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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to force rail companies to have a minimum number of cycle spaces and provide more carraiges or face re-nationalisation. These improvements should be funded in part by taxation of air and car travel in order to help reduce carbon emmissions below the Kyoto level by 2012. More details
Submitted by Alex Jones – Deadline to sign up by: 19 January 2008 – Signatures: 68
More details from petition creator
We believe that combining cycling and rail travel is the best way to encourage people to travel long distances in the most efficient and environmentally friendly way.
There should not be any conditions attatched to taking cycles on trains, such as the need for advance bookings. There should be at least 10 places on each train.
We believe that current rail companies policies prevent people from travelling in an environmentally friendly manner and with their monopoly on routes and massive subsidies there is no incentive to be efficient and reduce fairs. Re-nationalisation is the only viable way to reduce costs for consumers and increase capacity on the rail network.
This should be funded at least in part by a European wide taxation of air and car travel.
Current signatories
Alex Jones, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Brian Passmore
- Craig Southwick
- C. Hughes
- stephen morley
- Pete Jordan
- Steve Cotton
- Edwood Walker
- Kathryn Roynon
- Jonathan White
- Carl Watts
- Philippa Hunter
- turreima smyth
- Andy Kent
- Lindley Owen
- Margaret King
- Luke Blaney
- Chris Miller
- sara meddings
- carly neill
- Nik Palmer
- J Shaw
- Harry Webb
- Emma Bridge
- Martin Smith
- Clarence Loong
- gary price
- Tom Pratt
- Matt Thurlow
- Paul McDonald
- alex rudkin
- Katy Brown
- Cherry Fitzsimmons
- Neil Morgenstern
- Matt Chapman
- Christopher Helm
- Alan Clark
- Paul Bickmore
- Stuart Calder
- Daniella How
- C.R Peachey
- Laura Vesty
- James Lewis
- ross williams
- David Fallon
- John Ennew
- Greg Melia
- Martin Rieser
- Patrick Hulme
- Catriona Hobbs
- Adam E Phillips
- Jonathan Crellin
- David Hounsome
- James Porter
- Rob McCormack
- angharad owen
- Daniel Marcus Caldon
- Fred Clark
- Robert A Clegg
- gary trotter
- Patrick Diamond
- Laura Miller
- Mr JN Hancock
- Tom Slaughter
- Nicholas Owens
- Georgia Havers
- P E G COPE
- michelle hanna
