3/1/2020 |
Clifford |
Azersky |
1963 |
Sharon |
Massachusetts |
I am not in favor of passing this tax. And I am certainly not in favor of not letting a vote taken to either pass or reject this initiative. I am not in favor of passing this tax. And I am certainly not in favor of not letting a vote taken to either pass or reject this initiative. |
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3/1/2020 |
Kevin |
Walsh |
Mr. |
Madison |
Connecticut |
The enviornment is the most important issue in the whole world. The enviornment is the most important issue in the whole world. |
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3/1/2020 |
Kevin |
Walsh |
Mr |
Madison |
Connecticut |
The enviornment is the most important issue in the world right now. The enviornment is the most important issue in the world right now. |
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3/2/2020 |
Quaid |
Chaney |
Me |
Tracys Landing |
Maryland |
Finding efficient methods for increasing the environmental and public health is a critical goal. The well-being of Maryland constituents and beyond depend on developing new transportation... read more Finding efficient methods for increasing the environmental and public health is a critical goal. The well-being of Maryland constituents and beyond depend on developing new transportation initiatives and technologies that will increase productivity, safety, reduce pollutants as well as strengthen the economy for all. |
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3/2/2020 |
Petra |
Reitz |
Ms |
East Bridgewater |
Massachusetts |
Needs to be more streamlined/lower emissions commuting; easier biking/hiking alternative transportation. Less accentuation on making roads easier for business and more on people. Needs to be more streamlined/lower emissions commuting; easier biking/hiking alternative transportation. Less accentuation on making roads easier for business and more on people. |
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3/2/2020 |
Eben |
Bein |
Our Climate |
Cambridge |
Massachusetts |
Our Climate supports science-based equitable policy.
25% pollution reductions is not science-based. The price must be aggressive enough to drive significant behavior change, or it... read more Our Climate supports science-based equitable policy.
25% pollution reductions is not science-based. The price must be aggressive enough to drive significant behavior change, or it is not science-based.
Equity protections that are not numerically specific are not truly protections. A carbon price is without those protections is regressive. RGGI is regressive.
If you're wondering what numerically specific protections look like, check out the Massachusetts Youth Climate Coalition's policy principles: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P8dN3Eunb7BmU-HcSqHxSCoSNS3GpS-yKiyvsz114cI/edit?usp=sharing |
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3/2/2020 |
Lisa |
Meyer |
Vermont resident |
Waterbury Center |
Vermont |
I am in support of this program. I urge you to join the initial group of states. Thank you. I am in support of this program. I urge you to join the initial group of states. Thank you. |
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3/2/2020 |
Carly |
Milkowski |
University of Southern Maine |
South Portland |
Maine |
Maine should grasp the opportunity to realize significant economic, health, and environmental benefits by transitioning to cleaner and more efficient transportation options through adoption of TCI... Maine should grasp the opportunity to realize significant economic, health, and environmental benefits by transitioning to cleaner and more efficient transportation options through adoption of TCI. |
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3/2/2020 |
Robert |
O'Neal |
personal |
Westford |
Massachusetts |
Our transportation system is not working well. Though nobody wants higher taxes, I SUPPORT an increase in the gas tax of at least 15 cents/gallon immediately to get better infrastructure in place... read more Our transportation system is not working well. Though nobody wants higher taxes, I SUPPORT an increase in the gas tax of at least 15 cents/gallon immediately to get better infrastructure in place. PLEASE--end the gridlock! |
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3/3/2020 |
Bonnie |
Barclay |
N/A |
Kennebunkport |
Maine |
I support an ambitious and strong Transportation and Climate Initiative that promotes low-carbon solutions all over the region including rural states like Maine. Our transportation system is not... read more I support an ambitious and strong Transportation and Climate Initiative that promotes low-carbon solutions all over the region including rural states like Maine. Our transportation system is not working for us or our environment-we need more investment on public transportation, electric vehicles and infrastructures, bikeable and walkable communities and we need to think about land-use planning. |
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3/3/2020 |
Ida |
DelVecchio |
dna |
Quincy |
Massachusetts |
make corporations who are sliming the environment and sickening people pay to fix up this mess! many of these industries are subsidized by taxpayer dollars. for years they've promoted a... read more make corporations who are sliming the environment and sickening people pay to fix up this mess! many of these industries are subsidized by taxpayer dollars. for years they've promoted a dialogue that puts the onus on the public to control their polluting habits. they have gaslighted the public. now is the time for corporate responsibility to clean up the mess they and politician's created!!!! |
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3/3/2020 |
Karen |
Bernard |
voter |
Glenshaw |
Pennsylvania |
CLIMATE CHANGE IS SERIOUS andOUR AIR IS MAKING US SICK. Among other things, we need a regional policy for low-carbon transportation.
