Department for Transport Annual Report 2003
Table of contents
- Foreword by the Secretary of State
- Introduction
- Organisations covered
- Chapter 1: The year in brief
- Chapter 2: The responsibilities and organisation of the Department for Transport
- Chapters 3 - 8: The Departments main activities
- Appendices
- Other key policy documents
- Spending Review 2002
- The Public Service Agreement
- The Departmental Investment Strategy
- 10 Year Plan report
- Chapter 1 The year in brief
- Events and Achievements
- Creation of the Department for Transport
- Spending Review 2002
- The 10 Year Plan Progress Report
- Railways
- London Underground
- Aviation
- Multi-modal studies
- Roads
- Local transport
- Road safety
- Improving customer service
- Improving compliance and reducing crime
- Ports
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Looking Forward
- Improving public transport
- Improving reliability and reducing congestion
- Improve transport safety across all modes
- Develop a sustainable aviation strategy
- Review of the 10 Year Plan
- Chapter 2 The responsibilities and organisation of the Department
- Aims and Objectives
- The Departments strategy is:
- Key objectives
- Other objectives
- Delivering through others
- How the Department is organised
- Role of Executive Agencies
- The Driver, Vehicle and Operator (DVO) Group
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
- Vehicle Inspectorate (VI)
- Traffic Area Network (TAN)
- Driving Standards Agency (DSA)
- Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)
- Highways Agency (HA)
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
- Non-departmental Public Bodies
- Developing the Department
- Valuing diversity
- Investors in people
- Useful web sites
- Chapter 3 The strategic road network
- Roads in the 10 year plan
- Public Service Agreement Target
- Progress in delivering objectives
- Maintaining the network
- Managing the network
- Improving the network
- On the strategic road network the Highways Agency has:
- Multi-modal approach to tackling congestion
- Multi-modal studies programme
- Chapter 4 Railways
- Railways in the 10 year plan
- Public Service Agreement (PSA) Target
- Progress in delivering objectives
- Rail usage
- Passenger use
- Freight use
- Reliability
- Quality of service
- Fares
- Investment and capacity enhancement
- Rolling stock
- Freight
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link
- West Coast Mainline upgrade
- Thameslink
- Crossrail
- East London Line Extension
- Finance and regulation
- Network Rail
- The Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR)
- Useful web sites
- Chapter 5 Local transport
- 10 year plan
- Public Service Agreement (PSA) Targets
- Progress in delivering objectives
- Local Transport Plans
- Annual Progress Reports
- Buses
- Programmes supporting better bus services
- Concessionary fares
- Bus Service Operators Grant
- Working in partnership
- Quality partnerships
- Bus patronage
- Guided busways
- Light rail
- Local roads
- Road schemes
- Parking
- Street works
- Home Zones
- Road-user charging and workplace parking levies
- Cycling and walking
- New national cycling and walking initiatives
- Travel information
- Transport Direct
- London
- Londons bus network
- London Underground
- Congestion charging
- Roads in London
- Chapter 6 Aviation and shipping
- Aviation
- Objectives
- Progress in delivering our objectives
- Aviation and airports policy
- Air traffic control
- Aviation consumer issues
- International aviation
- LOOKING FORWARD: NEXT STEPS
- SHIPPING
- Chapter 7 Safety and security
- Safety and security objective
- Transport safety
- Public Service Agreement (PSA) target
- Progress in delivering objectives
- Roads and vehicle safety
- Improving road safety
- Since March 2002, activities and achievements have included:
- Safety cameras
- Local authorities
- Improving safety on the strategic road network
- The Driver, Vehicle and Operator (DVO) Group
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Vehicle Inspectorate
- Driving Standards Agency
- Vehicle Certification Agency
- Railways
- Train protection systems
- Rail accidents
- British Transport Police
- Aviation
- Aviation safety in the UKs Overseas Territories
- Air Accidents Investigation Branch
- Ports
- Marine accident investigation branch
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Transport security
- The Wheeler Report
- Useful web sites
- Chapter 8 Sustainable transport
- 10 year plan
- Reducing pollution and other environmental effects
- Reducing social exclusion
- Public Service Agreement (PSA) target for cleaner transport
- Progress in delivering objectives
- Climate change
- Cleaner vehicles
- Noise
- Roads
- Aviation
- Planning
- Sustainable distribution
- Freight quality partnerships
- Road Haulage Modernisation Fund
- Water freight facilities grants
- Marine Environmental High-Risk Areas
- Social exclusion
- Some of the initiatives contributing to reducing social exclusion are as follows.
- Appendices
- Appendix A Public expenditure tables
- Appendix B Recruitment and public appointment tables
- Appendix C Departmental strategies
- Appendix D Public Service Agreement targets
- Appendix E Departmental Investment Strategy
- Appendix F Public Accounts Committee recommendations
- Useful addresses
- DfT headquarters building
- Accident Investigation Branches
- DfT Executive Agencies
- Government offices for the regions
- Other organisations
- Department for Transport Ministers and Senior Management
- Bibliography
- General
- Delivering better transport
- Roads
- Railways
- Local transport
- Aviation
- Shipping and ports
- Transport safety and security
- Sustainable transport
- Social exclusion
- Mobility
- List of abbreviations
