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.

Date	First	Last	Affiliation	City	State	Input	File
2/25/2020	William	McLachlan	Retired	Kennett Square	Pennsylvania	I totally support Gov. Wolf in his program to support TCI. The dramatic increase in atmospheric temperature, wild weather patterns, and significant melting of the polar ice caps certainly... read more I totally support Gov. Wolf in his program to support TCI. The dramatic increase in atmospheric temperature, wild weather patterns, and significant melting of the polar ice caps certainly indicate that global warming is here and the solution is not easy nor immediate. It is certainly a travesty that the US is the only country within the developed nations who is not actively engaging this issue.	-
2/18/2020	William	Skirbunt-Kozabo	Resident, Voter	Chester	Virginia	We can cut poverty and pollution at the same time. We urge you to move forward with a regional program that prioritizes the needs of communities overburdened with pollution and underserved in... read more We can cut poverty and pollution at the same time. We urge you to move forward with a regional program that prioritizes the needs of communities overburdened with pollution and underserved in mobility options.	-
1/16/2020	Susan	Peterson	Résident of Pennsylvania	Media	Pennsylvania	Raising taxes, primarily on the wealthy—and to a lesser extent on everyone—would be a small price to pay for reducing unimaginable threats to our environment, and to the lives of our grandchildren... Raising taxes, primarily on the wealthy—and to a lesser extent on everyone—would be a small price to pay for reducing unimaginable threats to our environment, and to the lives of our grandchildren.	-
2/21/2020	Adelheid	Koepfer	Resident	Wallingford	Connecticut	Thank you to the Initiative for working towards a clean transportation future. It is most urgently needed! Please also consider the following suggestions: - Electrification of... read more Thank you to the Initiative for working towards a clean transportation future. It is most urgently needed! Please also consider the following suggestions: - Electrification of school bus fleets. Cities and school districts, including in colder climate areas, are demonstrating that this is economically viable. Financial incentives and/or creative financing options are needed for school districts as this will affect the health of not only future but current students - instead of cap-and-trade, please consider Fee-and-Dividend systems like the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividen Act (Initiative supported by Citizens’ Climate Lobby), that would take care of the worries of low/ fixed income regional residents about raised prices - with all due respect, even the most modern diesel is still not clean. Neither diesel nor natural gas should be part of any long term plan for transportation - more public transportation along our main traffic axis. Daily commutes to/ from/ between larger cities need to become mostly public, more affordable and more convenient than individual traffic Please keep working on this Initiative, keep integrating as much public input and scientific data as possible, publicize all findings, and urge regional legislations to implement asap! Thank you.	-
2/22/2020	Meredith	Haines	None. citizen urging action on climate	Vienna	Virginia	Virginia should join TCI to fund better transportation infrastructure and reduce traffic. Our communities should all enjoy the benefits of cleaner air from reduced reliance on fossil fuels.... read more Virginia should join TCI to fund better transportation infrastructure and reduce traffic. Our communities should all enjoy the benefits of cleaner air from reduced reliance on fossil fuels. Urgency in this transition will help educate the public on the climate crisis.	-
2/14/2020	Lisa	Enzer	None	Montague	Massachusetts	Anything that can be done to reduce emissions and improve our public transportation system especially in the rural part of the state will contribute to the health of the planet and our children.... Anything that can be done to reduce emissions and improve our public transportation system especially in the rural part of the state will contribute to the health of the planet and our children.	-
1/6/2020	David	Pezzullo	Independent	West Warwick	Rhode Island	A dues, A fee, A registration, ... A TAX - No more Taxes. Any monies collected in the name of climate change will not be spent with any transparency as to it's actual use. Also getting rid... read more A dues, A fee, A registration, ... A TAX - No more Taxes. Any monies collected in the name of climate change will not be spent with any transparency as to it's actual use. Also getting rid of car taxes, will only increase individual property taxes.	-
1/16/2020	Stephen	O'Connell	concerned resident/father	Smithfield	Rhode Island	It is critical that we drastically reduce pollution from transportation as they are the largest source of global warming emissions both regionally and nationally. I request that Rhode Island... read more It is critical that we drastically reduce pollution from transportation as they are the largest source of global warming emissions both regionally and nationally. I request that Rhode Island formally join the plan to reduce emissions. I further request that the plan include a strong component of equity through prioritizing clean investments in areas overburdened by pollution and/or for those who don't have access. I further request that both flexibility and sustainability get prioritized so that technological advancements be implemented in such a method that aging doesn't lead to avoidable pollution but instead to recycling solutions and/or additional technological implementations. I am grateful for the "can do" attitude and the bipartisan nature of this project.	-
12/1/2019	Lawrence	Sabadini	Citizen of Massachusetts	Nory	Massachusetts	I am opposed to any legislation that would add a tax or “fee” to gasoline. I am opposed to any legislation that would add a tax or “fee” to gasoline.	-
11/2/2019	Sam	Matey	Citizen Concerned about Climate Change	Gorham	Maine	I'm not an expert on transportation, but I am an environmental scientist, and I am seriously concerned about the world's sluggishness in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. I would like... read more I'm not an expert on transportation, but I am an environmental scientist, and I am seriously concerned about the world's sluggishness in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. I would like to say that I wholeheartedly support the TCI goal of moving to low-carbon transport! I will preferentially vote for leaders who move forward on this issue	-
2/24/2020	tom	linnell	Democrat	Dexter	Maine	Well Maine is one of the least State that pollutes, most of our electric power comes fron hydro, wind, and solar and some bio products, People don't realize most of the pollution to the... read more Well Maine is one of the least State that pollutes, most of our electric power comes fron hydro, wind, and solar and some bio products, People don't realize most of the pollution to the air comes from other States, the jet stream go to the North east which we live in our population is small what like about 1 million. which about 15 million acres of forest. Some of the problem is we stop using trains for mass transit, second of all in the turn of the 20 century they had trollies which ran on electric power, which was used for mass transit, until people said they were out dated. Individual electric cars is not the answer, nor will fossel fuel come to an end, to me if we did more freight with trains and reintroduce the trollies back there will be a cut back on carbon from trucks and automobiles .	-

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