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. 
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William Forrest U. of Rochester Rochester New York
Transportation using fossil fuels is poisoning our atmosphere with CO2 and methane. There is already too much of those gasses in our atmosphere, and it's leading to very damaging Climate...
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Gail Watson U of Maine Cambridge Maine
Governor,

I can't afford an increase of 17 cents in the gas tax. I can't drive 30% less than I already do. My husband and I have not taken any vacation trips, not even in local...
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Melinda Fields Turtle Ledge Farm Hampton Connecticut
Time is running out - climate change is upon us. To lessen the extreme effects we need to do all we can at the state and regional levels to change the business as usual mindset and lower...
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Cheryl Alison Tufts University Worcester Massachusetts
Travel within Massachusetts, particularly commuting into Boston, has become something of a regular nightmare. We travel several times a week between Worcester, MA, where we live, and Boston or...
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John Mudrock Tufts Medical Center Community Care Lynnfield Massachusetts
I am strongly opposed to this hidden gas tax that is AGAINST THE PEOPLE'S WILL AND VOTE. This tax bill is a work around

as it should have originated in the State House of...
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DAVID DEEN TU, LCV, NWF, VNRC, CLF, PUTNEY Vermont
Transportation is the big unaddressed source of carbon. let's go get it! read more
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MICHAEL HOLT Truro Climate Action Committee, a town board, but I speak on my own behalf TRURO Massachusetts
How about a gas tax or road toll set up in such a way that it doesn't hurt low income people? People could be required to furnish income information, and businesses required to furnish...
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Lauren Bailey Tri-State Transportation Campaign New York New York
The Tri-State Transportation Campaign's comments on the TCI draft framework are attached.
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TCI TSTC Comments 11.5.19.pdf
Lauren Bailey Tri-State Transportation Campaign Trenton New Jersey
Please find attached a group of New Jersey-based organizations' comments regarding the proposed equity commitments and other considerations for TCI.
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Comments on TCI roundtable equity comments (1).pdf
Sunyoung Yang Trenton resident Trenton New Jersey
The cap and investment and other carbon market trading and offset measures are extremely concerning in these proposals. Net zero emissions framework is also problematic. Low income communities...
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Kate Childs Transporter Meriden Connecticut
I am submitting comments for you to consider as a resident and taxpayer in Connecticut to express my concern about the potential that a cap and trade program will have on our customers, employees...
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MARTIN JOYCE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY/AND PRIVATE CITIZEN TOO WEYMOUTH Massachusetts
Don't sneak in a gas tax....Mass. voters already VOTED AGAINST IT! read more
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Karen Marysdaughter Transportation for All Bangor Maine
I am a regular bus rider in Bangor, Maine and a member of a public transit advocacy group called Transportation for All. I definitely want to see Maine participate in TCI, following the example...
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Dick Lemieux Transportation engineer Concord New Hampshire
You cannot clean up the air by taking money from the drivers of relatively clean cars and diverting it to pay for trains and buses that generate more pollution per unit of productivity (passenger...
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Helen Mangelsdorf Transportation Climate Intiative Philadelphia Pennsylvania
As a resident of Philadelphia for over 35 years I have lived in a bus route where Diesel engines were idled, equipment for construction equipment unloaded in our block, and for over twenty years...
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Glenn Hufnagel Transportation & Climate Initiative Buffalo New York
The transportation sector is currently responsible for more than 40 percent of climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions in the region, and soot and smog from cars and trucks are major...
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Blake Bradbury Transportation Bridgewater Maine
The trucking industry is struggling enough as it is. We can't afford another .20 gal tax on fuels because or new Governor is an idiot!
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Anthony Cherolis Transport Hartford at the Center for Latino Progress Hartford Connecticut
The Transport Hartford Academy has been sharing a statewide survey on the topic of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector with those that live and/or work in Connecticut...
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Anthony Cherolis Transport Hartford Academy at the Center for Latino Progress Hartford Connecticut
The "Framework for a Draft Regional Policy Proposal" released on Oct 1st does not include natural gas / methane in affected fossil fuels that will be included in the cap-and-invest...
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Alan Blasenstein Transport Hartford Academy W. Hartford Connecticut
We know that in order to make our contribution to mitigating climate change, we need to start reducing our dependence on gasoline and diesel powered vehicles. This is not something that can occur...
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