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Pages in category "Transport companies of the United Kingdom" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Remote payment or pay-by-phone parking allows parking to be paid for using a mobile phone, reducing the need for on-street infrastructure such as pay-and-display machines. The two major companies in the UK are RingGo and PayByPhone. Some local authorities, such as Westminster, have removed on-street cash machines altogether. [1]
Pre-2012 logo of DVLA. The vehicle register held by DVLA is used in many ways. For example, by the DVLA itself to identify untaxed vehicles, and by outside agencies to identify keepers of cars entering central London who have not paid the congestion charge, or who exceed speed limits on a road that has speed cameras by matching the cars to their keepers utilising the DVLA database.
After extensive privatisation of the public sector during the Margaret Thatcher administration, there remain few statutory corporations in the UK. Privatisation began in the late 1970s, and notable privatisations include the Central Electricity Generating Board, British Rail, and more recently Royal Mail.
The adoption of plug-in electric vehicles is widely supported by the British government through the plug-in car and van grants schemes and other incentives. [9] About 745,000 light-duty plug-in electric vehicles had been registered in the UK up until December 2021, consisting of 395,000 all-electric vehicles and 350,000 plug-in hybrids. [10]
Only 20 motorway services in the UK remain in the ownership of the Department for Transport and let on 50-year leases to private operating companies. [1] The vast majority of motorway services in the UK are owned by one of three companies: Moto, Welcome Break and Roadchef and a developing chain of stations being constructed by Extra.
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UK Notified Bodies (UK NoBos) are UK bodies authorised to assess the compatibility of works or equipment with Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) as part of the system to effectively and safely allow the interoperability of railway services within the European Union.