PTCBR is a volunteer organisation – everything we do is through the efforts of our members. If you’re interested in better public transport in Canberra, get involved!
Connect with like-minded people
Lots of Canberrans care about public transport and related topics like active transport, planning, and accessibility, and PTCBR helps those people to connect in-person and online.
In our Facebook group we discuss public transport issues in the Canberra region and also further afield – everyone’s welcome to join and participate.
We run monthly meet-ups at cafes and bars all over Canberra – this is a great opportunity to meet new people, make new connections, and possibly even meet an MLA or other special guest.
Talk to your friends and family, write to your MLA, share our social media posts. It all makes a difference!
Become a member of an advocacy organisation
By becoming a member, you’ll not only be financially supporting PTCBR, you can also be part of deciding what public transport issues we should focus our efforts on, elect our Committee, and help set the priorities of the Association. You’ll also get invited to special members’ events!
Give feedback
Feedback works, and the ACT Government wants to hear from you – even if it might not always feel like that. If you have a public transport issue you’d like to bring to PTCBR’s attention, please reach out. We use your comments and observations to inform our advocacy to the ACT Government.
You can also raise issues with the ACT Government, particularly if they are small, discrete issues which can be addressed easily. They can’t fix what they don’t know about! Key ways to give feedback:
- Fix My Street is a great place to report damage to paths, lighting and bus shelters.
- Transport Canberra has a complaints/feedback form, which is particularly useful for issues about bus and light rail services such as missed stops, a faulty bus or concerns about a driver.
- Write to your MLA. In a small community like Canberra, our politicians can be really useful in getting your issue the attention it deserves.
Try to be as specific as you can be regarding time, place and the issue you’re concerned about.
Supporting the PTCBR committee
If you want to do more, we’re always looking for people to help us with:
- Writing and formatting submissions: a lot of our work comes from our submissions to the ACT Government. You might want to give us some information to help inform our submission, or try your hand at writing your own.
- Research and data analysis: we keep on top of trends in public transport, look back at public transport history and keenly monitor transport data from the ACT Government.
- Writing articles, news releases and newsletters: we need people who can help us get the word out about what we do. If graphic or web design is your thing, even better!
- Organising member events: our member events are a lot of fun, but they’re also a lot of work!
- General administration: we have accounts to manage, websites to maintain, and inboxes to oversee.
- Anything else: do you have an idea to promote public transport in Canberra, and want to make it happen? Maybe it’s making a video or a podcast. Maybe you want to draw a map, or make an app. If you’ve got the skills and energy, we can try help you get it out there.
If this sounds like something you’d like to be part of, let us know. We’d love to hear from you!