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This is a list of the past, present, planned or abandoned guided bus systems or bus rapid transit schemes in the United Kingdom, including segregated busways.Not included are bus priority schemes, bus lanes or local authority bus company quality contracts that do not involve guidance, significant segregation from the public highway or other bus rapid transit features.
Double yellow verge lines as a parking restriction were first introduced in the UK by section 51 [21] of the Road Traffic Act 1960 [22] (repealed in 1972 and replaced by later legislation). Countries that were once part of the British Empire are likely to retain a modified version of the British laws including the basic principles regarding ...
Long title: An Act to amend the law relating to road passenger transport; to make provision for the transfer of the operations of the National Bus Company to the private sector; to provide for the reorganisation of passenger transport in the public sector; to provide for local and central government financial support for certain passenger transport services and travel concessions; to make ...
Taxis will be allowed to use bus lanes in Belfast's Linen Quarter in a bid to tackle congestion, Infrastructure Minister John O'Dowd has said. It will be introduced as a temporary measure over the ...
Almost all of the UK bus industry was by then owned by the government under the National Bus Company or by local governments. Bus passenger numbers continued to decline in the 1960s. The Transport Act 1968 was an attempt to rationalise publicly owned bus services and provide a framework for the subsidy of uneconomic but socially necessary services.
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Text of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , which provided powers to regulate or restrict traffic on roads in Great Britain, in the interest of safety.
Buses competing for passengers in Stockton-on-Tees in February 1988. Bus deregulation in Great Britain involved the abolition of Road Service Licensing for bus services outside of Greater London. It began in 1980 with long-distance bus services and was extended to local bus services in 1986 under the Transport Act 1985. The abolition of Road ...