Reducing pollution from transportation is a key... read more CLIMATE CHANGE IS SERIOUS andOUR AIR IS MAKING US SICK. Among other things, we need a regional policy for low-carbon transportation.
Reducing pollution from transportation is a key component in reducing Pennsylvania's emissions. Public transit investments, that could be made with the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) proceeds, would be very valuable.
PLEASE CHOOSE THE AGGRESSIVE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGET THAT THE MOST RECENT CLIMATE SCIENCE TELLS US WE NEED! |
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3/3/2020 |
Janie |
Martinez |
Ms. |
Cypress |
Texas |
I have lived in Harris county, TX for more than 40 years. Highway keep getting more lanes and traffic continues to be a nightmare. someone must come up with a plan to move more people around... read more I have lived in Harris county, TX for more than 40 years. Highway keep getting more lanes and traffic continues to be a nightmare. someone must come up with a plan to move more people around without for cars and traffic congestion. |
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3/4/2020 |
Jesse |
Lytle |
Haverford College |
Narberth |
Pennsylvania |
Reducing pollution from transportation is a key component to reducing Pennsylvania's emissions.
Public transit investments made with TCI proceeds would support the mobility of our... read more Reducing pollution from transportation is a key component to reducing Pennsylvania's emissions.
Public transit investments made with TCI proceeds would support the mobility of our faculty, staff, and students around greater Philly and beyond.
We urge you to set an aggressive greenhouse gas reduction target that the most recent climate science tells us we need.
Metro Philly has an air quality of 'F' by the ALA, shortening lifespans for all residents and disproportionately hurting vulnerable populations. We need help stepping away from high-polluting transportation technologies. |
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3/4/2020 |
Patricia |
Ramsey |
retired |
Amherst |
Massachusetts |
The Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) has many potential strengths -- in particular the fact that it will tackle carbon emissions on a regional basis. However, this bill must be a lot... read more The Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) has many potential strengths -- in particular the fact that it will tackle carbon emissions on a regional basis. However, this bill must be a lot stronger. We are clearly in a climate emergency, and we need to take bold and wide-ranging actions now! As it now stands, about TCI is:
TOO LITTLE
1. The TCI does not address the carbon emissions generated by housing and heating. To be effective, it must be paired with other bills that cover these areas.
2. As proposed, TCI would reduce emissions from transportation 20-25% over 10 years. However, taking into account more efficient vehicles on the road by then, TCI would drop emissions only 1-6% beyond decreases in vehicle emissions expected by Governor Baker's administration. So not only is this “decrease” deceptive, it is nowhere near enough to prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis.
3. The large emissions from jet fuel are not included in TCI.
TOO LATE
4. It will take several years before TCI will be implemented. Getting all the states to agree on terms and figuring out the logistics will be a long and complicated process. These negotiations will also involve a lot of compromise, so that the final plan may not have the stringent emission reductions that we need.
TOO VAGUE AND NOT EQUITABLE
5. The expenditure of TCI funds is not specified. Without clear, enforceable, and equitable policies, TCI will create a regressive gasoline tax that will hit moderate- and low-income and rural residents the hardest. The expenditures must be specified now – not left up to the governor or some future committee. TCI policy regulations in Massachusetts and other states should include the same equitable plans that are specified in the Benson Bill, H2810 in order to:
a. ensure that low- and moderate-income families and rural residents do not bear an unfair financial burden that they can ill afford;
b. support low-income communities to reduce their emissions and to strengthen their infrastructure in the face of the consequences of climate change.
