Action for Public Transport (N.S.W.)

Kindred organisations and journals, especially around Sydney

• Eco-Transit Sydney, Post Office Box 630, Milson's Point 1565.
• Western Sydney Public Transport Users.
• Southern Highlands Rail Users Group (SHRUG).
• Community Action for Sustainable Transport operating around Brisbane.
• RAIL Back On Track is a web-based community group that advocates for sustainable transport solutions mainly rail and advocates strongly for rail commuters, and at times other public transport commuters, especially in Queensland.
• Open the Road, pressing for opening of a road connecting Woronora Heights with Woronora, which would permit greatly improved bus services west and south of Sutherland.
• Save Our Sydney Ferries, set up by Maritime Union of Australia.
• Rate My Trip, a forum for passengers set up by Sushilogic Systems.
• Save Our Rail NSW Inc., pressing for retention and improvement of the railway between Broadmeadow and Newcastle.
• Link-Up, 5th floor, 362 Kent Street, Sydney.
• STEP Inc. (formerly South Turramurra Environment Protection), which opposes the proposed F3-M2 road link.
• Total Environment Centre, 2nd floor, 362 Kent Street, Sydney.
• The Rail Now campaign for the western suburbs.
• Get-Up's transport campaign, one of many under their Fix Australia banner.
• Victoria Transport Policy Institute - Todd Litman's base in British Columbia
• Friends of the Northern Railway, who are yet again fighting to save railway services to Armidale.
• Two more trains for Singleton (see http://www.singletonargus.com.au/news/local/news/general/petition-to-push-for-passenger-trains/1235438.aspx) - phone 6572-4841 or email ppdav@optusnet.com.au.
• Rail Action Bathurst, who want improved passenger services.
• Trains on Our Tracks, who are campaigning for a new rail service between Casino and Murwillumbah and who would also like the XPT service restored. Also see http://www.tweedrail.org.au/.
• Railway Technical Society of Australasia
• Tourism and Transport Forum, the peak industry group for the tourism, transport and infrastructure sectors.
• http://www.urbantripper.org.au/, intended to encourage young Victorians to use public transport.
• Smog Busters
• The peripatetic Nick Possum of Werrong Investigations, who has a particular proficiency in probing the corruption that pervades transport infrastructure
• Urban Environment Coalition
• Public Transport Users' Association, Melbourne. Their site has an interesting section dedicated to refuting myths and misconceptions in public transport.
• IMPACT - Independent Melbourne Partners Against Congested Transport
• Public Transport for Me Too, Melbourne
• Sustainable Transport Coalition of Western Australia of Western Australia
• People for Public Transport (S.A.) Inc.
• Transit Australia magazine.
• Australasian Railway Association.
• Australian Railway Digest, which sometimes publishes articles about metropolitan transport.
• Light Rail Now (U.S.A.)
• Surface Transportation Policy Project (U.S.A.)
• National Association of Railroad Passengers (U.S.A.)
• NYPIRG's Straphangers' Campaign
• American Public Transit Association
• Passenger Focus - UK rail passenger watchdog
• Campaign for Better Transport (U.K.).
• European Passengers' Federation
• Pro-Bahn - public transport passengers in Germany
• Friends of the Earth, London
• SUSTRAN Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific.
• Transport 2000, London. Also see http://www.sardineman.org.uk/, campaigning for better train journeys.
• Transport 2000 Canada, Ottawa.
• The Center for Transportation Excellence, a non-partisan policy research center created to serve the needs of communities and transportation organizations nationwide. The purpose of the center and its website is to provide research materials, strategies and other forms of support on the benefits of public transportation.
• Transit Users' Group, Vancouver
• Rocket Riders transit advocacy Toronto
• Association of Transit Consumers, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
• Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (U.S.A.).
• Canadians for Reliable and Safe Highways.
• Some transport-related links
• Energy section of the World Resources Institute site.
• Residents Against Polluting Stacks (RAPS) who oppose motorway exhaust stacks discharging huge amounts of polluted air over nearby residents
• Discourage unsafe speeding on local streets.
• Bicycle New South Wales.
• Bike Sydney.
• Critical Mass - a bicycle users' group who ride around inner suburbs on the last Friday evening of each month.
• The Marrickville Tunnel Action Group.
• Pedestrian Council of Australia.
• Railserve's links to various pages about Australian passenger rail services.
• Australasian Bus and Coach - bus news.
• http://www.transporttextbook.com/ - public tranport analysis and discussion.
• Blackheath Highway Action Group.
• Blue Mountains Commuters and Transport Users Association.
• Save Our Buses - Mt Druitt and Surrounding Areas
• Liverpool Transport Taskforce Group
• Bankstown Transport Group
• Baulkham Hills Group
• South Penrith Residents Action Group
• Oatlands/North Parramatta Group
• Hills Transport Working Group, pressing for integrated transport solutions for North Western Sydney.
• Blue Mountains Sustainable Transport Alliance
• Hartley Highway Action Group.
• Better Services for a Better State, organised by Unions NSW.
• The Bus It Challenge, pressing for better public transport services around Hobart.
• The Public Transition, following on from Bus It Challenge (above) but with a national focus.
• Perth Light Rail. A broad coalition of Perth's leading environmental, educational and industry organisations have come together to advance a light rail plan for Perth, as well as an overall improvement to Perth's public transport network.
• ACT Light Rail - campaigning for trams in Canberra
• Future Transport Tasmania, lobbying for better public transport and rail infrastructure in Tasmania.
• Sydney Alliance, forging the future of Sydney's common good. Includes a transport arm.

Public policy-making organisations

• NSW Ministry of Transport
• Sydney Metro corporation
• Proposed Bus Networks, the community consultation website for NSW bus services. Denotes regions by their numbers only - if you need help, see this map.
• Travelsmart incorporating the Commonwealth government and all state governments except Tasmania and NSW.
• Commonwealth Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics
• New MetroRail, which is responsible for doubling Perth's rail network - 15 new stations, and 163 kilometres of new track
• The National Transport Commission, which replaced the National Road Transport Commission in February 2004.
• The Public Transport Ticketing Corporation, who are presumably taking up where Tcard left off.
• The NSW Independent Transport Safety and Reliability Regulator
• Cowra council's page on reviving the Blayney-Cowra-Demondrille railway.

The Sydney Morning Herald's inquiry

• http://www.transportpublicinquiry.com.au/

The Sydney public transport information service

• 131500

Examples of public transport information

• Laborotech who have installed the Nomad system in Adelaide. Nomad makes suitably-featured mobile phones able to download and hold timetables for participating transport services.
• http://www.bristollegiblecity.info
• How to get to Bondi Beach

Possible innovations for public transport

• Austrans - ultra-light rail
• SUSTRACO - ultra-light rail
• Jarrett Walker's Human Transit blog. He is a public transit planning consultant.

Peak Oil pages

• Sydney-based peak oil site.
• Also see References on oil depletion.

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