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Department For Transport Annual Report 2006
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Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780215033888 Total Pages :17 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (338 download)
Book Synopsis Department for Transport Annual Report 2006 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book Department for Transport Annual Report 2006 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by . This book was released on 2007-05-03 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department for Transport annual report 2006 was published as Cm. 6817 (ISBN 9780101681728). Response to HCP 95, 2006-07 (ISBN 97802150332522)
Author :Great Britain: Department for Transport Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780101709521 Total Pages :324 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (95 download)
Book Synopsis Department for Transport annual report 2007 by : Great Britain: Department for Transport
Download or read book Department for Transport annual report 2007 written by Great Britain: Department for Transport and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-05-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dated May 2007
Author :Great Britain. Department for Transport Publisher :Stationery Office/Tso ISBN 13 :9780101681728 Total Pages :334 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (817 download)
Book Synopsis Department for Transport Annual Report 2006 by : Great Britain. Department for Transport
Download or read book Department for Transport Annual Report 2006 written by Great Britain. Department for Transport and published by Stationery Office/Tso. This book was released on 2006 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual report for the Department for Transport informs Parliament how money is allocated and sets out future plans. It provides a description of the Department's policies and programmes, outlining what is required for funding in 2005-06. The key achievements in 2005-06 outlined in this report include: Implementation of the Railways Act, establishment of Network Rail as the point of responsibility for industry performance, an 85% improvement in rail punctuality and reliability, and commencement of operations at the Rail Accident Investigation Branch. The deployment of over 1000 Traffic Officers on the strategic road network and provision of real-time traffic information through Regional Control Centres. The introduction of Regional Funding Allocations to give regions more say over priorities for major transport investments. Support for Local Transport Authorities to deliver new five-year Local Transport Plans. Chapter 1 lists the Department's key activities and achievements over the part 12 months. Chapter 2, describes the structure and functions of the Department and the role of executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies. Chapters 3-12 sets out the various programmes the Department has been engaged with for each of the main spending areas, which includes: roads, rail and buses, local and regional transport needs, aviation, shipping and freight
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780215032522 Total Pages :96 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (325 download)
Book Synopsis Department for Transport Annual Report 2006 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book Department for Transport Annual Report 2006 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee's report examines the work of the Department for Transport based on the departmental annual report 2006 (Cm. 6817, ISBN 9780101681728) published in May 2006. The Committee' s report finds that the Department's performance against its PSA targets is poor, with only two of seven targets on course to be met. Maintaining the status quo in its approach and policies will evidently be insufficient to deliver the improvements which the Government has promised and the public expects. The Department must make the most of its new political profile and not be afraid to take the bold measures which will be necessary to deliver a 'step change' in the public's experience of the transport system.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215038319 Total Pages :134 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (383 download)
Book Synopsis The London Underground and the public-private partnership agreements by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book The London Underground and the public-private partnership agreements written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008-01-25 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report from the Transport Committee, examines London Underground and the Public-Private Partnership Agreements. The Government originally announced proposals for modernising the London Underground network system via Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreements in 1998. Three contracts were drawn up with: (i) Tube Lines for the maintenance and renewal of the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern Lines; (ii) with Metronet Rail BVC for the maintenance and renewal of the Bakerloo, Central, Victoria & Waterloo & City Lines; (iii) with Metronet Rail SSL, responsible for the maintenance and renewal of the "sub-surface lines": the Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan & East London Lines. These PPP Agreements, 30 years in duration, were arrangements to maintain, renew and upgrade parts of London Underground by private sector infrastructure companies (Infracos), whilst London Underground is responsible for services to customers. The PPP Agreements also set out a performance-related incentive and penalty scheme to remunerate the Infracos for the improvements they make to the network. In May 2007, Metronet admitted an overspend of £1 billion and was refused access to loan facilities by the banks. It then made a reference to the PPP Arbiter, which in turn triggered an Extraordinary Review (which occurs when extra costs are incurred above the level allowed for the bid). Metronet put in a bid for £551m but the PPP Arbiter provisionally concluded that a sum of £121m was appropriate. Metronet subsequently went into administration on 18 July 2007. The report sets out a number of conclusions and