Pay-per-mile in the uk is something which may be on the cards very soon. The people of the UK already being battered by rising costs of everything, including gas, electric, Council tax, water to name but a few, cannot afford another hike such as this which will see some drivers paying over £1000 just to get to work each year. Getting all drivers to pay per mile will have a adverse affect on tourism, businesses, import and export as well as the average person in the street who owns a car. Could this not lend itself to some businesses laying off staff to try and combat the rising prices, some businesses closing down with the same affect and some people who will just not be able to afford to go to work. The consequence of the action of bringing in such a idiotic pay-per-mile scheme could be far reaching. STOP the pay-per-mile scheme... Please sign the petition and show your support to stop another stealth tax, please get this to go viral so we are listened to.

Tower Hamlets Council is proposing to remove Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTNs) schemes that cost over £2 million to implement. These include pedestrian areas, pocket parks, bike lanes, and new planting that covers an area from the iconic Arnold Circus in the West through to Cambridge Heath Road in the East. These LTNs, implemented with funding from TfL, protect both residents in the borough and visitors. They create safer roads for cycling and walking while also improving air quality. These improvements are vital for achieving the targets outlined in the Mayor of London's Transport Strategy. Removing these LTNs would set a damaging precedent for London as a whole and waste £2.5m of public funds. By intervening, the Mayor would be upholding the integrity of London-wide transport policies. This action would ensure that individual boroughs don't undermine progress towards safer, cleaner streets. • Tower Hamlets has the highest rate of hit and runs in London • 66% of households in Tower Hamlets don't have access to a car • The schemes have improved air quality and significantly reduced through traffic • Three public consultations showed strong support for keeping the LTNs both from local people and more widely. • Barts Health Trust, Metropolitan Police, TfL, local schools, GPs, and 82% of businesses support keeping the schemes “The way the street is now, it gives me hope for my kids’ future.” Nimao, local resident “I’ve lived in the East End all my life, and this is the best thing that’s ever happened to it.” Spencer, local resident “I think the existing scheme has helped to protect the health of everyone in our community.” Dr. Burman, respiratory consultant and local resident Sign this petition to urge the Mayor of London to protect these LTNs and stand up for a safer, cleaner, and greener London. Your support can prevent a damaging precedent which could then be followed in other places and ensure public funds are used wisely.  Background and key points On 20 September 2023, Lutfur Rahman, the Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, decided to rip out the recently introduced Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Bethnal Green and Shoreditch, including pocket parks and the only segregated cycle lane in the area, despite strong local support for the schemes and evidence that the schemes were meeting their aims of safer, cleaner streets for residents. The High Court is going to consider whether this decision is legal in November after a request by Save Our Safer Streets Tower Hamlets. But even if the court finds in favour of keeping the safer streets in this case, Tower Hamlets Council could still remove the schemes. The Mayor of London has legal powers he could use to stop the council from carrying out its ill-thought out plans. He could compel the council to rethink and develop plans that fit with his London-wide policies and that protect the health and wellbeing of residents in Tower Hamlets and surrounding boroughs.  We are asking the Mayor of London to stand alongside the Metropolitan Police, Barts Health and Transport for London who say that removing these schemes would cause harm, and that a rethink is required.  The decision to remove these safer streets schemes undermines the goals of clean air and safer streets in the borough. This is especially important because Tower Hamlets has the highest amount of hit and runs in London[1] and among the highest rates of mortality linked to air pollution in the UK[2]. Important Facts and Figures: • Three public consultations (2019, 2022 and 2023)[3] showed strong support for keeping the LTNs. The most recent consultation revealed 58% of local residents and over 75% of all respondents favoured maintaining the current schemes. • Tower Hamlets has the highest rate of hit and runs in London.  According to the Mayor’s 2021 Vision Zero Action plan update, 70% of road deaths and serious injuries occur on borough roads[4]. We believe that LTNs are crucial for improving road safety and working towards Vision Zero. • 66% of households in Tower Hamlets don't have access to a car[5]. LTNs have made streets safer and healthier for everyone with improved air quality[6] and significant drop in through traffic on roads in the area[7]. Children walk to school more safely, breathing cleaner air. Elderly and disabled people are using new community spaces to socialise. •  Barts Health Trust, the Metropolitan Police, Transport for London, local schools, GPs, and 82% of businesses all support keeping the schemes[8]. They cite improvements in health, safety, and reductions in anti-social behaviour. • The LTN scheme cost over £2 million to implement in 2020-2021. Their removal will cost at least another £2.5 million, which is not currently budgeted for[9]. This is a scandalous misuse of public funds.  • The main powers we refer to in this petition are given to the Mayor of London under Part IV of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. These legal powers enable him to intervene in borough transport policy where a borough’s policies do not align sufficiently with the London Mayoral policies as laid out in the Mayor of London’s Transport Strategy. These powers exist to ensure that London-wide goals for transport can be achieved. In this case, Tower Hamlets' decision to remove Low Traffic Neighbourhoods directly contradicts the Mayor's strategy to promote active travel and reduce car dependency in London. The decision to rip out the low traffic neighbourhood risks encouraging other boroughs in London and Local Authorities across the UK to roll back progress in combating air pollution and unsafe streets. While this particular situation is based in Tower Hamlets, the outcome will have implications across London and beyond.  At a time when the Mayor of London is in danger of not meeting his own targets for his transport and climate policies, it is vital he takes a robust approach to ensuring that all boroughs are working together towards the same goals and that boroughs aren’t moving backwards.  By signing this petition, you're calling on the Mayor of London to stand up for a safer, cleaner and greener city. 

