TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

I'm not sure what to do about this. I'm definitely committed to reducing carbon emissions, but I'm also not in a financial position to run out and buy an electric car.

I support the Transportation and Climate Change Initiative as a positive step toward combating global warming.

Please support TCI as we need to reduce our carbon footprint every way we can and soon. Save the earth for our children and grandchildren ++

Our family supports TCI and would like to see it implemented as soon as possible.

As I private citizen in Maine I find it financially hard to live here .The cost of food, income tax, use tax. sales tax ,fuel tax , property tax the list goes on and now an additional tax to try to get me to go electronic vehicles. First I would not have the money to even trade vehicles.So I am penalized with additional tax expense to even get to my job. Second what happens after most Maine residents finally get there electronic vehicle and the additional tax money dries up ? When do you start taxing the electricity to increase the dollars to the state again? The rural public transportation system is almost non existent, the rail system has been dismantled , do we all have to move to a city to survive. This is a rushed poorly thought out plan that will devastate the Maine economy. All under the feel good idea we will be stopping Global warming. We haven't heard what the additional cost to Global Warming will be to excavate more raw material to produce more batteries for solar power and wind, and the new electronic cars. The grid system will have to be increased to handle the increased electricity use and all the diesel generators that will have to run to keep up with peak demand until the grid is bigger. And lets not forget there is only one supplier I can buy from CMP not sure I want to trust them to do the right thing. Please reconsider this issue it is not good for me or anyone in Maine.No one gains form this initiative. Should this pass I will be considering leaving the state to find a state were my limited income will support me.

I attended an informational meeting regarding the initiative and am impressed at the detail and processes that are apparent that will make it plausible. Vermont is a leader in ways to promote sustainable changes that positively impact our environment, we need to do this.

TCI is moving us in the right direction to radically reduce carbon emmissions in Maryland, the US, and globally. We must take every such opportunity to make transportation more efficient and less polluting. Please support TCI.

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

Too many of our public buses and trains run on dirty energy and contribute to air pollution and climate change. Many trains, buses, and stations haven’t been retrofitted in decades. For many people in rural parts of our states, there are zero viable public transportation options, which forces them to drive.

By making polluters pay and creating a dedicated source of funding through TCI, we’ll finally be able to move our state to a 21st-century regional transportation system that is cleaner, more reliable, more accessible, and more affordable. We’ll see less traffic, thousands of new jobs, and less dangerous air pollution. All communities — whether urban, suburban, or rural — will benefit.

Our air is making too many of us sick — and if history is a guide, it’s not going to get better on its own. We need to take bold and concerted action to reduce the carbon impact of our transportation system, and TCI’s combination of using pricing policies that discourage polluters and modernizing our public transportation system will do exactly that.