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From Department for Transport (DfT)
  • The connectivity metric measures a person's ability to reach employment, services and social engagements.

  • How utility companies and highway authorities can safely carry out the signing, lighting and guarding of street works and road works on all highways and roads.

  • Regulations you must comply with when launching or returning a rocket or space plane.

  • Guidance on whether a vehicle qualifies as a car derived van or a dual purpose vehicle.

  • What transport companies and couriers need to do to use vans and car and trailers over 2.5 tonnes to transport goods in Europe.

  • Explains what the railway byelaws are, why they have been made and how they can be enforced and interpreted.

  • An A to Z index of topics covered by The Highway Code.

  • What UK goods vehicle operators need to do to carry out international road haulage.

  • Information about first aid on the road, including dealing with danger, getting help, helping those involved, and providing emergency care.

  • Guidance for haulage companies and commercial drivers moving accompanied (self-drive) RoRo freight and unaccompanied RoRo freight between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the European Union.

  • Guidance for local authorities in England on administering and enforcing the Blue Badge disabled parking scheme.

  • Find and use timetable, location and fares data for local bus services in England.

  • Manual for streets explains how to design, construct, adopt and maintain new and existing residential streets.

  • Traffic sign images for reproduction in printed matter, on screen or in other media.

  • Guidance on how to apply for a stopping up order to remove highway rights to permanently close or divert a highway, including example plans.

  • Links to tools which provide access to bespoke tabulation, visualisation and mapping of road collision and casualty data

  • Regulations which prescribe the design and conditions of use of traffic signs on or near roads in England, Scotland and Wales.

  • How drivers, transport staff and bridge owners can prevent vehicles from hitting bridges and what to do if a bridge strike happens.

  • Information about how to pay the HGV levy for non-UK HGVs.

  • Information and rules about you and your bicycle.