Our councillors still don’t get it – parking permits and the 20mph limit are most definitely NOT popular.

Regarding parking permits, the Greens constantly quote “popular demand”, but they themselves have created the demand where none existed before through parking displacement. Even when the majority of residents vote against these extensions in so-called “consultation exercises”, they appear to be ignored and the minority in favour are quoted instead.

And, of course, millions more is made in tax, where none existed before.

The same applies when “consulting” over the 20mph limit.

Will we, the taxpayers, yet again be forced to pay for this impractical and unnecessary waste of time and money?

The lower limit is unenforceable, fuel-consuming, polluting, widely ignored and hugely unpopular. Yet still the Greens quote “popular demand”.

Once these measures are active, they tend to become set in stone, when they should actually be rolled back.

There is a huge groundswell of anti-Green sentiment building up among city voters, mostly over traffic and parking matters.

I anticipate that there will be a large turnout from ordinary voters at the next local elections – anything to get them out.

The Greens are crowing over a reduction in the city of a mere 2,865 cars, openly claiming this is because of their measures.

Yet there is still a colossal number of 93,446 cars in Brighton and Hove, not including trade vehicles, which are owned and driven by voters.

If one multiplies car ownership alone by at least two, to include passengers (ie, family members), this proves how popular car ownership really is. It must cover the majority of our population.

The main parties would do well to take note of these figures.

If they don’t readily acknowledge this popular and often necessary demand for personal transport, they don’t deserve to be elected.

Nigel Davis, Hollingdean Terrace, Brighton