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.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport
Ministers
Put Sudan on the amber list.
Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
1,243 signatures
Ban LED headlights from public roads
Opened on Wednesday 24th January 2024
1,233 signatures so far
Increase the minimum sentence for stealing a motor vehicle to five years
Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
1,219 signatures
Stop all flights between 10.30pm and 7am at regional airports
Open from Thursday 19th November 2020 to Wednesday 19th May 2021
1,198 signatures
Reduce the maximum legal noise limit for motorbikes.
Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
1,154 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
Scrap Smart Motorways & reinstate hard shoulders
Open from Monday 6th September 2021 to Sunday 6th March 2022
1,133 signatures
Allow driving tests and lessons for Keyworkers
Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
1,125 signatures
Do not mandate a vaccine passport for international travel to or from the UK.
Open from Monday 26th April 2021 to Tuesday 26th October 2021
1,120 signatures
Repatriate all UK residents stranded abroad
Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
1,109 signatures
Work with the French Government, to protect/save international rail travel.
Open from Thursday 17th December 2020 to Thursday 17th June 2021
1,078 signatures
Ban parking charges for trucks on motorway service areas
Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
1,070 signatures
Publish criteria for when countries on the UK's Red List may be removed from it
Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
1,042 signatures
Exempt vehicles that use sustainable fuels from 2030 ban
Open from Monday 21st June 2021 to Tuesday 21st December 2021
1,027 signatures
Exemption from hotel quarantine for NHS staff travelling from home Countries
Open from Friday 21st May 2021 to Sunday 21st November 2021
1,022 signatures
Exempt CO2 neutral Efuel & other cleaner fuel cars from 2030 petrol & diesel ban
Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
1,019 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
To extend the 2 year period of the ADI part 1 test for ALL PDIs due to Covid 19
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
1,015 signatures
Remove Angola from the red list
Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
1,001 signatures
School Minibus Safety - Remove Section 19 Exemptions for Schools
Opened on Tuesday 26th March 2024
975 signatures so far
The 2030 ban on diesel/petrol cars must apply to all fossil fuel hybrid cars too
Open from Thursday 11th March 2021 to Saturday 11th September 2021
975 signatures
Temporarily suspend certain aspects of the Package Travel Regulations.
Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
908 signatures
Allow people with a medical condition to reapply for a driving licence online
Open from Monday 1st November 2021 to Sunday 1st May 2022
887 signatures
Referendum on local government power to introduce road traffic policies.
Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
874 signatures
Exempt people on Attendance Allowance from vehicle tax
Open from Friday 3rd February 2023 to Thursday 3rd August 2023
867 signatures
Require cyclists that use the road have insurance and visible registration
Open from Friday 14th May 2021 to Sunday 14th November 2021
863 signatures
Make all under-car neon lights legal
Open from Friday 27th November 2020 to Thursday 27th May 2021
849 signatures
Require the UK flag and letters on new number plates from March 2023 by law
Open from Tuesday 29th November 2022 to Monday 29th May 2023
845 signatures
Require people to have Bikeability level 2 to take a driving test
Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
844 signatures
Extend/refund driving instructor badges to allow for lost time due to Covid-19
Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
836 signatures
Include vehicle battery and charger manufacture in vehicle emissions reporting
Open from Wednesday 26th May 2021 to Friday 26th November 2021
833 signatures
Kristian Johnsons Law. Life sentences for Death by Careless & Dangerous Driving.
Open from Friday 19th February 2021 to Thursday 19th August 2021
825 signatures
Halt work on HS2 and Stonehenge Tunnel until Coronavirus over
Open from Friday 20th March 2020 to Sunday 20th September 2020
824 signatures
Introduce a national digital Blue Badge
Open from Tuesday 4th April 2023 to Wednesday 4th October 2023
821 signatures
Legalize the use of e-scooters where bikes can be used.
