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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Blue Mountains Sustainable Transport Alliance
- Hartley Highway Action Group.
- Better Services for a Better State, organised by Unions NSW.
Public policy-making organisations
The Sydney Morning Herald's inquiry
The Sydney public transport information service
Examples of public transport information
Possible innovations for public transport
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