We asked people how would you improve Sheffield
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00:00 Q. How would you like to improve Sheffield?
00:02 I'd like to improve Sheffield by the preservation of its historic buildings.
00:07 A lot of historic buildings have been demolished due to the heart of the city and new projects.
00:14 So I'd like the remaining Victorian and Georgian buildings to stay standing and be reused and re-vene...
00:21 re-vene...
00:22 renovated into community... community space.
00:27 Q. Please, how you would improve Sheffield?
00:30 I think bring things... big things back into the city like John Lewis.
00:34 I mean, I think it was a mistake for him to leave and it's a pity they did, but that's gone.
00:41 But hopefully when the changes are done it will attract people back in the centre
00:45 because it all seems a bit lost for a city that we were forced to give to the country.
00:50 Q. Tell me how you would improve Sheffield?
00:53 My greatest disappointment with many cities, and Sheffield's included in that, is the lack of infrastructure for cyclists.
00:59 I'm a keen cyclist and I just think we need to attract more cyclists into our cities.
01:03 And you go to other cities and people... I went to Liverpool recently and there's a fantastic cycling infrastructure.
01:09 The cars are very respectful, the space is independent space and I just think it would attract more people.
01:14 And I think I live in Dennington, we get more people from Dennington, we get more people from Rotherham, more people from Barnsley,
01:19 more people from other areas and I just think a little bit more thought to cyclists and build this infrastructure and people will come.
01:26 The shops will benefit, the economy will benefit and the whole space will benefit from just putting those arteries in so there'll be no cycling to town.
01:37 Q. How would you like to see Sheffield improved?
01:41 Make it more pedestrianised, I think, and more bus links.
01:49 At the moment, you don't know where to catch a bus, it's all changing and I've not been in town for a while so I'm going to catch a bus to the bottom of the moor.
01:58 I'm getting a bit lazy today but I don't know where to catch one from because they've all changed.