It is unfortunate Mike Weatherley, prospective Conservative parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion, has no real understanding of how traffic works.

Bicycles - we have two useful valleys, London and Lewes Roads, for cycle routes.

If he thinks that as an established city we have no room for cycle lanes, then perhaps we have no room for cars.

Buses - how would he enforce only car share cars in bus lanes?

It is necessary to protect bus lanes for buses (taxis and emergency vehicles), so that buses can run on time, are cheaper to run and give a better deal to bus passengers in order to attract people out of their cars.

Park and ride - what makes Mike think park and ride will make a difference to traffic in Brighton?

This could only be the case if the same number of car parking spaces in the city centre was removed as was provided on park and ride sites.

Monorail - who is going to provide the funding?

Underground car parks - extra car parking spaces in underground car parks will just generate more traffic. Does Mike realise that to construct an underground car park costs about £10,000 per space?

New building planning - the more car parking spaces in new developments, the more traffic, and therefore more congestion and pollution.

Stop the war on motorists - there isn't a war on motorists, there is a war on congestion and pollution.

I hope The Argus will ask someone who really understands effective solutions to our traffic problems to write a half page on the subject.

-Selma Montford, Hon secretary, The Brighton Society, Brighton