recommendations, including: contracts that were supposed to deliver 35 station upgrades, in fact delivered only 14, 40% of the requirement; stations that were supposed to cost Metronet SSL £2m, cost £7.5m, with only 65% of schedule track renewal accomplished; the Committee criticises the consequences of the imposition of PPP on Transport for London, as a "lamentable state of affairs", with the future of most of London Underground's upgrade and maintenance work in doubt; the Committee states, that the Government should remember the failure of Metronet before it considers entering similar arrangements; that the Government should publish a candid analysis of the events preceding Metronet's collapse and its consequences; the Committee believe that the PPP model was flawed and probably inferior to traditional public-sector management; that the Government needs to prioritise transparency and clarity to taxpayers and ensure that any future contracts result in clear accountability.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215553553 Total Pages :80 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (535 download)
Book Synopsis Mobility Scooters by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee
Download or read book Mobility Scooters written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the light of anecdotal accounts of accidents involving the vehicles, but little hard evidence, MPs urge the Government to collect better data on the use of scooters as well as incidents and injuries where they are involved. To develop sound policy, we need a comprehensive evidence base detailing the number and nature of incidents involving mobility scooters on the UK's pavements and roads. Only by doing so, will issues such as the legal status of mobility scooters, the appropriateness of proficiency tests and the rights of users to take the vehicles on public transport be adequately addressed. The Committee's report notes that the Department for Transport has launched a consultation on many of these issues, but is concerned that after a similar review in 2005, Ministers failed to act on many of its findings. With a growing number of mobility scooter users on the UK's pavements and roads, the MPs call on the Government to take decisive action where necessary.
Book Synopsis Reducing Carbon Emissions from Transport by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee
Download or read book Reducing Carbon Emissions from Transport written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-08-07 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee's report examines the challenges involved in efforts to reduce carbon emissions from the UK transport sector and makes recommendations to improve future progress, as part of its overall priority for the current Parliament of focusing on climate change issues. Topics discussed include: the Government's strategic priorities; measures to reduce carbon emissions from road transport, trains, water freight and aviation; emissions from developing economies; the future price and availability of oil. The report finds that reducing carbon emissions from transport is particularly challenging, given its dependence on oil, with transport being the only sector of the UK economy in which carbon emissions were higher in 2004 than the baseline year of 1990, and projected emissions likely to be higher in 2020 than in 1990. Amongst the report's 66 conclusions and recommendations, the Committee raises concerns over the lack of consistency and accuracy in methods used by the Government to calculate emissions projections; and highlights the need for more decisive action to actively encourage modal shift towards lower carbon modes of transport (such as trains, buses and low carbon cars and lorries) and to discourage marginal car and plane journeys. It recommends the introduction of a national road-user charging scheme as soon as technically possible, and a new policy to enforce speed limits; and an increase in air passenger duty (APD) and taxes on domestic flights. The report also calls for better local rail services and the need to make rail fare and ticketing structures simpler and more transparent in order to encourage greater use of rail services; and the need for a public information campaign to raise awareness about the reality and dangers of climate change and a cross-party approach to the measures required to tackle it.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215521941 Total Pages :276 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (219 download)
Book Synopsis Freight Transport by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book Freight Transport written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 8th report from the Transport Committee (HCP 249, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780215521941) and focuses on freight transport. The Committee has set out 29 recommendations, including: that the Government needs to adopt a more proactive freight strategy, given there are significant economic and transport benefits to be gained; the Department of Transport should produce a national freight plan, setting out aspirations for the reduction in congestion and transport emissions, freight infrastructure and job opportunities and the development of future technologies that maybe beneficial for the freight business; that rail and water freight must be able to compete on a an equal footing with road transport; that the Government could do more to encourage waterborne freight transport; that Network Rail must recognise the importance of freight instead of treating it as the poor relation of passenger services; that the Government needs to engage with European freight schemes to ensure that UK business is not disadvantaged and further, highlight the importance of the UK air freight operators' competiveness with continental operators; the Government needs to discuss a way forward with the UK haulier industry, which the Committee sees as being unfairly treated through subsidising their continental competitors through high levels of taxation on fuel.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215544810 Total Pages :272 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (448 download)
