Transport
Find out what support you can get to help with transport costs and bills. This includes bus and light rail travel, car registration and driver licence renewals.
Bus and light rail travel
Discounted or free bus and light rail travel
If you have an eligible concession card, you can get free or discounted travel on public buses and light rail.
Find out how to get concession fares on buses and light rail.
Help paying for a taxi if you cannot use public transport
If you have a disability that means you cannot use public transport, you could get help from the ACT Taxi Subsidy Scheme. The scheme can help you pay for a taxi for essential activities.
Check if you can apply for the Taxi Subsidy Scheme.
Help to get around your local area
If you do not have transport and cannot use public buses, you may be able to use the Community Bus Service. Buses run from Monday to Friday, and you can get picked up and dropped off.
Check if you can use Community Bus Service.
Free bus and light rail travel for people with low vision
If you have a Vision Impaired Travel Pass, you and your attendant can travel for free on public buses and light rail.
Apply for a Vision Impaired Travel Pass.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bus service
You can book the free Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bus service to connect with your community. The bus runs from Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Find out how to book the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bus service.
Help to get to your local medical and shopping centres with a wheelchair accessible minibus
If you find public buses hard to use because you have trouble moving, you could use the Flexible Bus Service. The bus service is wheelchair accessible. It can help you get from your home to your local hospital, medical or shopping centre.
Check if you can use the Flexible Bus Service.
Getting to school
Free school bus travel
If your child has an eligible concession card, they may be eligible for free school bus travel through the Student Transport Program.
Check if your child can get free school bus travel.
Free school bus for students with disability
If your child has a NDIS plan, you can’t drive them and they are unable to use public transport, they may be able to get Special Needs Transport to their ACT public school.
Check if your child can get Special Needs Transport.
Car registration
Discounts on car registration for some concession card holders
You can get a discount on your registration if you have an eligible concession card.
Check if you can get a discount on your car registration.
Driver licence
Get a 30% discount on your driver licence for safe driving
You can get a 30% discount on your licence renewal for safe driving over the past 5 years.
Check if you can get a safe driving discount on your driver licence renewal.
Get a discount on your driver licence for concession card holders
You can get a discount when you renew your licence if you have a Pensioner Concession Card.
Check what discount you can get on your driver licence.
Other cost-of-living support
Cost-of-living support for: