For those without private transport especially the elderly and infirm that means no local amenities.
Alan Gray, who heads the Parks Board, owns private transport and rescue companies which have contracts with the board.
That's why many top-tier villas come with phalanxes of personnel and also offer private transport -- via luxury car, boat or helicopter -- to zip guests anyplace they desire.
Transport Minister Stephen Hammond said the Department for Transport remained committed to the use of private finance in transport projects "where it provides value for money and fits with our timetables for planned investment".
Another potential beneficiary and advocate of private-sector transport is Robert Bigelow, a wealthy entrepreneur who founded a hotel chain called Budget Suites of America.
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Now Constellation is cancelled, the plan's third part is to encourage private firms to provide transport to and from the space station.
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Further south, Chile has granted concessions to private investors to upgrade its transport systems.
The country's booming middle-class have virtually seceded from public services - they avoid government hospitals and public transport, hire private security and run private generators for their electricity - and the poor bear the brunt of the miserable services.
Green MSP Patrick Harvie said the new bridge was "the most expensive SNP press release in history" and warned Scotland would end up with two bridges for private cars, when the transport minister of the day was forced by angry motorists to open the old bridge to more than just public transport.
Several thousand cameras, many provided by private companies, will now cover transport hubs like Grand Central Station, Penn Station and Times Square.
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But a quick review of transport statistics shows that private planes do not use the airports at which the greatest delays are suffered.
Nasa wants eventually to put astronaut transport in the hands of the private sector, too.
Nasa's aim is eventually to put astronaut transport in the hands of the private sector too.
Earlier this year the board applied to the secretary of state for transport for the authority to introduce private capital.
Railways Minister Sheng Guangzu sidesteps questions from The Beijing News about rumours surrounding a merger of the railway and transport ministries, but says more private investment is needed to help ease his ministry's massive debts from building high-speed railways.
The companies defended the choice of transport, saying their chief executives use private jets rather than commercial airlines for safety reasons.
Some armed police were deployed in cities and hundreds of staff from the private security firm G4S are guarding bank branches and helping to transport money.
Some armed police have been deployed in cities and hundreds of staff from the private security firm G4S are guarding bank branches and helping to transport money.
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The risks and burdens of developing transport to low Earth orbit will thus fall to the private sector.
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Private running of roads, railways and ports has begun to cut transport costs.
Mr McCormick was due back in court and was being transferred by private security firm Reliance, which took over the contract for the transport of offenders last week.
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Please note that Wembley Stadium is a public transport destination and fans are advised not to travel by private cars as there are limited car parking facilities at the stadium.
Private investment, particularly in oil and gas but also in telecoms, transport and, soon, in power distribution, is beginning to reshape the economy.
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Although many infrastructure projects are being placed in private hands, the government is pushing through reform bills designed to safeguard transport, telecoms and water services.
During his time in Parliament, he served as the parliamentary private secretary to three ministers before being appointed as a junior minister for transport in London in 1992.
Hugh Sharp, an economic-policy adviser to Sheffield council, argues that provincial cities should instead try to replicate some of the things that make London tick by, for example, improving international transport links, or creating partnerships between local government and the private sector.
It gives state-owned companies a dominant role in oil, mining, electricity, transport and telecommunications, reflecting the government's mistrust of the private sector.
Private commuter minibuses, known as "daladalas", are the main mode of transport in Dar es Salaam, one of the world's fastest-growing cities.
Its "Promoting Sustainable Transport Solutions for East African Cities" project aims to reduce growth in private motor vehicles, thus reducing traffic congestion and greenhouse-gas emissions.
There are currently 11 private prisons in the UK managed by companies including Serco, which also runs court transport services, and GSL, which built the GCHQ headquarters in Cheltenham.
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