Listed below are the most popular pages (in alphabetical order) on the Department for Transport website for the month of October. 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.

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.

Ministerial team
Biographical details and responsibilities of each member of the ministerial team at the Department for Transport. There are also links to the various speeches, statements and articles by the ministers.

Press releases
Links to current and archived news releases from the Department for Transport.

Prohibited Articles
A full list of items that are prohibited from the aircraft cabin.

Road Casualties Great Britain: 2007
Statistical bulletin with figures for road casualties in Great Britain in 2007. 

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).

Single Vehicle Approval Scheme
Booklet SVA4. A guide to the Single Vehicle Approval scheme.

Speed management
Working towards reducing the number of injuries and fatalities caused by excessive or inappropriate speed on our roads. 

Speed limits
Information about speed limits and related issues such as stopping distances and license endorsements.

Street works
Providing a wide range of information on all aspects of works to roads carried out by 'undertakers' or their contractors.

Traffic advisory leaflets
A current list of all traffic advisory leaflets.

Traffic Commissioners
Traffic Commissioners have responsibility in their area for the licensing and registration of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) operators, and bus and coach (PSVs) operators.  

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; and progress made on the Towards a Sustainable Transport System (TaSTS) process so far and next steps.

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.

Travel plans
A package of measures produced by employers to encourage staff to use alternatives to single-occupancy car-use.

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 September 2008