THERE is sometimes flawed thinking about transport schemes, particularly public transport: you need the demand to invest in infrastructure but you need that infrastructure to create demand.

It is essentially poppycock from transport mandarins looking to wriggle out of putting money into schemes, instead hoping people will feel guilty enough to do something to cut congestion.

The public only embrace change to their travelling habits when it is made as easy, convenient and inexpensive as possible for them.

So the announcement yesterday of a big jump in electric car charging points should be a huge incentive for more people to switch.

These vehicles are the future, but many drivers rightly worry about what happens if your electric car runs out of power in some remote corner.

By next year there should be about 110 points within the city and 100 further afield in the county.

And that should mean electric cars will become more than a quiet oddity cruising our streets in future.