Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority
{{Short description|Local transport authority in Greater Manchester, England}}
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The Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA) was a local government institution responsible for the strategic direction of passenger transport in Greater Manchester. It existed from 1969 to 1974 as the SELNEC Passenger Transport Authority and was then replaced by Greater Manchester County Council. It was created again in 1986 as the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority. It was renamed in 2008 as the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority. Policy of the authority was delivered by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive. It was replaced by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority in 2011.
Reconstitution in 1986
The passenger transport authority was reconstituted by the Local Government Act 1985 in 1986 to replace the Greater Manchester County Council which was abolished. Its membership was made up of appointed councillors from the councils in Greater Manchester, based on population: Bolton 3, Bury 2, Manchester 5, Oldham 3, Rochdale 2, Salford 3, Stockport 3, Tameside 3, Trafford 3, and Wigan 3.{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/51/pdfs/ukpga_19850051_en.pdf |title= Local government act |date=1985 |website=www.legislation.gov.uk |format=PDF|access-date=2020-11-18}}
Reform and replacement
The Local Transport Act 2008 reconstituted it as the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority.
The integrated transport authority was replaced by Transport for Greater Manchester in 2011, which is accountable to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/908/contents/made|title=The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011}}
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{{succession box| before=Various other | title=SELNEC public transport authority | years=1969–1974 | after=Greater Manchester County Council}}
{{succession box| before=Greater Manchester County Council | title=Greater Manchester public transport authority | years=1986–2011 | after=Greater Manchester Combined Authority}}
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Category:Local government in Greater Manchester
Category:Transport in Greater Manchester
Category:2011 disestablishments in England
Category:1986 establishments in England