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.

Date	First	Last	Affiliation	City	State	Input	File
2/21/2020	Adelheid	Koepfer	Resident	Wallingford	Connecticut	Thank you to the Initiative for working towards a clean transportation future. It is most urgently needed! Please also consider the following suggestions: - Electrification of... read more Thank you to the Initiative for working towards a clean transportation future. It is most urgently needed! Please also consider the following suggestions: - Electrification of school bus fleets. Cities and school districts, including in colder climate areas, are demonstrating that this is economically viable. Financial incentives and/or creative financing options are needed for school districts as this will affect the health of not only future but current students - instead of cap-and-trade, please consider Fee-and-Dividend systems like the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividen Act (Initiative supported by Citizens’ Climate Lobby), that would take care of the worries of low/ fixed income regional residents about raised prices - with all due respect, even the most modern diesel is still not clean. Neither diesel nor natural gas should be part of any long term plan for transportation - more public transportation along our main traffic axis. Daily commutes to/ from/ between larger cities need to become mostly public, more affordable and more convenient than individual traffic Please keep working on this Initiative, keep integrating as much public input and scientific data as possible, publicize all findings, and urge regional legislations to implement asap! Thank you.	-
2/21/2020	Elizabeth	Kiernan	member	Ridgefield	Connecticut	Clean air is a necessity not a luxury. Added transportation only contributes to an already dangerous pollution problem. Clean air is a necessity not a luxury. Added transportation only contributes to an already dangerous pollution problem.	-
2/21/2020	Evelyn	Farbman	retired teacher	Middletown	Connecticut	If the world is to be habitable for our grandchildren, transportation will have to be transformed. So will many other energy-dependent areas of human life, but transportation may be the easiest... read more If the world is to be habitable for our grandchildren, transportation will have to be transformed. So will many other energy-dependent areas of human life, but transportation may be the easiest to address. Let's get started on the changes now.	-
2/21/2020	Ellen	Brett	Ms.	MADISON	Connecticut	I highly support this initiative and strongly believe that if we do not swiftly make policy changes and put initiatives like this into action, we are facing crisis of epic proportions. Lets do... read more I highly support this initiative and strongly believe that if we do not swiftly make policy changes and put initiatives like this into action, we are facing crisis of epic proportions. Lets do this for the generations to come.	-
2/21/2020	Alan	Benford	US Citizen	Manchester	Connecticut	Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) states are developing a regional policy for low-carbon transportation following the December 18, 2018, statement by nine states and Washington DC... read more Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) states are developing a regional policy for low-carbon transportation following the December 18, 2018, statement by nine states and Washington DC committing to: “…design a regional low-carbon transportation policy proposal that would cap and reduce carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation fuels through a cap-and-invest program or other pricing mechanism… [and]… to complete the policy development process within one year, after which each jurisdiction will decide whether to adopt and implement the policy.” We have run out of time. Such a plan is beyond mandatory. There is no question in the mind of any reasonable person that Connecticut should be part of this initiative, and should be in a leadership role.	-
2/21/2020	Anna	Franz	citizen	Wallingford	Connecticut	We need realistic public transportation options that don’t take twice or three times longer than driving. We need realistic public transportation options that don’t take twice or three times longer than driving.	-
2/21/2020	Robert	Erman	CT resident and taxpayer who was referred to this site by NRDC	Bridgeport	Connecticut	Morning and afternoon rush hour traffic weekdays, turn sections of Interstate 95 in Fairfield and New Haven counties into a virtual parking lot. Yet little is done to make Metro-North and... read more Morning and afternoon rush hour traffic weekdays, turn sections of Interstate 95 in Fairfield and New Haven counties into a virtual parking lot. Yet little is done to make Metro-North and Shoreline East a more attractive option for commuters. The fares have to come way down to get people out of their cars. Also I'd like to see shuttle service from train stations to area commuter parking lots.	-
2/21/2020	Anne	Cheng	Private citizen	Stamford	Connecticut	We need to increase investment and ridership on public transportation which would reduce wear on highway infrastructure, decrease emissions, and save citizens money needed for car-care expenses... We need to increase investment and ridership on public transportation which would reduce wear on highway infrastructure, decrease emissions, and save citizens money needed for car-care expenses.	-
2/21/2020	Rick	Nepola	Democrat	Stamfoed	Connecticut	The mid and north Eastern Seaboard states need an alternativr system of transportation. Our current air, train, bus , truck and automobile transportation does not work effectively to provide... read more The mid and north Eastern Seaboard states need an alternativr system of transportation. Our current air, train, bus , truck and automobile transportation does not work effectively to provide efficient results given the expense, effort, land usage and energy expended. The mere congestion of traffic is only one of the myriad of problems which confront us. Given population growth our transportation modalities need complete change. With pollution, noise, accidents, stifling weather conditions and inefficiencies we must conceive a wholly changed system. There need to be new roads, bridges, railways. air trafficking, etc that can handle existing and growing needs. Because of climate change alternative energy sources and uses need to be deployed. Nothing short of trillions of dollars must be allocated to the massive undertaking necessary. Municipal, state, regional and federal agencies must coordinate with the private sector to bring about transportation systems of a completely new and innovative era	-
