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
1/16/2020	Peter	Bull	Carbon Productions LLC	New City	New York	Carbon mitigation where ever possible. Carbon mitigation where ever possible.	-
1/16/2020	Tes	Caruthers	Matrix	Ephrata	Pennsylvania	Please improve mass transit infrastructure.. no time to waste. Please improve mass transit infrastructure.. no time to waste.	-
1/16/2020	Kaylene	Schultz	Mother, grandmother	Phoenixville	Pennsylvania	This was needed yesterday! We must act NOW. we are seeing the effects of climate change and we all know it will get worse. We now know it is accelerating faster. NOW is the time for action.... This was needed yesterday! We must act NOW. we are seeing the effects of climate change and we all know it will get worse. We now know it is accelerating faster. NOW is the time for action.	-
1/16/2020	Bryan	Murtha	None	Owings	Maryland	100 percent is support of electric vehicles and their needed infrastructure. 100 percent is support of electric vehicles and their needed infrastructure.	-
1/16/2020	Bobbie	Flowers	father	New York	New York	I care about reducing pollution from transportation, which is our largest source of global warming emissions (regionally and nationally). I hope New York state formally joins the plan to reduce... read more I care about reducing pollution from transportation, which is our largest source of global warming emissions (regionally and nationally). I hope New York state formally joins the plan to reduce emissions. In fact, I demand that the policy has a strong component of equity by prioritizing clean investments in areas overburdened by pollution and/or for those who don't have access. I express my gratitude for the bipartisan nature of this project, moving us forward while the federal government takes us backward. Thanks in advance.	-
1/16/2020	Denise	Potash	Bayada	Jim Thorpe	Pennsylvania	The future is public transportation! The future is public transportation!	-
1/16/2020	Jeanne	Esposito	Your neighbor	Amherst	Massachusetts	My walking is limited. But I still work and like to get around, both locally and from western Mass. to Boston, the New England states, NY and NJ as well as further afield. Parking is a nightmare,... read more My walking is limited. But I still work and like to get around, both locally and from western Mass. to Boston, the New England states, NY and NJ as well as further afield. Parking is a nightmare, traffic makes a trip take twice as long, and it all uses gas. We can do better!	-
1/16/2020	Peter	Clancy	Mr.	Buffalo	New York	As the number one nation in the world at most things we should be leaders in clean energy and transportation, setting an example to the rest of the world. Instead under this current administration... read more As the number one nation in the world at most things we should be leaders in clean energy and transportation, setting an example to the rest of the world. Instead under this current administration we are moving backwards, destroying what we have accomplished so that the few get richer and the many suffer	-
1/16/2020	Darla	Kravetz	Supporter	Lehighton	Pennsylvania	We must support climate change to help our earth anyway we can. We must support climate change to help our earth anyway we can.	-
1/16/2020	John	Snell	retired engineer	Montpelier	Vermont	Time is of the essence! We must take steps NOW to reduce the need to fossil fuel use and transportation is a huge part of that. Time is of the essence! We must take steps NOW to reduce the need to fossil fuel use and transportation is a huge part of that.	-
1/16/2020	Anca	Vlasopolos	Human being	Centerville	Massachusetts	I am happy to see bipartisan support for the U.S. moving forward to reduce carbon emissions from cars and trucks and fossil fuels. Other countries have made much greater progress in this respect.... read more I am happy to see bipartisan support for the U.S. moving forward to reduce carbon emissions from cars and trucks and fossil fuels. Other countries have made much greater progress in this respect. We need clean, efficient, safe, and affordable public transportation for the sake of our own lives, the human lives to come, and the health of the planet.	-
1/16/2020	Sandra	Kuritzky	Private citizen	Blue Bell	Pennsylvania	I would like the Commonwealth of PA to join the plan to design a regional low-carbon transportation policy proposal capping and reducing carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation... read more I would like the Commonwealth of PA to join the plan to design a regional low-carbon transportation policy proposal capping and reducing carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation fuels using a cap-and-invest program or other pricing mechanism. I am hopeful policy development process could be completed within one year, after which each jurisdiction will decide whether to adopt and implement the policy. The policy MUST include a strong component of equity by prioritizing clean investments in areas overburdened by pollution and/or for those who don't have access. I am grateful and appreciate the bipartisan nature of this project, despite the Federal government's obscene roll-backs.	-
1/16/2020	Liz	Reisman	US army	Morristown	New Jersey	This is the largest source of global warming emissions and action must be taken to stop it. We need to prioritize clean investments now. I appreciate the bipartisan nature of this project to... read more This is the largest source of global warming emissions and action must be taken to stop it. We need to prioritize clean investments now. I appreciate the bipartisan nature of this project to move us forward. Thanks.	-
