{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/33152.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":33152,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Invest in Cycling","background":null,"additional_details":"It would be much easier for cyclists if the government increased their budget on dedicated cycle ways and other facilities that would help cyclists get to places more easily.\r\nThis would mean that pedestrians would not have to worry about cyclists on the pavement and drivers would not have to worry about inexperienced cyclists on the road.\r\nSurely in this day and age, with ever increasing fuel prices and diminishing supplies of fossil fuels, where polllution is a serious problem and the number of overweight adults and children is rising, the government should invest in cycling.\r\nThe success of the Mayor's rent-a-bike scheme shows us that, given the means and opportunity to cycle, the public will.\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-04-21T09:44:47.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:07.552Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:38:22.851Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-04-21T09:44:47.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"This is a matter for local authorities."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}