Concerned Scientists Belchertown Massachusetts
I am now on the verge of chronic bronchitis due to living in the Connecticut river valley in Massachusetts. We get air pollution from New York and states west like Ohio. I am also developing...
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Patricia Vondran Union of Concerned Scientists Silver Spring Maryland
Clean air is essential for people, like me, who have asthma.
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Karen Vincent Union of Concerned Scientists Burlington Vermont
I give my support for a clean transportation initiative. We need clean public transportation. We have the technology and the ability to do this. Monorails bring in three times as much economic...
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Donald Weigt Union of Concerned Scientists Bloomfield Connecticut
We need to take strong actions to minimize the climate impact of our transportation system now, to reach zero carbon emissions in a decade or two! Half measures are NOT enough. We should be adding...
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