TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

Please do not make onerous public policy on the basis of a hoax. There is no climate emergency. http://www.climatescience.org.nz/

Continue to increase momentum and awareness. Every choice we as a species make now is vitally important.

I wish to give my strong support to your effort to limit carbon dioxide (and other greenhouse gas) producing forms of transportation. This must be done as quickly as possible as we are now facing our final chance to put any kind of brake on a complete climate failure. I strongly support both intracity and intercity forms of public transportation that would accomodate this. This means public subsidy for these types of transit and a long overdue decrease in the subsidies provided for highway and bridge construction and maintenance. Certainly electric light rail and intercity rail would qualify for this subsidy but also the replacement of fossil fuel powered buses with electric buses should also qualify. Perhaps even more stimulating to this transition would be the replacement of rider fares with free ridership funded by all levels of government through the same mechanisms that have funded the highway industry for decades. Free ridership not only would stimulate increased use of public forms of transport but would also produce an economic equality benefit.
We know this would come at a considerable cost but if the cost of a complete breakdown in the climate as we know it is factored, these subsidies will save far more than just dollars.

Go clean, carbon free and help save the planet and its inhabitants. Go electric transportation powered by renewable energy sources.

This is one of the most important things that can be accomplished. It would be wonderful, in this age of anger in politics, to see a bi-partisan effort to reduce these emissions, thereby - hopefully - insuring a brighter and healthier future for today's youth and this planet. I am 70 years old, and I remember as a young child being in heavy traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel and hardly able to breath. Things are better today but need to get better and I hope it will.

It is vitally important that everyone (individuals but also governments and corporations) begin to seriously address global warming emissions from all sources as quickly as possible. The Transportation and Climate Initiative is a great way to reduce emissions from the largest sector of such emissions, and so should have the greatest impact in a short amount of time.

Massachusetts has long been a leader in many areas including innovative ways to address environmental issues. It is important that we show the way for other states and countries in terms of taking global warming solutions seriously, putting detailed effective ideas on the table, AND being willing to pursue them. We must prioritize clean energy investments and provide equal access to underserved communities. Thus I respectfully urge you to formally join the Transportation and Climate Initiative's plan to reduce emissions. I realize it sounds far-fetched, but our willingness to address these issues directly affects the kind of future we leave for our children and grandchildren.

Thank you for hearing me and considering my views. Furthermore thank you for working with all political sides and not letting this devolve into a missed opportunity.

As a Virginia resident, I have witnessed the increasing vehicle air pollution and periods of dangerous air quality with concern. Reducing vehicle emissions must be a priority for the sake of the health of area residents, particularly children (with developing respiratory systems), and many with health vulnerabilities. Virginia should formally join the regional initiative to reduce emissions and take direct action to invest in clean solutions to achieve reductions in areas that have high levels of pollution.
I am grateful that this regional bipartisan initiative is taking us forward to cleaner air, while the federal government is moving backwards.
Thank you for your consideration.