Transportation authority
Government agency responsible for transportation-related matters
A transportation authority or transportation agency is a government agency which regulates, manages, or administers transportation-related matters,[1][2] such as roads, transportation infrastructure, traffic management, or traffic code.
Transportation authorities go by a number of names, such as "department of transportation" or "ministry of transport", among others. They often manage other government agencies that oversee specific fields of transportation, such as civil aviation authorities, highway authorities, logistics regulators, rail transport regulators, maritime transport regulators, and transportation safety boards.
Some transportation authorities, such as Greater Vancouver's Translink, have the power to impose excise taxes (fuel taxes) on gasoline, diesel fuel, and other motor fuels.
In North America, the term "transportation authority" is often used to refer to public transport agencies operating buses and rapid transit in metropolitan areas, otherwise referred to as transit districts or passenger transport executives. Examples of such public transport authorities (or public transit authorities) include the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and the Toronto Area Transportation Operating Authority.
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- Passenger rail terminology
- Airport rail link
- Cable car
- Commuter rail
- Circle route
- Cross-city route
- Elevated railway
- Funicular
- Heavy rail
- Heritage railway
- High-speed rail
- Higher-speed rail
- Horsecar
- Inter-city rail
- Interurban
- Light rail
- Maglev Train
- Medium-capacity rail system
- Monorail
- Narrow-gauge railway
- People mover
- Platform screen doors
- Railbus
- Metro/Rapid Transit
- Regional rail
- Street running
- Suspension railway
- Tram
- Tram-train
for hire
transport
and fares
- Automated fare collection
- Bus advertising
- Contract of carriage
- Dead mileage
- Exit fare
- Fare avoidance
- Fare capping
- Fare evasion
- Farebox recovery ratio
- Free public transport
- Free travel pass
- Integrated ticketing
- Manual fare collection
- Money train
- Paid area
- Penalty fare
- Proof-of-payment
- Reduced fare program
- Smart cards (CIPURSE, Calypso)
- Ticket machine
- Transfer
- Transit pass
- Circle route
- Cross-city route
- Network length
- Non-revenue track
- Radial route
- Transport network
- Bus bunching
- Clock-face scheduling
- Headway
- Night (owl) service
- On-time performance
- Public transport timetable
- Short turn
and signage
- Boarding
- Bus rapid transit creep
- Crush load
- Destination sign
- Dwell time
- Hail and ride
- Land transport
- Outline of transport
- Passenger load factor
- Public good
- Request stop
- Service
- Sustainable transport
- Timing point
- Transit map
- Transport economics
- Micromobility
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