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Government Traffic and Transport Policies and Practises

Laws, and policies set out by the Government for Transport related issues.

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Queensland

Queensland Transport: Our commitment to the environment

This section of the Queensland Transport website provides links to information and initiatives by the Government on transport related issues such as environmentally sustainable transport, Aircare (a vehicle emissions action plan), Queensland Transport's environmental management system (EMS) and measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Queensland.

http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/General_information/
Environment/

National

Australian Transport Council

This website is about the Australian Transport Council (ATC) which is made up of ministers from the Commonwealth, State, Territory and New Zealand. The ATC provides a forum for which to provide advice to governments on the co-ordination and integration of all transport and road policy issues so that an efficient, safe, sustainable, accessible and competitive transport system is achieved.

http://www.atcouncil.gov.au/about_us/about_us.aspx

International

Climate Change and Transport

This section of the UK Department of Transport website provides information on impacts transport has on the environment, the government transport policies and links to sites with information on how people individually can reduce the environmental impacts of their transport choices.

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/sustainable/climatechange/
climatechangeandtransport

Environmentally Sustainable Transport

This section of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) website provides information on the Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) project and guidelines taking into consideration economic, social and long-term environmental issues. The EST is a framework for governments to set goals, objectives, targets or standards and initiate actions towards sustainable transportation. Further links to statistics and relevant publications are also available on this website.

http://www.oecd.org/document/58/0,2340,en_2649_34363_
2346490_1_1_1_1,00.html