Book Synopsis The proposal for a national policy statement on ports by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book The proposal for a national policy statement on ports written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-03-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Policy Statements (NPS) are a key component of the new planning system for nationally significant infrastructure projects, introduced by the Planning Act 2008. The Act stipulates that a proposal for a National Policy Statement will be subject to public consultation and allows for parliamentary scrutiny before designation as national policy by the Secretary of State. The draft Ports National Policy Statement (Department for Transport, 2009) has been welcomed by many organisations as a good start which can be built upon. The Committee has recommended a number of modifications and expects the Department will improve the draft as a result of the consultation and scrutiny processes. The Committee has reservations regarding the Government's 2007 policy for ports and the lack of guidance on location for port development in the NPS but this, of itself, does not make the NPS unfit for purpose. But the Committee cannot recommend designation at this stage on two counts. Firstly, a key, related policy statement - the National Networks NPS - has yet to be published. Secondly, the organisation likely to be one of the principal decision-makers for port development - the Marine Management Organisation - has yet to be established and so has been unable to comment on guidance that will be of great importance to its role. These are fundamental flaws in the consultation process and the Ports NPS should not be designated until they are rectified.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215544025 Total Pages :52 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (44 download)
Book Synopsis Priorities for investment in the railways by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book Priorities for investment in the railways written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The railways in Britain are currently experiencing historically high levels of investment. Network Rail, the monopoly owner and operator of Britain's fixed rail infrastructure, is investing about £35 billion in the railway network between 2009 and 2014. In this inquiry the Transport Committee assess the value of further investment to enhance Britain's railway network and - within the context of likely public spending reductions following the recession - to identify essential rail investment priorities for the future. Investment in rail enhancements can positively benefit the economy through reducing journey times, providing access to employment, contributing to the regeneration of local areas and, in the short-term, providing much-needed construction jobs. Failure to invest now to enhance the network, and to alleviate capacity constraints, will only damage the prosperity of the railways in the long term. The Committee believes the Government should continue to focus on enhancing the network, promoting integration of transport modes and reacting positively to proposals to develop new rail lines, or reopening old ones, serving communities with little or no access to the rail network. The report sets out which needs and schemes the Committee thinks should be considered high priorities in the medium to long-term.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215545039 Total Pages :146 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (45 download)
Book Synopsis The new European motorcycle test by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book The new European motorcycle test written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-03-23 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 2009 a new testing regime, based on the Second EU Driving Licence Directive, was introduced. Deadlines for implementation had not been met and when the new test was finally introduced, it was met with intense criticism and safety concerns. The number of tests taken dropped dramatically in the first few months and the industry suggested that the new test regime would threaten many small businesses and jobs. The Committee was concerned to not only establish whether the test had gone wrong and how problems could be rectified but also to ensure lessons are leaned before the implementation of the Third EU Driving Licence Directive. They concluded that they could not see why the Government failed to obtain derogation from certain speed requirements and that though many elements of the new regime were appropriate it was important to take into account the concerns expressed and consider what adjustments might be required. They also believe that training and instruction for the motorcycle test needs to develop and change to reflect the new test requirements. The off-road module of the test also needs to be amended to allow candidates to adapt their riding to reflect prevailing weather, road and other circumstances. The development of better awareness of motorcyclists among other road users is also crucial and should not be neglected. Though the Government exceeded what was necessary to comply with the EU directive the Committee believes they were right to do so. It is the development of Multi Purpose Test Sites for which justification was weak and implementation inept which represents the least effective element.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215553256 Total Pages :234 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (532 download)
Book Synopsis The major road network by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book The major road network written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating HC 533, session 2008-09
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215545305 Total Pages :90 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (453 download)
Book Synopsis Update on the London Underground and the public-private (PPP) partnership agreements by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book Update on the London Underground and the public-private (PPP) partnership agreements written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-03-26 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Update on the London Underground and the public-private (PPP) partnership Agreements : Seventh report of session 2009-10, report, together with formal minutes, oral and written Evidence