Calderdale is a popular area for leisure cycling, from road riders to mountain biking, after the Tour de France Grand depart put us firmly on the map. Despite this, utility cycling and safe routes on our roads are few. Communities across our borough are connected by Victorian roads which are small and become dominated by cars, making them feel unsafe for everyone else. To enable more people to employ active travel we support our council to develop miles more cycle routes on our main highways which are safe, direct and put our most vulnerable road users first. This can be an ambitious step towards making Calderdale an easier and more pleasant place to move around by bicycle, scooter, or on foot. We can show that more rural areas can have the same transformational cycling infrastructure that many major cities are now developing. Creating safe routes, physically separated from motor traffic using barriers, bollards and planters, will mean that active travel can be an option for all residents including children, older people and those who are less confident on roads. Active travel has numerous health and wellbeing benefits, and it should be accessible for everyone. Cycling and walking are ideal forms of transport for shorter journeys. By enabling more people to make those trips walking or wheeling, we will also create space for those who need to use cars for longer journeys. Calderdale Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority have ambitious 2038 net zero targets which will requite a step change in transport habits to achieve. Implementation of active routes will also significantly help reach these ambitious carbon goals as it will enable more people to move away from using motorised transport. Air quality in towns like Todmorden and Hebden Bridge, which currently have Air Quality Management Areas, will also see improvements as the number of cars on our roads decreases. Active routes will connect our neighbourhoods, market towns, employers and education, as well as providing an easier link to our rail network while helping to support our local economy. Delivering these schemes in the face of a few vocal objectors can be an exhausting and demoralising task. This petition reiterates the local support for active travel schemes, and asks Calderdale Council to continue to work to deliver them. 

This will enable St Paul's Cray residents to travel directly by bus to the main town in the borough.  At present people have to either go by train, which is expensive or by car.  As the public transport route is either expensive or long, most people travel by car.  We want to see affordable alternatives to help reduce traffic and offer more choice.  At present to go to Bromley from St Paul's Cray you have to either go to Sidcup or Orpington, making the time it takes, far too long, a direct route will help reduce bus timesand increase use of public transport.

Current experience Crossing Westbourne road at this location as a pedestrian or cyclist can be a scary experience and often involves having to cross in small gaps in constant traffic and sprint out of the way of fast and emerging vehicles. The Problem It is hard to judge vehicle speeds coming off Gledholt Roundabout and often vehicles emerge from Grasmere Road without looking for pedestrians crossing the main road, as they too are trying to watch for gaps in traffic from the roundabout. This is not helped by the many vehicles that ignore the no right turn signs when emerging from Glebe Street. Who this effects Personally I have experienced struggling to cross and having to make a dash for it at this junction many times and have heard many others mention similar issues crossing. It is a well known issue for anyone who tries to cross here. It is even scarier for anyone crossing here with children or those less able to cross quickly. This is a busy crossing point particularly for those using Greenhead Park and is in a built up area where the barrier caused by the main road should be reduced as much as possible. This is especially important if we want more people to walk, cycle and wheel rather than jumping in the car for short journeys causing even more congestion on our roads and reducing further the available parking near Greenhead Park. Even worse is the isolation that can be caused for those who don't feel safe not feeling they can get out and about. A solution already exist Amazingly there is already a developed plan to do something about this junction. It has already been consulted on twice as part of the A629 Phase 4 project. This scheme proposed reconfiguring the end of Grasmere Road and adding a signalled crossing. Unfortunately despite it being 5 years (!) since it was first consulted on in 2019 then again in 2021 the project was paused indefinitely in 2023 on financial grounds. Our request to Kirklees Council This petition calls on Kirklees Council to fund this particular part of the scheme separately  rather than having to wait on funding to become available from the A629 Phase 4 scheme as a whole. It is unknown when, if ever, this funding will become available and the need for work to make this junction safer is immediate.

To encourage adoption of Electric Vehicles reliable charging infrastructure is required outside of the typical commutes to work and home, in particular where vehicles are parked overnight.

