TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

I support the transportation climate initiative.
We as responsible citizens need to help alleviate greenhouse gases and other pollutants and must find suitable means of transportation that use less or no fossil fuel.
We need to come up with more public transportation which is accessible to more people and more convenient.
Nancy Bliss

Mainers cannot afford such a drastic increase in gas. The state is mostly rural and public transportation is not an option. This initiative will create unnecessary stress and financial hardships. Please consider the toll finances have on family dynamics...and how social service systems will need a staggering amount of financing to deal with the fallout. No thanks.

I'm writing in support of the TCI regional policy initiative. Any effort at all to reduce carbon emissions through the combustion of transportation fuels is vital - considering the utter catastrophe of the current state of the planet and its atmosphere. I'm grateful to the people in the organizations working hard on this initiative.

I am proud that our Governor, Janet Mills, is in support of this low carbon transportation policy planning initiative. After working in the field of public health for over 25 years, 17 of which were in Maine's state public health agency, I've watched the evidence emerge that we must address the social determinants of health, i.e. the factors that protect and improvce population health, and not just focus on access to medical care. A sustainable low carbon transportation plan can help mitigate the impact of climate change, and improve regional air quality. It will support improved quality of life in our communities, and especially so for vulnerable populations such as those affected by low income, the very old and the very young, and those experiencing heath inequities. In our rural state, this policy process will extend to attracting a workforce that seeks to work and reside in liveable communities. It will contribute to economic development when more viable alternatives are available to all in our very rural state where the demand for access to affordable transportation is so huge. Public health also recognizes that while community health happens on the ground, strategically it is efficient to develop policies, especially those which are deployed at the regional level. As a member of the Maine Public Health Association, I'm proud that our organization representing over 700 public health professionals, recently won an award for environmental health advocacy; I am sure many of my colleagues would agree with me.

Take action to support TCI!!!!
Lets do everything we can to eliminate pollution coming from vehicles
on our highways

We must do all that we can to cut emissions and greenhouse gases. Every day we inflict more damage to our only home. Unfortunately, time is running out and we aren't doing enough to halt the destruction of our planet. I support the TCI.

we are approaching a point of no return with CO2 emissions/ climate change. Everything possible must be done ASAP to reduce our carbon input. Subsidies for public transportation must be enlarged.

It's vital that all states, including Pennsylvania, take action on the climate crisis immediately. Joining the plan to reduce transportation emissions is an important part of that process. We must protect public health and the environment from the ravages of climate change. We need a strong transportation program that invests in biking, walking, public transportation, and clean/green technologies for all kinds of vehicles.