The Public Transit Alliance of BC is a newly formed province-wide coalition representing British Columbians who want better transit. We represent a diverse collection of organizations from across the province, including community organizations, transit riders, and labour, environment, climate, health, youth, people with disabilities, seniors, and rural advocates. These organizations have many years of experience advocating for better public transit.
Groups working to build the alliance:
These are the groups who have been working to establish the alliance while our formal membership process is still underway.
Want to join us?
Any group of three or more people who agree with our Founding Statement may apply to be a member of the Public Transit Alliance of BC. Membership is free.
Individuals and volunteers can become non-voting Associate Members.
Founding statement
The Public Transit Alliance of BC is a province-wide coalition including transit riders, and community, labour, environmental, climate, health, youth, seniors, accessibility, and rural advocacy organizations. Together, we have many years of experience advocating for better public transit.
We call for a securely-funded, provincially interconnected system of high quality, low-carbon public transit that is frequent, reliable, accessible, and affordable, enabling everyone, including non-drivers, to get to work, school, college, health care, or other activities.
We respect the leading role that First Nations are playing as they work to achieve improved public transit within their territories. As rights holders with inherent and constitutionally protected rights to self-determination, they need inclusion at every stage as public transit infrastructure is advanced, including free, prior, and informed consent.
We will build our alliance and work collaboratively with other groups to advocate to all levels of government for better public transit services. As an organization, we are politically non-partisan.
JEDI Statement – Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
We value the strength that diversity brings, and the importance of building a diverse, inclusive Alliance. We seek to include and uplift those who bring a diversity of racial and ethnic identity, gender, age, religion, culture, experience, ability, and sexual orientation, and who have been historically under-represented or who have suffered historic injustices, including Indigenous peoples, people of colour, low-income families, and other historically marginalized groups.
All members of the Alliance agree to treat each other with kindness and respect.
We seek to build a culture of kindness and humanity among ourselves and with everyone we engage with, a culture that is inclusive, which nurtures respect for our diverse backgrounds, welcomes intersectional differences, and recognizes that other organizations may have different internal cultures and expectations. We will collaborate constructively to achieve our goals, inviting curiosity and questions. We understand the privileges some of us have, and the need to see things through a “two eyed” Indigenous approach – both western and Indigenous.
