Traffic Management

The Parking and Traffic Appeals Service (PATAS) was established by The Road Traffic Act 1991 and provides the administrative support to the Parking Adjudicators and since 2003 the Road User Charging Adjudicators. The service continues to provide this support under the Traffic Management Act 2004. The Parking Adjudicators consider appeals against Penalty Charge Notices issued by the London local authorities.

Traffic Watch Northern Ireland is a website managed by Roads Service Traffic Information and Control Centre. It is a one-stop site for viewing road works in Northern Ireland and current traffic management related issues.

Roads Service is responsible for: 367 off street car parks with 31,240 spaces, and 1 multi-storey car park containing 840 spaces. In Belfast, there are approximately 1,300 on street metered parking spaces. This web site gives dtails of car park locations and tariff details for towns and cities throughout Northern Ireland

This document is a guide for the Disabled Persons Badge Parking Scheme in Northern Ireland for people with certain disabilities (the Blue Badge Scheme ). The scheme is designed to allow people with a walking disability to park on-street, close to the facilities and services they need so as to improve their lifestyle, independence and freedom of choice.

The Inclusive Mobility and Transport Advisory Committee (Imtac) is a committee of disabled people and older people, as well as others including key transport professionals. Their role is to advise Government and others in Northern Ireland on issues that affect the mobility of older people and disabled people. Their aim to ensure that disabled people and older people have the same opportunities as everyone else to travel when and where they want.

This web site demonstrates how Disability Action in Northern Ireland works to ensure that people with disabilities attain their full rights as citizens, by supporting inclusion, influencing Government policy and changing attitudes in partnership with disabled people.

The Northern Ireland Roads Service Motorway Control Leaflet details use of Traffic Control Signals, Electronic Message signs, Traffic & Travel Information, Motorway Control systems, and the operation of the Traffic Information and Control Centre.

This web site provides a useful link to road activity in Ireland. It contains links to such things as press releases on new roads opened, road scheme activity, network management, PPP, publications, and access to road weather system.