Editing Harold Wilson (section)

====Transport====
The Travel Concessions Act 1964, one of the first Acts passed by the First Wilson Government, provided concessions to all pensioners travelling on buses operated by municipal transport authorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/10th-november-1967/98/two-pronged-fare-concessions-bid|title=Two-pronged fare-concessions bid|work=commercialmotor.com|access-date=15 January 2019|archive-date=10 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910102145/http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/10th-november-1967/98/two-pronged-fare-concessions-bid|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Transport Act 1968]] established the principle of government grants for transport authorities if uneconomic passenger services were justified on social grounds. A [[National Freight Corporation]] was also established to provide integrated rail freight and road services. Public expenditure on roads steadily increased and stricter safety precautions were introduced, such as the [[breathalyser]] test for [[drunken driving]],<ref name="ReferenceB"/> under the 1967 Road Traffic Act.<ref name="ReferenceN"/> The Transport Act gave a much needed financial boost to [[British Rail]], treating them like they were a company which had become bankrupt but could now, under new management, carry on debt-free. The act also established a national freight corporation and introduced government [[rail subsidies]] for passenger transport on the same basis as existing subsidies for roads to enable local authorities to improve public transport in their areas.<ref name="ReferenceN"/>

The road-building programme was also expanded, with capital expenditure increased to 8% of GDP, "the highest level achieved by any post-war government".<ref name="labour1">''Ten Years of New Labour'', edited by Matt Beech and Simon Lee.</ref> Central government expenditure on roads went up from £125 million in 1963/64 to £225 million in 1967/68, while a number of [[road safety]] regulations were introduced, covering [[seat belt]]s, lorry drivers' hours, car and lorry standards, and an experimental 70 mile per hour speed limit. In Scotland, spending on [[trunk road]]s went up from £6.8 million in 1963/64 to £15.5 million in 1966/67, while in Wales, spending on Welsh roads went up from £21.2 million in 1963/64 to £31.4 million in 1966/67.<ref name="Labour 1968"/>