Submitted on Thursday 7th December 2017
Rejected on Tuesday 12th December 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
To decrease the price of public transport for all people
This petition is for the reduction of public transport prices. This is because a bus fare for a 12.5 mile trip is £5.20 for a child, which is (in my opinion) very expensive. This is important as the government want to increase the number of people using public transport and high prices won't help.
Evidence, distance taken from Google maps and bus fare prices taken from Salisbury reds, morebus and Go South Coast.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Bus fares are not set by the UK Government. Local bus operators (bus companies) are free to set their own fares. However, local transport authorities (usually local councils) have the power to set maximum fares in some circumstances.
If you would like bus fares in your local area to be lower, you could raise this with your local council. You can find out who your local councillor is here:
www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors
If you'd like the Government or Parliament to take a specific action that could lead to lower transport fares, you could start a petition. For example, you might like the law to change, to give the Government the power to regulate fares and to set maximum prices. Alternatively, you might like the Government to provide funding to subsidise local transport fares.
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