2/22/2020	Linda	Quinet	none	Willimantic	Connecticut	The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) is needed to reduce transportation's heavy impact on pollution. read more The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) is needed to reduce transportation's heavy impact on pollution.	-
2/22/2020	francis	mastri	none	Monroe	Connecticut	The Transportation and Climate Initiative is an emerging issue, gaining traction up and down the East Coast. Now is the time for the region to take bold action to mitigate climate change and roll... read more The Transportation and Climate Initiative is an emerging issue, gaining traction up and down the East Coast. Now is the time for the region to take bold action to mitigate climate change and roll back emissions. The Transportation and Climate Initiative has potential to become the sixth largest economy in the world. This is not an opportunity we can pass up.	-
2/22/2020	Sharon	Conway	Non profit director	W. Hartford	Connecticut	We must make finding alternative means of transportation a high priority to limit the negative impact of private car and truck use. We must make finding alternative means of transportation a high priority to limit the negative impact of private car and truck use.	-
2/22/2020	Hugh	Birdsall	Reforest the Tropics	Clinton	Connecticut	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... read more 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.	-
2/22/2020	Thomas	Grant	WCSU	Bridgewater	Connecticut	It just makes sense to convert as much transportation to electric as possible. Not only environmentally but financially in the long run. It just makes sense to convert as much transportation to electric as possible. Not only environmentally but financially in the long run.	-
2/22/2020	Doug	Willians	CTPA	Easton	Connecticut	Yes let’s expand electric buses and the green initiative Yes let’s expand electric buses and the green initiative	-
2/22/2020	Vinod	Srinivasaraghavan	Resident	New Fairfield	Connecticut	Hi - I’d support any and all efforts to quickly transition CT over to clean energy. I think we should build more electric car charging stations, switch public transit (buses etc.) to electric, and... read more Hi - I’d support any and all efforts to quickly transition CT over to clean energy. I think we should build more electric car charging stations, switch public transit (buses etc.) to electric, and limit the sales of gas guzzling cars in the state ASAP. Such a program in conjunction with other states (NY, NJ, etc) will promote cleaner air and water in the region. Thank you for your consideration of this comment. Vinod	-
2/22/2020	Claire	Matthews	CTSI	Essex	Connecticut	A plan to reduce carbon from transportation is overdue. The time for saving the planet is shrinking. We can not delay any longer. Everyone at every level of society must act now. Please... read more A plan to reduce carbon from transportation is overdue. The time for saving the planet is shrinking. We can not delay any longer. Everyone at every level of society must act now. Please proceed with great haste to put a solid plan out there and to apply necessary resources to complete it. CT needs to put tolls on their highways like most of the other states in the project. Fossil fuel emissions need to be taxed higher. Public transportation needs more investment... This isn't tomorrows problem. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to comment.	-
2/22/2020	Ronald	degray	University of Saint Joseph and Bike Walk Glastonbury board member	Glastonbury	Connecticut	Transportation and climate initiatives are not only interstate issues but also intrastate issues. Therefore efforts need to include multimodal transportation and in particular passenger rail... read more Transportation and climate initiatives are not only interstate issues but also intrastate issues. Therefore efforts need to include multimodal transportation and in particular passenger rail within Connecticut and between New England and Quebec with connections to states west. Consider the issues of pollution generated as a result of driving out of state. The pollution is not only from automobile/truck exhausts but also from the debris caused by auto/truck braking.	-
2/22/2020	Kim Bova	Kaminsky	Kim Bova Photography	Mansfield	Connecticut	Time is running out to limit global warming. Action has to begin now. I support all efforts to cap greenhouse gases and the pollution from transit, commuting and other sources that contribute to... read more Time is running out to limit global warming. Action has to begin now. I support all efforts to cap greenhouse gases and the pollution from transit, commuting and other sources that contribute to warming and pollution of our world. Action now is required we cannot wait another year- I encourage you to act swiftly and boldly. Let’s be leaders not followers here in the East!	-
2/22/2020	Carole	Osborn	Ms.	Winsted	Connecticut	The Transportation and Climate Initiative is an emerging issue, gaining traction up and down the East Coast. Now is the time for the region to take bold action to mitigate climate change and roll... read more The Transportation and Climate Initiative is an emerging issue, gaining traction up and down the East Coast. Now is the time for the region to take bold action to mitigate climate change and roll back emissions. The Transportation and Climate Initiative has potential to become the sixth largest economy in the world. This is not an opportunity we can pass up. While it's not legislation yet, it will have a huge impact on Connecticut's efforts to combat climate change and move our state into a modern, green economy.	-

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