TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

I support the enactment of the TCI and ask Governor Scott to do the same. Our transportation sector is and energy hog and working w/ neighboring states towards a solution is timely and important.

I oppose the TCI as a regional tax (yes, it is a tax) for several reasons.

The main reason I oppose this tax is because there can not be a fair way to distribute the collected revenue in relation to distributing the money back to the States that may participate.

The TCI puts an unfair tax burden especially on Vermont, perhaps the poorest state in this proposed TCI group of states, a rural state where private vehicle transportation is highly if not solely dependent upon all needed purposes for it's transportation needs.

Vermont, one could argue, also has the least "climate" impact of all the other states as well which would make the TCI ratio a much higher tax to bear and less a fair return in any proposed "investments" this tax is proposed to create.

There is also the near certainty that this TCI tax would only keep increasing to an even wider gap between personal and family income and the ability to absorb increasing this tax level proposed or any future TCI tax increases.

This TCI tax would then limit tourism in Vermont and restrict Vermonters the ability to plan for themselves when and how they wish to travel for business and work and for leisure.

The TCI would likely not allow and fair representation to a smaller TCI contributor such as Vermont.

Any overhead or newly formed bureaucratic oversight of the TCI would likely not be cost effective and a large percentage of TCI revenue would have bloated top heavy administrative costs to set up such a regional program.

These are just a few reasons I oppose this TCI tax.

What is the cost to Vermont to participate? How will the State generate the revenue to pay for it? vr Brent Abare

When I moved here in 1960 there was a passenger train that stopped in Lyndonville and later a bus. Now there is no regular public transportation and no train within over 100 miles. To go anywhere we need to drive.

I request that Vermont formally join the Transportation and Climate Initiative and reduce our transportation emissions, which is our largest source of global warming emissions. The TCI plan provides for equity by prioritizing clean investments in areas overburdened by pollution and/or for those who don't have access. The bipartisan nature of this project is a critical component of this plan, moving us forward while the federal government takes us backward.

Our transportation system is stuck in the dark ages. Traffic congestion from millions of cars and trucks are polluting our lungs and planet more than ever before. But as we enter this new decade, we have an opportunity modernize how we get from point A to point B.

I urge the state of Vermont to join the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI). I urge the governor to support it. Transportation is one of the most (if not the most) significant sources of greenhouse gases in Vermont. A clean and healthy environment is one of Vermont’s strongest assets. I urge Vermont to join other progressive northeast states and become part of this important coalition.

Transportation is a major contributor to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. We must take action immediately to reduce burning of fossil fuels and ease the climate crisis. The national government under Trump is failing to do its part so states and individuals must act without federal assistance. Reduction of gasoline and diesel fuel used for transportation can be reduced by a combination of economic factors controlled partly by state governments. First: states can provide incentives for switching to electric vehicles. Second: states can increase the costs of driving fossil-fueled vehicles. I am in favor of a combination of these methods, even if they increase my taxes and other expenses. I support the proposal known as the "Transportation and Climate Initiative." This will not solve the problem completely but is a reasonable step to take now. I would like our legislatures and governors to implement this plan immediately.

I support TCI, except for the use of "cap and trade": it would be better to 1) switch immediately to a Renewable Energy-based economy, 2)fine polluters and seize their extraction equipment, 3)and and allow Big Oil to do no more buisness then to convert their remaining stock to lubricants in order toto fund the conversion of non lubricants to atomic constituents.