1/16/2020	Lucy	Ferriss	Concerned resident	West Hartford	Connecticut	I have traveled a great deal, in the U.S., Europe, and less affluent countries. It always strikes me that in Europe the broad swath of the population feels comfortable taking the fast, clean, safe... read more I have traveled a great deal, in the U.S., Europe, and less affluent countries. It always strikes me that in Europe the broad swath of the population feels comfortable taking the fast, clean, safe, and ubiquitous public transportation, whereas in third-world countries the public transportation is poor, filthy, slow, and often dangerous -- and the air is deeply polluted by the inefficient cars and trucks on the roads. The United States leans toward these latter conditions more than it does toward the former. Our roads are increasingly congested, our air is less safe to breathe, and we are contributing unconscionably to climate disaster. We need a complete overhaul of our transportation system and a public relations campaign to turn our citizens' minds toward using public transportation -- and toward that end, it needs to be fast, safe, reliable, and ubiquitous.	-
1/16/2020	Robert	Shalit	scientist	Keene	New Hampshire	Please do everything possible to create transportation systems which minimize production of gases which contribute to global warming immediately, if not sooner. thank you Please do everything possible to create transportation systems which minimize production of gases which contribute to global warming immediately, if not sooner. thank you	-
1/16/2020	David	Myers	Citizen	Framingham	Massachusetts	I drive a Tesla. I'm not wealthy but I spent the money because I realize the need to be as environmentally responsible as possible and that must include the transportation I use. This is... read more I drive a Tesla. I'm not wealthy but I spent the money because I realize the need to be as environmentally responsible as possible and that must include the transportation I use. This is urgent! This is a crisis! We need to act ASAP! Please move ahead full throttle with the kind of modern, sustainable mobility platforms we require to continue living on this planet. Thank you, David Myers	-
1/16/2020	Bob	Roach	Concerned Citizen	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Strongly want the US to start reducing pollution from transportation, which is our largest source of global warming emissions (regionally and nationally). I Request Pennsylvania formally... read more Strongly want the US to start reducing pollution from transportation, which is our largest source of global warming emissions (regionally and nationally). I Request Pennsylvania formally join the plan to reduce emissions. I want to Demand that the policy has a strong component of equity by prioritizing clean investments in areas overburdened by pollution and/or for those who don't have access. • Express gratitude for the bipartisan nature of this project, moving us forward while the federal government takes us backward.	-
1/16/2020	Joan	Harlowe	conservation commission, Burke	East Burke	Vermont	When I moved here in 1960 there was a passenger train that stopped in Lyndonville and later a bus. Now there is no regular public transportation and no train within over 100 miles. To go anywhere... read more When I moved here in 1960 there was a passenger train that stopped in Lyndonville and later a bus. Now there is no regular public transportation and no train within over 100 miles. To go anywhere we need to drive.	-
1/16/2020	Beverly	Halligan	concerned resident	Hamburg	New York	Certainly "we" have the brains to come up with a doable, comprehensive plan, and then "we" need to convince the politicians on both sides to be sure funding is in place... it... read more Certainly "we" have the brains to come up with a doable, comprehensive plan, and then "we" need to convince the politicians on both sides to be sure funding is in place... it's becoming a cliché but time is running out and we won't have second chance...we fix the problems we've helped create or the problems will fix us.	-
1/16/2020	George	Carter	FIAR	Brooklyn	New York	Global heating is literally an existential crisis. We need to be addressing it comprehensively and this is a vital piece of that effort. Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) states... read more Global heating is literally an existential crisis. We need to be addressing it comprehensively and this is a vital piece of that effort. Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) states are developing a regional policy for low-carbon transportation following the December 18, 2018, statement by nine states and Washington DC committing to: “…design a regional low-carbon transportation policy proposal that would cap and reduce carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation fuels through a cap-and-invest program or other pricing mechanism… [and]… to complete the policy development process within one year, after which each jurisdiction will decide whether to adopt and implement the policy.” Free public transport would be a vital piece of this that relies increasingly on electric vehicles, especially in urban areas like New York City.	-

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