Open from Thursday 22nd April 2021 to Friday 22nd October 2021
817 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
Add Overseas Professional Carers to Exemption List for Travel
Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
816 signatures
Let airlines allow pets in the airplane’s cabin to and from the UK
Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
811 signatures
Add India to the list of UK approved vaccination programmes for travel
Open from Tuesday 28th September 2021 to Monday 28th March 2022
795 signatures
Remove Ecuador from the red list
Open from Wednesday 29th September 2021 to Tuesday 29th March 2022
787 signatures
Exchange of driving licences issued in Republic of Moldova
Open from Monday 1st November 2021 to Sunday 1st May 2022
781 signatures
Require a local Referendum for any new Controlled Parking Zones
Open from Tuesday 7th March 2023 to Thursday 7th September 2023
777 signatures
Seek reciprocal agreement with the EU on transfer/recognition of UK CAA Part 66
Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
772 signatures
Add Israel to the ‘Designated countries‘ list dor driving licence exchange
Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
762 signatures
Facilitate crew changes for seafarers during the Covid 19 pandemic
Open from Saturday 27th June 2020 to Sunday 27th December 2020
761 signatures
India to be added to red list for travel
Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
755 signatures
Rename death by dangerous driving as "motor manslaughter" and increase sentences
Opened on Wednesday 6th March 2024
747 signatures so far
Increase sentences for death by dangerous driving cases & lifetime driving bans
Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
747 signatures
Make motorcycle awareness a mandatory part of driving tests
Opened on Wednesday 8th November 2023
745 signatures so far
Give free bus passes to ALL in England at age 60
Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
745 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
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
Make it a legal requirement to rear-face until minimum aged 4
Open from Thursday 6th January 2022 to Wednesday 6th July 2022
738 signatures
Increase the maximum assisted speed for e-bikes from 15.5 mph to 20 mph
Opened on Wednesday 17th January 2024
736 signatures so far
Fund extension of 16-17 Railcard to 18 year olds in full-time education
Open from Friday 24th June 2022 to Saturday 7th January 2023
730 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 CCTV compulsory in all taxis including school transport taxis
Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
727 signatures
Seek talks with India to remove travel curbs on both sides
Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
723 signatures
Negotiate a pathway for British citizens and residents to return to China
Open from Tuesday 1st June 2021 to Wednesday 1st December 2021
708 signatures
Increase penalties for illegal off-road driving
Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
705 signatures
Keep the hard shoulder on Smart Motorways for emergency use only
Open from Thursday 12th March 2020 to Saturday 12th September 2020
700 signatures
Negotiate a pathway for British citizens and residents to return to China
Abolish liquid restrictions for operating aircrew passing security
Open from Tuesday 1st February 2022 to Monday 1st August 2022
691 signatures
Remove Argentina from the red list
Open from Friday 24th September 2021 to Thursday 24th March 2022
668 signatures
Re-open the East Lincolnshire Railway
Open from Thursday 27th May 2021 to Saturday 27th November 2021
666 signatures
Tax private jet flights fairly and phase out kerosene private jets
Open from Wednesday 16th August 2023 to Friday 16th February 2024
663 signatures
Allowing the driving theory test in languages other than English across the UK
Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
658 signatures
Kara’s law - Increase sentences for drink driving offences
Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
658 signatures
Remove Sri Lanka from the Travel Red List
Open from Wednesday 11th August 2021 to Friday 11th February 2022
654 signatures
Require cyclists to be registered and have third-party insurance
Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
635 signatures
Require driving instructors and students to wear face masks during lessons
Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
627 signatures
Re-open the railway line to Louth Lincolnshire
Open from Thursday 2nd December 2021 to Thursday 2nd June 2022
615 signatures
Require the DVSA provide waiting areas/toilets for driving instructor/candidates
Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
615 signatures
Recognize and exchange the Moroccan driving license in UK
Open from Wednesday 29th September 2021 to Tuesday 29th March 2022
614 signatures
Smart motorways to be banned, and for all hard shoulders to be reinstated
Open from Monday 9th May 2022 to Wednesday 23rd November 2022
611 signatures
Add second home ownership to the acceptable reasons to leave the UK
Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
611 signatures
Reduce the residential speed limit to 20mph in England
Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
602 signatures
Legalise and regulate the use of privately owned eScooters before Spring 2021.
Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
595 signatures
Do not require ISA speed limiters on new UK cars
Open from Wednesday 13th October 2021 to Wednesday 13th April 2022
587 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
Ban the advertising of sport utility vehicles (SUVs)
Open from Thursday 13th July 2023 to Saturday 13th January 2024
559 signatures
Reintroduce quarantine exemption for returning or travelling healthcare workers
Open from Friday 23rd October 2020 to Friday 23rd April 2021
556 signatures
Introduce new vehicle registration rules for electrifying classic cars
Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
528 signatures
Remove regulations on self-driving cars - UN/ECE R79 regulation
Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
522 signatures
Reinstate street lamps on M66 Bury Lancashire
Open from Thursday 20th January 2022 to Wednesday 20th July 2022
519 signatures
Bring in legislation to end internal air flights in the UK.
Open from Monday 19th December 2022 to Monday 19th June 2023
514 signatures
Make it an offence to park on or in front of a private driveway
Open from Tuesday 4th April 2023 to Wednesday 4th October 2023
513 signatures
Require daily council tax discounts by councils that fail to maintain roads
Open from Friday 24th February 2023 to Thursday 24th August 2023
513 signatures
Require drivers to retake a driving test at 65
Open from Tuesday 22nd August 2023 to Thursday 22nd February 2024
506 signatures
Make it a legal requirement for drivers to stop& report accidents involving cats
Open from Tuesday 30th August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
505 signatures
Moratorium and review of "Smart Motorways" and associated works
Open from Friday 2nd October 2020 to Friday 2nd April 2021
502 signatures
Review and reduce restrictions on the operation of drones and model flyers
Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
501 signatures
Amend the Bus Services Act 2017 to allow public ownership of bus companies
Open from Thursday 23rd September 2021 to Wednesday 23rd March 2022
500 signatures
Require mask-only carriages on all trains
Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
500 signatures
Prioritise cancelled driving test candidates for rebooking
Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
498 signatures
Allow DVLA to restart Motorcycle tests
Open from Thursday 23rd April 2020 to Friday 23rd October 2020
497 signatures
Don't axe Birmingham-Manchester line of HS2
Open from Wednesday 4th October 2023 to Thursday 4th April 2024
490 signatures
Raise the Drug Driving limit for Cannabis now it can be prescribed.
Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
490 signatures
Ban the Sale of Practical Driving Tests for More Than The Original Price
Open from Tuesday 18th April 2023 to Wednesday 18th October 2023
487 signatures
Make it illegal for railway workers to go on strike
Open from Monday 20th June 2022 to Tuesday 3rd January 2023
485 signatures
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