It's not exactly a secret that Leeds is the biggest urban area in Western Europe without a rapid mass transit system - or metro - to get people to surrounding towns and cities.
Plans for projects like the trolleybus have come and gone without success, as have Prime Ministers who promised to deliver the public transport Yorkshire's biggest city needs.
Political leaders in West Yorkshire hope this could finally be about to change and have submitted plans to government for a 21st century mass transit system connecting Leeds to Bradford, Halifax, Dewsbury and the rest of the county.
