SNOW-CHOKED ROADS through the winter and the resulting potholes. Record fuel prices. Congested cities. You'd have thought motoring might have been one of the key points of the election, but the impact of the recession - and how we deal with the ￡160 billion debt it has caused - meant it barely got a mention. Of the 14 policy headings on the Labour website, transport didn't feature at all. Unfortunately, it's not likely to be a top priority for the new Government, either. With the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition trying to trim ￡6bn from public spending this year, don't expect bold new strategies to change how we get from A to B.
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