A modern, effective transport system is integral in a city, but how does Liverpool's stand up? Whilst the City Region's Combined Authority is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to create a London-style integrated transport network, we wanted to know how you feel about the current state?
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00:00£500 million has been spent to introduce a brand new fleet of publicly-owned, state-of-the-art
00:06trains to the Mersey Rail network, replacing the older fleet that has served the region
00:11since the late 1970s.
00:14Buses are the backbone of our public transport system, with 80% of all public transport journeys
00:20locally being made by bus.
00:22Since devolution, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has been working to create
00:27a London-style transport network.
00:29But how do the public feel about the current state of public transport in the region?
00:37I use the public transport, the buses, the trains mostly, but I find that the buses in
00:43Liverpool are not very good.
00:45I see more buses going round the city centre with not-in-service on, and that's a big hit
00:51for me, I must say.
00:53I usually take the bus into town.
00:55It's very reliable, but sometimes when it has the bus strike, that's a real pain, especially
01:00when you get to commute somewhere, because I remember a few years back, that was a real
01:03trouble for me, because I was just starting out my travels, and when they were on strike,
01:08I really felt like I was a stuck duck, if you know what I mean.
01:11Buses are pretty well on.
01:12I'm up from the north end, so they're pretty good, very good, actually.
01:17It's got my mum.
01:19And whatever happened to the electric buses that we've got?
01:22We've paid millions of pounds for these buses, and you never see them on the roads.
01:26I've seen about two in the last couple of weeks, where's the rest?
01:30If it's one of those, you've got to consider the bus pass as well, for those who are on
01:33benefits, because it's just like, people can't really afford that kind of like price if it's
01:37on a deal basis, especially on a budget, you know what I mean?
01:40The trains, over the holiday, and this bit of snow, it's been disgusting.
01:45Just stopping the trains, when do you like?
01:48Because there are people trying to get to work, because of these trains and the buses,
01:52it's absolutely rubbish.
01:54And this mail we've got, you never hear from him.