We work with our agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps the UK’s businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. We plan and invest in transport infrastructure to keep the UK on the move. DfT is a ministerial department, supported by 24 agencies and public bodies.
Website
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport
Ministers
Kristian Johnson’s Law. Life sentences for Death by Careless & Dangerous Driving
Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
13,662 signatures
Ban cyclists from using a handheld mobile phone while cycling
Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
51 signatures
Make motor vehicle users’ insurers liable for accidents with cyclists
Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
56 signatures
Make wearing high visibility clothing mandatory for all vulnerable road users
Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
283 signatures
Require airlines cancel flights to places the FCO has advised against travel to
Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
742 signatures
Prohibit cyclists from cycling on roads with speed limits of over 40 mph
Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
40 signatures
Invest in new night trains & regional Eurostar services for the North of the UK
Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
37 signatures
Increase crash test requirements for testing of child car seats
Open from Monday 10th August 2020 to Wednesday 10th February 2021
33 signatures
Add recovering an out of control vehicle to the driving test
Open from Monday 10th August 2020 to Wednesday 10th February 2021
16 signatures
Calculate vehicle tax on a daily basis
Open from Monday 10th August 2020 to Wednesday 10th February 2021
24 signatures
Immediately provide funding for electric buses to save bus manufacturing
Open from Friday 7th August 2020 to Sunday 7th February 2021
65 signatures
Do not increase the 25 Kmh speed limit on electric bicycles.
Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
53 signatures
Bring in an Act similar to the USA’s ‘Jones Act’ to better regulate UK seafaring
Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
225 signatures
Mandatory registration, proficiency testing and use of lights for cyclists
Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
121 signatures
All new drivers must have a black box and be limited to carrying one passenger.
Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
10,341 signatures
Require airlines to provide therapeutic oxygen on flights free of charge
Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
12 signatures
Reopen Weedon Railway Station on the West Coast Main Line
Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
410 signatures
Make it an offence for cyclists not to use a cycle path when one is available
Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
135 signatures
Reduce the residential speed limit to 20mph in England
Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
602 signatures
Reunite Golcar With Rail by putting in a new train station
Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
28 signatures
Make reversing cameras compulsory for all commercial vans and lorries.
Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
1,143 signatures
Require all petrol stations to have a free use bicycle pump.
Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
161 signatures
Reject the proposals for Junction 10 of the A3/M25
Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
46,388 signatures
Raise national speed limit to 100mph on UK motorways
Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
218 signatures
End Isolation for people returning from Spain
Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
360 signatures
Allow us to travel to Egypt again, without having to quarantine on return
Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
238 signatures
Allow quarantine free travel from the Canary and Balearic Islands to the UK
Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
11,073 signatures
Remove Algarve from the quarantine on return list
Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
23 signatures
Urge rail companies to introduce three day season tickets
Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
39 signatures
Add Bulgaria to list of countries you can visit without quarantine upon return.
Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
10,481 signatures
Make all Electric Bikes liable for insurance from the day of purchase ,
Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
115 signatures
Exempt people travelling from Albania from the 14-day quarantine rule
Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
46 signatures
Exempt business travellers from requirement to self-isolate
Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
98 signatures
Review how current employment and health and safety rules protect cruise workers
Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
85 signatures
Reduce the maximum legal noise limit for motorbikes.
Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
1,154 signatures
Prevent local authorities imposing congestion charges outside 6am-7pm Mon-Fri
Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
254 signatures
Make it law that all electric vehicles be retrofitted with white noise to alert
Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
69 signatures
Ban footway car parking during the Covid-19 pandemic
Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
27 signatures
Petition to increase the 25kmh limit on electric bikes in the UK.
Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
5,153 signatures
A government cash bailout for the coach industry before it's too late.
Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
17,859 signatures
Require all train stations and trains to have Step-Free Access
Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
817 signatures
Fund the construction of segregated cycle paths alongside all A roads
Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
2,828 signatures
Halt all plans to build new roads & use money to repay coronavirus debt.
Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
88 signatures
Give councils power to allocate parking spaces to named disabled residents
Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
16 signatures
To consider a Rail Enthusiasts Railcard to do trainspotting at railway stations.
Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
729 signatures
Make it a criminal offence to Block a Driveway by Parking Across it.
Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
52 signatures
Fund canal towpaths improvmennts for a network of traffic free cycle routes.
Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
30 signatures
Make over 80s take a yearly driving test to help reduce the risk of accident
Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
20 signatures
Government funded £250 Travel Voucher for everyone in 2021
Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
14 signatures
Make Bioptic Lenses acceptable for achieving the eyesight standard for driving.
Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
31 signatures
Bring Rail franchises to an end and bring back a publicly owned railway
Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2020 to Friday 22nd January 2021
32 signatures
Ban the manufacture and sale of new cars that are solely powered by fossil fuels
Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2020 to Friday 22nd January 2021
27 signatures
Scrap removal of free transport for under-18s from TfL bailout
Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
171,008 signatures
DVLA must refund partial road tax in full
Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
91 signatures
Extend the 12-month period drivers can use non-GB driving licences
Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
10,691 signatures
Require local authorities to allow cab drivers to make Covid-19 adaptations
Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
47 signatures
Make provisions under law to allow stand up e-scooters to be treat as cycles.
Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
59 signatures
Regulate parent and child parking spaces
Open from Tuesday 14th July 2020 to Thursday 14th January 2021
68 signatures
Ban petrol and diesel vehicles to keep our as air clean as it is now
Open from Monday 13th July 2020 to Wednesday 13th January 2021
32 signatures
Reallocate funds for Roads & HS2 to shared pedestrian & cycle paths
Open from Tuesday 7th July 2020 to Thursday 7th January 2021
370 signatures
Fund Free Public Travel for Heath and Social care staff
Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
21 signatures
Facilitate crew changes for seafarers during the Covid 19 pandemic
Open from Saturday 27th June 2020 to Sunday 27th December 2020
761 signatures
Automatically upgrade A2 motorcycle licences after a set amount of time
Open from Friday 26th June 2020 to Saturday 26th December 2020
4,501 signatures
Make it a legal requirement for ALL cyclists to wear a helmet.
Open from Thursday 25th June 2020 to Friday 25th December 2020
743 signatures
Points on driving license for leaving gates open on farms by drivers
Open from Wednesday 24th June 2020 to Thursday 24th December 2020
16 signatures
Extend/refund driving instructor badges to allow for lost time due to Covid-19
Open from Monday 22nd June 2020 to Tuesday 22nd December 2020
3,141 signatures
Make the use of masks on public transport voluntary and not mandatory
Open from Monday 22nd June 2020 to Tuesday 22nd December 2020
3,942 signatures
Do not pass the Pavement Parking Bill
Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
28 signatures
Regulate the purchase, resale and exchange of bikes to prevent theft
Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
479 signatures
Fund a NHS Workers Railcard, giving all NHS Employees a 30-50% Rail discount
Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
87 signatures
Make repatriation flights free to UK families
Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
13 signatures
Commit to a public review of HS2 project and suspend all on-going work now
Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
59,101 signatures
Abolish the extra charges on vehicle tax for paying in instalments.
Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
41 signatures
Introduce Public Transport and Logistics Industry Grant For Covid-19
Open from Tuesday 2nd June 2020 to Wednesday 2nd December 2020
18 signatures
Require travel companies & airlines to pay compensation if no refund in 14 days
Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
6,961 signatures
Fund full refunds of Annual Train Season Tickets during COVID-19
Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
20 signatures
Legislate to restrict aircraft from running their engines while on hold
Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
86 signatures
Ban parking charges for trucks on motorway service areas
Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
1,070 signatures
Extend driving theory certificates by six months from when test centres re-open
Open from Tuesday 26th May 2020 to Thursday 26th November 2020
1,019 signatures
Provide Protective Personal Equipment PPE to all Transports Workers.
Open from Tuesday 26th May 2020 to Thursday 26th November 2020
41 signatures
Cancel HS2 and use the money for the NHS and local economies, post Covid-19.
Open from Friday 15th May 2020 to Sunday 15th November 2020
58,741 signatures
Scrap the 48 hour limit on average weekly working time for mobile workers
Open from Wednesday 13th May 2020 to Friday 13th November 2020
24 signatures
6 Month Road Tax Exemption Due To UK Lockdown
Open from Wednesday 6th May 2020 to Friday 6th November 2020
39 signatures
Extend Equality Act 2010 protections to all job applicants for seafarer roles
Open from Tuesday 5th May 2020 to Thursday 5th November 2020
449 signatures
Providing Government funding for pilot training.
Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
79 signatures
Stop Proposed A303 Stonehenge Tunnel
Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
29 signatures
Allow certain learner drivers to drive unsupervised for a limited period
Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
1,406 signatures
Ban All Commercial Flights On Sundays
Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
50 signatures
Raise the speed limit on UK motorways to 90 miles per hour
Open from Monday 27th April 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020
108 signatures
Refuse any request to suspend requirements for airlines to compensate customers
Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
21 signatures
Make any bailouts for UK airlines conditional on reducing emissions
Open from Thursday 23rd April 2020 to Friday 23rd October 2020
353 signatures
Allow DVLA to restart Motorcycle tests
Open from Thursday 23rd April 2020 to Friday 23rd October 2020
497 signatures
Having one type of motorcycle licence in the UK like there is in the USA.
Open from Wednesday 22nd April 2020 to Thursday 22nd October 2020
53 signatures
Extend theory expiry dates due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Open from Tuesday 21st April 2020 to Wednesday 21st October 2020
13,284 signatures
Fund free Travel, Parking, Hotel & Childcare during COVID-19 for NHS staff
Open from Monday 20th April 2020 to Tuesday 20th October 2020
227 signatures
DVSA to provide training Info of examiners conducting driving tests for disabled
Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
21 signatures
Fund Free Public Transport for all front line staff during COVID19 pandemic
Open from Tuesday 14th April 2020 to Wednesday 14th October 2020
67 signatures
Offer Cat D licence holders (Bus & Coach) a free entitlement to Cat C LGV
Open from Tuesday 14th April 2020 to Wednesday 14th October 2020
2,629 signatures
Make it illegal to use a disabled parking space without a Blue Badge
Open from Thursday 9th April 2020 to Friday 9th October 2020
581 signatures
Temporarily suspend certain aspects of the Package Travel Regulations.
Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
908 signatures
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