Cycling is a low-cost way of getting around London. It is important to ensure that cycling is as accessible as possible. Many people also use cycling as a source of income, as delivery riders for the likes of Uber Eats and Deliveroo. For people who make a living from cycling, having access to secure bike storage means securing their livelihood. Cycling is also by far the most sustainable form of transport. Given the challenges we are facing with the climate, it is important that the barriers to sustainable changes are reduced as much as possible.

Myself and my fiance currently buy the two together railcard, but it costs £30 a year, but we only use it when we buy our tickets at the train station and to show the conductors on the trains going to and coming back from visiting my fiance's family in the Northeast of England and we live in the Northwest. Neither of us can drive. There needs to be more choice as not everyone needs a railcard that lasts for a year especially if the people who use the card only use it once in an entire year.

Train travel is expensive, but did you know buying a ticket from a machine at the station could cost you more than twice the price compared to buying online? This is because the best value fares are either unavailable or hidden among several options on many machines. Consumer group Which? found in its research that there were several factors why a ticket machine may be more expensive. Some may not offer cheaper advance fares or split-ticketing, or make off-peak fares less visible. We need to strike while the iron is hot and demand they stamp out this rip-off way of doing business once and for all.

Denmark Hill is the 39th most-visited out of the UK's 2,579 train stations. It serves two major hospitals, the new Salvation Army headquarters and is one of only two stations serving the 11,000 people who live in the Camberwell area. It's also a travel hub for people living in Herne Hill and East Dulwich. It has no signage on its busiest side. If visitors are unfamiliar with the station (as many hospital visitors are), it's impossible to find by sight. It's currently an anonymous brick building on a busy road. The newer, far quieter, side of the station has a prominent illuminated sign. Thameslink refuse to add any proper signage to the busier side on Champion Hill, despite this being to the obvious detriment of hospital visitors and others.

Cost of living and energy prices yet we need our cars to be able to get around and for work but pot holes which don’t get repaired but the uk keep charging us road tax and we must get a mot yearly but the uk with all the money they get can’t repair roads which is costing motorist more money. Either get roads repaired or us the public will start charging and invoicing the UK for all repairs and will take photos of pot holes on the road also we will charge a fee of the time it has taken to stop safely and get to the pot hole for the photo. We will also charge the uk for the uk safe roads.

First Bus have cancelled the 7A school buses which took Oaklands Catholic School children home, from the bus stop inside the school grounds to Cosham. This has been done purely to save money and increase profits by First Bus, with absolutely no regard for the welfare and safety of school aged children. To give you an idea of how many children have been affected by this, First Bus used to supply a double decker and a single bus, which were full of school children. That is approximately 150 children who no longer have a safe way of getting home after school. 150 children are now forced to stand on the main Stakes Hill Road after school. Currently a temporary bus stop due to road works. This is very dangerous on a very busy road with heavy vehicle and pedestrian traffic from St Peters Catholic School and Crookhorn High School. The children are spilling onto the road, with teachers acting as wardens to push them back onto the footpath. We have all seen in the local news lately of an increase attempted child abductions of children on their way home from school. Sadly, also an increase of rape and violence, with the latest being the murder of a young woman in Portsmouth only weeks ago. I feel strongly, as does Mr Quinn the headteacher of Oaklands Catholic School, that the children are in danger. Mr Quinn urged parents in a bulletin email to write to our local MP Alan Mak to stop First Bus cancelling the 7A school buses. There have been no additional buses or double deckers put onto the main bus route by First Bus. This has forced parents, who are able, to take and collect their children from school by car. This has substantially increased the vehicle traffic (and pollution levels) in the already heavily congested area during peak times. The school cannot accommodate parking for the parents of the 1000 school children. Parents are now blocking the roads in the surrounding areas and parking illegally in front of the school and next to the temporary bus stop. The school is struggling to cope and resorted to calling the police to manage the illegal parking and dangerous traffic congestion. I fear it is only a matter of time before a child is injured by a car. The school should not have to deal with this added pressure and be left to manage this dangerous situation. It is winter now. Temperatures are freezing and it is dark by 4pm. The buses (number 7) on the main route are inundated with passenger's from Havant and South Downs College, Oaklands Catholic School, Crookhorn High School, and St Peters Junior School, along with regular shoppers and commuters. School children are having three buses passing them that are full to capacity and not accepting more passengers. This means that children are waiting outside in the dark and cold for up to an hour after they have finished school (4:30/5pm). The journey home can take up to another hour for children living in Portsmouth. Children are then expected to have dinner and do their homework. They are losing a lot of valuable time and this is having wider impacts on their education. The children are tired. They are now also late for school most days because they cannot get a space on a full-to-capacity First Bus to get to school on time.