‘There’s a business in Bury where workers sleep in the staff room because there’s no night buses’

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is on an 11-stop roadshow in Manchester, aiming to improve England’s public transport system. She highlights the need for better integration to address issues like lack of night-time public transport, which forces workers to sleep at their workplace. Alexander emphasizes the importance of putting people first in designing transport networks, gathering ideas from various stakeholders to create an Integrated National Transport Strategy later this year, with a focus on local delivery and improving connectivity to enhance opportunities and quality of life nationwide.

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