We face devastating and irreversible effects of climate change! We are all in this together and cannot waste time “kicking the can down the road.” TCI has a lot of potential, but it must be paired with H2810 in order to be more ambitious, immediate, and equitable!!
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3/4/2020 |
Darlene |
Pawlik |
New Hampshire |
Raymond |
New Hampshire |
Additional, appointed governmental and unelected, non-governmental agencies are never the answer to innovation. Stifling policy created in board rooms cannot meet the actual needs of those in the... read more Additional, appointed governmental and unelected, non-governmental agencies are never the answer to innovation. Stifling policy created in board rooms cannot meet the actual needs of those in the field. They are the ones creating solutions to the problems they face working and serving their families, fellow citizens, and future generations. We don't need more taxes chocking energy creators, either. Let those imaginative, creators generate ideas without arbitrary constraints based on predictions that may never come to fruition. |
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3/4/2020 |
Amy |
Jones |
Affected Community Resident |
New Castle |
Delaware |
Involve the community in any decision-making processes FIRST! — and that the community will be the FIRST!
Agency goals should be to establish ways to talk more directly with... read more Involve the community in any decision-making processes FIRST! — and that the community will be the FIRST!
Agency goals should be to establish ways to talk more directly with environmental justice communities, which can be “co-opted” by outside groups pushing their own agendas. “We need to peel past that and really get to the communities themselves and make sure that they’re hearing us—and, as importantly or more importantly, we’re hearing them.” Garvin says individuals DNREC has interacted previously with on issues of environmental justice. The event was not promoted publicly, but that it is not a closed meeting.
Please stand up for fence-line communities in the TCI process in the Mid-Atlantic.
Why am I and others just hearing about this Policy in the community after the fact?
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3/5/2020 |
Eliza |
Caldwell |
CT resident |
Hamden |
Connecticut |
Please help us develop our local bus system and long distance train systems. I use the New Haven bus system, and while I appreciate it, more frequent buses and more routes would make buses... read more Please help us develop our local bus system and long distance train systems. I use the New Haven bus system, and while I appreciate it, more frequent buses and more routes would make buses more accessible to more people.
Fewer cars on the road would mean fewer wildlife deaths. Wildlife is already pushed to the brink by development, and their populations cannot handle more casualties.
More public transport would mean fewer car accidents, less carbon blown into the air, and a healthier population. People would be walking more and their mental and physical health would not be impacted by traffic or stressful driving conditions.
Please, use your decision making power to help us get more public transport that will improve our lives, animals' lives, and the environment. |
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3/5/2020 |
Stan |
Franzeen |
Citizens' Climate Lobby, Salem Allliance for the Environment (SAFE) |
Salem |
Massachusetts |
Dear Governor Baker:
As a senior citizen on a fixed income, I am writing in support of the Transportation Climate Initiative currently under review.
Before I retired... read more Dear Governor Baker:
As a senior citizen on a fixed income, I am writing in support of the Transportation Climate Initiative currently under review.
Before I retired, I worked in transportation demand management, both as the executive director of a TMA, and as the commuter services contractor for Pfizer. In the latter role, I helped facilitate the implementation of an MBTA pass program to accompany the transition of Pfizer's Cambridge work force from Alewife to Kendall Square.
I am keenly aware of the role of transportation (vis-a-vis greenhouse gas emissions) in the climate crisis and am excited to see TCI come to fruition.
Hopefully, there is enough political will across the board to approve TCI and start planning as soon as possible.
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3/5/2020 |
Sharon |
Netzley |
Independent |
Haverhill |
Massachusetts |
TCI attempts to bypass the democratic process by pushing through a tax increase without forcing the legislature to take a vote. I do NOT agree with any process that bypasses legislative procedure... read more TCI attempts to bypass the democratic process by pushing through a tax increase without forcing the legislature to take a vote. I do NOT agree with any process that bypasses legislative procedure. Our elected lawmakers should be debating and voting on these decisions. There can be no tax increase without a legislative vote. That would be the very definition of taxation without representation. NO TO TCI!!!
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