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. 
First Last Affiliation City Statesort ascending Input File
Patrick Mckenzie none milton Vermont
Support TCI. We need to do everything possible to protect our planet.
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Terry Williams Rutland Regional Planning Commission Poultney Vermont
I agree with the Transpiration Climate Initiative in concept, but not with the timing of it. Vermont is one of the most environmentally clean states already and will struggle to meet the goals...
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Dennis Casey Casey & Associates Groton Vermont
I support TCI. Fossil fuel companies have been too slow to research and develop alternative fuels and this could help that process. I also think that we have a lot to gain from the investment of...
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David and Kathy Hooke Landowner - Building contractor - town leader Vershire Vermont
Dear Governor Scott -

I strongly urge you to add Vermont to the TCI.

You have seen the analysis that monetarily Vermont stands to gain more than it will lose. These are compelling...
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Thaddeus Cline Retired Westminster West Vermont
I have problems with my property here Vt. Ticks, poison ivy, 7 invasive species of plants, 4 invasive species of bugs. And my state is going to loose much more now this coming spring to more...
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Jordan Giaconia Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Burltington Vermont
February 28, 2020



To: Governor Ned Lamont, Governor John Carney, Governor Janet Mills, Governor Larry Hogan, Governor Charlie Baker, Governor Chris Sununu, Governor Phil Murphy,...
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TCI comment letter VBSR.pdf
Johanna Miller Vermont Natural Resources Council Montpelier Vermont
Dear Honorable Governors, Mayor Bowser and Transportation & Climate Initiative Workgroup Members,



As organizations representing Vermont’s leading low income, business,...
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TCI MOU-Joint VT Comments-2-28-2020.pdf
Maxwell Rye Middlebury College Middlebury Vermont
See Attached
Maxwell Rye TCI Public Comment.pdf
Marcy Murray South Burlington Energy Committee South Burlington Vermont
As a city energy committee volunteer and concerned citizen, I urge Vermont leaders to join the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) instead of falling victim to short-term thinking....
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PAUL SIPPLE NECCO Inc. WAITSFIELD Vermont
I feel that further taxing fossil fuels is very counter productive. I think the US and the world would be much better served if we simply eliminated incentives and tax cuts for the production and...
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Gabriel Desmond Middlebury College Middlebury Vermont
I’m a young person. I’m afraid of climate change. It’s time to do something.



The Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) is Vermont’s chance to do just that: take a meaningful...
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Sam Swanson Ascension Lutheran Church, Vermont Interfaith Power & Light, volunteer for So.Burlington Energy Committee South Burlington Vermont
I recommend that Vermont join the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) that is being developed for states in this northeast region of our country.



We now know that climate...
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Amelia Miller Middlebury College Middlebury Vermont
According to the IPCC report from 2018, human activities have already resulted in a 1°C rise in global temperatures. They estimate that we have at most 10 years to get our act together. And by “...
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Sidra Pierson Middlebury College Middlebury Vermont
Vermont’s Participation in the Transportation and Climate Initiative Has the Potential to Improve Equity While Protecting the Planet



Coming off of the recent decision to pass the...
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Amelia Jones Middlebury College Middlebury Vermont
As a senior Conservation Biology major at Middlebury College, this semester I am taking a class that focuses on transportation in Vermont. Over my time in college, I have learned from an array of...
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TCI Public Comment.pdf
Gwendolyn Marsha Delegate for NEKO, Danville, 2/29 Marshfield Vermont
I'd like to see an initiative built into the taxation that will be needed for this initiative to accommodate those in rural communities who would like to run a non-efficient vehicle for...
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Matthew Burke Charlotte Energy Committee Charlotte Vermont
The TCI should direct revenue toward the goal of providing free public transportation throughout the region. At minimum, this would involve fare-free bus service and commuter train service across...
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Hope Richardson Earth Matters member Peru Vermont
Vermont needs to play its part in the Transportation and Climate Initiative. We are past the deadline to lower carbon release and pollution standards. We need to act now to reduce pollution on...
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Joel Trupin none Marshfield Vermont
Climate change is upon us and rapidly worsening. It must be stopped without delay.
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Sarah Kotin Middlebury College Middlebury Vermont
The TCI Would be Beneficial for Vermonters With a Grain of Salt

As an environmental studies student in Vermont, I have learned extensively about the climate crisis happening today while...
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