We ask Leeds locals for their thoughts on the city's public transport
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00:00 What do you think of public transport in Leeds?
00:02 Currently shocking. I mainly use the train to get into work. It's northern. Trains are
00:11 constantly cancelled. They never put enough carriages on so sometimes you can't even get
00:16 on the trains when they do turn up. It's really poor service.
00:19 And if there's anything that would make public transport in Leeds better, what would that
00:23 be?
00:24 I think it would be to marginalise railways. Because that's a fundamental problem. It went
00:31 to pot as soon as it was privatised because the individual companies just don't care enough
00:34 about actually providing a service.
00:37 What do you think of public transport in Leeds?
00:39 Yeah, the trains are good but the buses are not.
00:43 What is it you don't like about the buses?
00:45 Just very congested. They get stuck in traffic. They take forever.
00:50 So in your opinion, what would make public transport in Leeds better?
00:54 A tram, like in Manchester.
00:57 So you're pro the new transport, the new tram system?
01:00 Yeah, it'd be great. Yeah, it'd be good for the city.
01:02 What do you think of public transport in Leeds?
01:06 Okay, so I don't use it because I live very near the town centre so I can walk everywhere
01:18 I like. So I really don't know. I know my workmates aren't so happy because they have
01:28 to wait for buses all the time and so on. So they are not so pleased.
01:35 Is there anything you think would make it better?
01:38 It should be cheaper. That is one thing. So that I can go and visit people that I don't
01:48 visit because it's sort of it's too expensive.