Across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, policymakers are striving to come up with fair and equitable ways to improve our transportation system, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and transition to a cleaner future. There are many ways we can work to achieve these goals, and nearly all require significant investment in our aging transportation infrastructure.
One approach currently being considered is the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), which is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from on-road vehicles across the region from Maine to Virginia. The current TCI proposal is a “Cap and Invest” program that would put a limit on allowable carbon emissions from cars and trucks and require fuel distributors to pay for their share of those emissions. This would create a pool of funds for states to use to further reduce emissions through whatever clean transportation investments work best for them and can also support states’ efforts to address key deficiencies in our transportation systems.
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