Department of Transport

The UK Department of Transport officially opened on 8 November 1976. The department took over the transport functions of the Department of the Environment (DOE). In June 1997 the Department re-merged with the DOE to form the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

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One file is comprised of printed booklets and pamphlets, and pamphlet mock-ups produced by Transport 2000 and TEST on the impact of cars on the environment, greenhouse gases, acid rain, other environmental hazards generated by pollution, and the role of cars in London on pollution; letters from the Department of Transport, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, The Ashden Trust, British Lung Foundation, and to Stephen Joseph, Lynn Sloman, and the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trust which discuss seminar opportunities, pollution, government reports on congestion and pollution, integrated transport, funding, and the National Air Quality Strategy; a joint press release from Transport 2000, WWF, CPRE, Greenpeace, and other environmental groups on the launch of Road Transport and the Environment: The Challenge; evidence to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution produced by Transport 2000 which discuss transport and the environment, transport trends, current policy, and recommendations, as well as correspondence with the Royal Commission and press releases and briefings on the progress of this evidence.

Publications, correspondence, press releases, and evidence on pollution
Correspondence between Transport 2000, Department of Transport, and Friends of the Earth on road safety, 1986-1988

Correspondence between Transport 2000, Department of Transport, and Friends of the Earth on road safety, 1986-1988
File is comprised of letters produced by Department of Transport and Transport 2000, responses to objections produced by the Highways Agency, Department of Transport, and Midland Expressway, and the Alliance Against the BNRR (Birmingham Northern Relief Road), and press releases produced by Transport 2000, relating to campaigns against a Birmingham Northern Relief Road and a public inquiry around the relief road (1993-1998).

Papers relating to the objection and public inquiry on the Birmingham Northern Relief Road
One file is comprised of press releases from the Campaign for Lead-Free Air (CLEAR) and Department of Transport, newsletters and printed publication from CLEAR, draft declaration, letters from the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, and evidence to House of Lords Select Committee (1980-1989), which relate to the creation of and support for a campaign to remove lead from petrol, to reduce air pollution from lead in petrol, and drawing attention to the negative environmental and health effects of lead for children and adults.

Publications, press releases, evidence and draft declarations on impacts of lead
MOT Test Certificate and Vehicle Registration Document for a D.O.T. Motorcycle manufactured in 1951, registration FVY 398.

D.O.T. Motorcycle MOT Certificate and Registration Form

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