Submitted on Saturday 21st September 2019
Rejected on Friday 27th September 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Ensure climate impact of services reflected in price of goods and services
Climate change is happening. Governments have committed to take action - yet in many cases it is still cheaper to fly to go on holiday than to take a train.
If carbon emissions are to be reduced air travel needs to be reduced or use alternative energy sources. At present prices incentivise flights and dis-incentivize use of other public transport such as trains. Train travel needs to become affordable and more widely accessible.
This will help the environment, commuters and families.
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:
We understand you're concerned about the relative costs of air and train travel and the environmental consequences, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
You could start a new petition calling for increased subsidies for rail transport to reduce ticket prices below that of air travel or for carbon pricing on air transport to raise its price above that of rail if either of those are things you would like to see happen.
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