People on the street: Is pollution a big problem in Manchester?

We went out onto the streets of Manchester to ask people on the street about pollution and air quality, and what the city was doing to combat it.

Transcript

00:00Hello and welcome to Manchester World. My name is Theo Hewson-Berts and today I'm out in Manchester

00:03asking people about air quality and pollution and that's because in this city and in this region

00:07there's been a big push to get people to walk and cycle around the city centre rather than use cars

00:12to try and improve the air quality. We want to know if people have noticed some kind of difference

00:16whether they're worried about pollution here in the city and what areas they think are worst for

00:21that. Definitely worried about pollution both globally, country-wide and elsewhere city-wide.

00:27I'm from here but I live in London. I'll tell you London stinks. Manchester smells way way better

00:34than London but from what I can see and I do work in the transport industry what Andy's doing to the

00:43you know B network integrated transport network you know Tram's expanding has to happen. I know in like

00:50the bus fare a cap of two pounds probably encourages people to use buses rather than cars which was

00:56good. I think all in all the cities probably doing some things I'd like to see them do more.