YEP letters: December 7

In today's selection of your letters and comments it's all about our city's transport system with a potted history of transport in Leeds and more of your Facebook comments on the station proposals,

Let’s get moving faster this time

Mike O’Halloran, via Facebook

White Rose is a complete no brainer. A station should have been a requirement of building the shopping centre there. The line is right next to it!

The airport needs a proper link too.

But why are we only talking about these things now?

These discussions should have been years ago and construction started already. Ditto with the tram system we’re never going to get!

Chronicle of failure on city transport

rom: Tony Young, Cross Bank, Skipton.

ONCE again we read that motorists will face over £2bn bill for jams by 2025’, which highlights the determination of Leeds City Council to keep their heads firmly in the sand. It is now well known that Leeds is the largest urban area in Europe without a transit system. What is perhaps less well known is how many times it has failed to get one:

1945: Tram tunnels under city centre planned by Leeds City Engineer and Transport Manager, an excellent project but not implemented.

1953: Three single deck prototype trams for subways enter service, but tram tunnel plans already scrapped.

1959: Last Leeds trams, system abandoned, including miles of segregated tracks (later accepted as a huge mistake).

1965: ‘Fastaway’ bus rapid transit introduced. Failed to attract car users and services so withdrawn.