Transportation is a critical issue in general elections due to its impact on the economy, environment and social equality.
But sorting out the region’s transport links will be a huge and difficult task.
Danny McTague, from Manchester, is among the many people who got in touch with the via Your Voice, Your Vote to tell us that transport is the most important issue for them in this election.
He called for public transport to be nationalised as did Ian Barber, 66, who is also from Manchester.
Tom, 33, from Greater Manchester, said if Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds were joined via a fast railway line “it would do a huge amount to improve outcomes here” and Georgia Ellis, 28, of Cheshire, said improving trains and transport was important to her.
Meanwhile, David Berry, 71, from Lancashire, raised potholes on the region’s roads as an important issue. “It doesn’t seem to matter anymore to all political parties that the roads are those of a third world country,” he said.
