Popular pages
Listed below are the most popular pages (in alphabetical order) on the Department for Transport website for the month of June. These will be updated on a monthly basis.
Airlines banned from operating to the UK
Information on foreign airlines (or individual aircraft) that are being refused permits to operate commercial services to the UK.
Airport security
Guide to the security requirements for passengers departing from UK airports.
Bus concession pass providers in England
Your concessionary travel pass will be issued by the authority who administers you local concessionary travel scheme. If you currently have a bus pass, your new pass will be issued by the same authority that issues you present pass.
Blue Badge Scheme
Information about the blue badge scheme offering parking concessions to people with mobility difficulties or severe problems with vision.
Concessionary bus fares
Concessionary bus travel for older and disabled people.
Cycle to Work Scheme Implementation Guidance
Detailed guidance for employers' payroll and HR departments on implementing tax free cycle loans to their employees.
EC Whole vehicle type approval - National approval schemes, techincal requirements and fees
Consultation on the implementation of Directive 2007/46/EC on vehicle approval in the UK and the proposed implementation of national approval schemes covering all passenger and commercial vehicles, including vans, trucks, minibuses, buses, coaches, trailers and various specialist vehicles like motorhomes and breakdown vehicles.
Highway Code
The Highway Code is essential reading because its rules apply to all road users: pedestrians, horse riders and cyclists, as well as motorcyclists and drivers.
Manual for Streets
Manual for Streets provides guidance for practitioners involved in the planning, design, provision and approval of new residential streets, and modifications to existing ones. It aims to increase the quality of life through good design which creates more people-orientated streets.
Press releases
Links to current and archived news releases from the Department for Transport.
Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO)
Homepage of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) section - includes RTFO feasibility study, partial regulatory impact assessment and supporting annexes.
Road Transport (Working Time) Guidance
Guidance on UK's implementation of the Road Transport (Working Time) Directive 2002/15/EC, which applies to drivers and crew of vehicles subject to the separate EU drivers' hours rules (Council Regulation 3820/85).
Rolling stock plan
Plan to implement the High Level Output Specification (HLOS)
Street works
Providing a wide range of information on all aspects of works to roads carried out by 'undertakers' or their contractors.
Thameslink Rolling Stock Project
Information and guidance about the Thameslink Rolling Stock Project.
Traffic advisory leaflets
A current list of all traffic advisory leaflets.
Traffic signs manual
The Traffic Signs Manual provides guidance for traffic authorities on the use of traffic signs and road markings.
Transport strategy and planning
This section, published in October 2007, sets out information on the Department's overall transport strategy. It includes the Department's plans to support economic growth and to address transport's climate change impacts, responding to the recommendations made in the Eddington Transport Study and the Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change.
Transport Statistics for Great Britain (TSGB)
Transport Statistics Great Britain (TSGB) is a major publication within the scope of National Statistics and provides an accurate, comprehensive and meaningful picture of transport patronage in Great Britain.
Working drawings for traffic signs
List of available drawings detailing the design of particular traffic signs together with PDF files of each drawing so that they may be downloaded.
Working time, drivers' hours and tachograph rules in UK and Europe
Information on the working time directives and how they affect the transport industry.
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- Published:
- 09 January 2007
- Last update:
- 03 August 2007
