TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

It is another ill-defined, pie-in-the-sky political boondoggle. It’s all about handing over more money to a bloated bureaucracy and generating more hack jobs. You are not fooling anybody.

How is it we again get to pay more taxes, and this is on top of taxes we already pay, but do politicians know that adding another "tax' will increase everything we purchase unless your developing another way to get goods and services to the citizens? I oppose this method, why don't we find another alternative of reducing carbon that you are saying, with say start biking, or use roller skates, let me be the first to get you a new pair government officials!

Governor Lamont,
Thank you for boldly asking CT to focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Because transportation is our states' single largest source of these emissions, I hope you will support the Transportation & Climate Initiative. My family lives near the intersection of I-91 and Route 9, so we shouldn't have been surprised when our daughter developed asthma as a teen. But we were. And recent climate change reports have been eye opening. That's why I've attended TCI forums to learn more about the initiative. All I can say is that I'm impressed by their work to create a clean, equitable transportation system here in the Northeast. I hope you'll sign on to the TCI for the good of our people, businesses, infrastructure, and environment. Thank you.

I moved to the wonderful, tax free state of New Hampshire in 2011...Lived in taxachusetts for 53 years...payed my fair share in taxes to Massachusetts. Thankfully I was able to get out...will never move back and I do my best not to spend any of my retirement or 401k $$$ in Massachusetts.
This proposal is nothing more than a money grab of the working class to support the non-working class who are able to work but choose not to.

I am a petroleum jobber with 5 convenience stores in a rural part of Pennsylvania. I do not support TCI because it will not benefit our customers, as most of them will never purchase an electric vehicle, nor do we have mass transit in our area. Pennsylvania already has one of the highest motor fuel taxes in the United States, and the additional 17 cents per gallon would put an additional hardship on our customers.

All taxes need to come from legislature, so we can hold you greedy hacks accountable at the ballot box. It is not surprising a democrat run state would try to pull this unconstitutional heist, and screw us taxpayers again. Do you people have no shame? WHEN will the people of this state wake up and end one party rule?

I am writing to ask you help reduce emissions and invest in a clean transportation system. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and other
northeast states are considering a program that would transform the transportation sector in this part of the country through the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI). Clean Air Council and other advocates across the region believe this is a critical step to improving transportation and addressing the climate crisis. If designed correctly, this program could help to create safe roads for biking and walking, more frequent and reliable public transportation, greater access to electric vehicles, and a more equitable system with cleaner transportation options for everyone in the region. Transportation is the country’s and region’s leading source of carbon emissions. With your support, we can truly make a change that will benefit the lives as well as health of the population and the planet we live on. Thank you.