Local transport
Local transport funding, concessionary travel, buses, taxis, private hire vehicles and trams.
Services
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Apply for an older person's bus pass
Some older people can get free travel on local buses - contact your council to check your eligibility and apply for a bus pass
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Manage your vehicle operator licence
Update your HGV or PSV operator licence (O licence), add more vehicles, increase your vehicle limit and add or remove a transport manager
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Apply for a disabled person's bus pass
Contact your local council to find out who issues disabled bus passes in your area as part of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme
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Check vehicle operator licence applications
Check heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and public service vehicle (PSV) operator applications and decisions
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Find lorry or bus operators
Find lorry and bus operators by name, address or licence number
Guidance and regulation
- Apply for an exemption from PSVAR accessibility regulations for home-to-school or rail replacement services
- Adoption of roads by highway authorities
- Electric vehicle charging infrastructure: help for local authorities
- Traffic commissioners: transport managers
- Traffic commissioners: finance
News and communications
- Cheaper and better buses in £7 billion package to level up transport outside London
- City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements: confirmed allocations
- Government protects vital Dawlish coastal rail route with a further £32 million
- £2.5 million package announced to help disabled people travel more confidently
- Consultation on setting an end date for the sale of new non-zero emission buses
Research and statistics
- Transport and transport technology: public attitudes tracker
- Local bus passenger journeys (BUS01)
- Costs, fares and revenue (BUS04)
- Quarterly bus statistics: October to December 2021
- Travel Survey for Northern Ireland Headline Report 2020
Policy papers and consultations
- Allowing non-physical guided transport modes to be authorised by a Transport and Works Act order
- Ending the sale of new, non-zero emission buses, coaches and minibuses
- Traffic regulation orders: changes to publishing requirements and special events order approvals
- Public transport ticketing scheme block exemption: call for evidence
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions: memorandum of understanding between DfT and the city of Los Angeles
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Active travel fund: local transport authority allocations
- Regulatory decisions made about the conduct of professional drivers
- Capability fund: local transport authority allocations
- E-cargo bikes: grant funding
- Public inquiries: timeliness of case listings