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215539861 Total Pages :300 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (398 download)
Book Synopsis The use of airspace by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book The use of airspace written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2009-07-10 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government's Future of Air Transport strategy aims to significantly increase UK airport capacity over the next two decades to accommodate the predicted growth in demand for air travel. New runways at Heathrow and Stansted airports are two of the key airport development proposals. If all the White Paper-supported airport development proposals came to fruition, current Government forecasts predict that the number of passengers passing through UK airports will increase from 241 million passengers a year in 2007 to 455 million passengers a year in 2030. This UK growth matches air traffic predictions for the whole continent. Eurocontrol, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, predicts that European air traffic will double by 2020. If rising demand for air travel is to be met effectively through additional airport capacity, a corresponding increase in airspace capacity must be realised. However, a country's airspace, the portion of atmosphere above its territory and territorial waters, controlled by that country is a finite resource. UK airspace, particularly in the South East of England, is already some of the busiest and most complex to manage in the world. This will almost certainly require improvements in the efficiency of the UK air traffic management system.The Committee's inquiry aims to look at how to meet these challenges. Its findings are aimed at those organisations responsible for airspace-related decisions in the UK: the CAA, NATS, and the Department for Transport. Passenger numbers and freight demand globally have declined in 2008 and in the first months of 2009. In its conclusions and recommendations the Committee covered the management of airspace, strategy, change and co-ordination in airspace management, environmental impacts of airspace changes and European developments.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215522221 Total Pages :426 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (222 download)
Book Synopsis Delivering a Sustainable Railway by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee
Download or read book Delivering a Sustainable Railway written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White Paper, 'Delivering a sustainable railway' (Cm. 7176, ISBN 9780101717625) published on July 2007 and set the Government's general vision for the railways for the next thirty years. Network Rail's engineering overruns at New Year 2008 caused tremendous inconvenience to passengers across the country and inevitably shaped the Committee's oral evidence sessions. The Committee's investigation, along with analyses from the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) have led them to believe that the engineering overruns are symptonatic of crucial system flaws which have to be resolved if there is to be any hope of getting a sustainable railway, as promised in the White Paper. This report covers both subjects
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215522238 Total Pages :140 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (222 download)
Book Synopsis Draft Marine Navigation Bill by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee
Download or read book Draft Marine Navigation Bill written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008-07-23 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Draft Marine Navigation Bill was published on 6 May 2008. (Cm. 7370, ISBN 9780101737029 ). A supplementary consultation on the ratification of the Nairobi Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, for which the draft Bill includes the necessary statutory provisions, was published at the same time by the Department for Transport. The Bill covers four main areas: (a) port safety, including measures relating to pilotage, National Occupational Standards for Harbour Masters and pilots, and extending powers of general direction to more harbour authorities; (b) the closure of harbours, and the subsequent relinquishing of the legal rights and duties of the harbour authority; (c) the role of the General Lighthouse Authorities, including their powers of enforcement, the territorial extent of their operations, their commercial work and their pension schemes; and (d) the ratification and implementation of the Nairobi Convention. The introduction of new powers to issue directions to port and harbour authorities and to specify minimum standards of competence for harbour masters and pilots is supported. The provisions relating to General Lighthouse Authorities are a sensible package intended to clarify their powers and put beyond doubt the legal validity of much of the essential work which they have been carrying out for centuries. The provision in the draft Bill to give statutory effect Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks will remove from the UK taxpayer a significant potential liability in respect of wrecks in UK waters.
Book Synopsis The Homeland Security Dilemma by : Frank P. Harvey
Download or read book The Homeland Security Dilemma written by Frank P. Harvey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the paradox of the ‘security dilemma’ in International Relations, as applied to the post-9/11 context of homeland security. The book's central argument can be summed up by the following counterintuitive thesis: the more security you have, the more security you will need. It argues that enhancing security does not make terrorism more likely, but rather it raises public expectations and amplifies public outrage after subsequent failures. The book contests that this dilemma will continue to shape American, Canadian and British domestic and international security priorities for decades. In exploring the key policy implications resulting from this, the book highlights the difficulty in finding a solution to this paradox, as the most rational and logical policy options are part of the problem. This book will be of interest to students of Homeland Security, Security Studies, US politics, and IR in general.
