Brighton and Hove does not need to make dramatic choices between cars, buses, taxis, bikes, trains or walking.

It needs to employ transport consultants and managers who are good at their jobs.

We do not have major traffic problems. It is quite wrong to generalise from serious congestion on some roads some days of the year.

No transport policy - however good - will solve, for example, Bank Holiday congestion. Only the abolition of Bank Holidays will do that.

And if nearly all buses are funnelled into Churchill Square, no transport policy is going to be able to stop them clogging themselves up. In many cities, the bus hub is located outside the main railway station - clearly something too sensible for us.

As Andrew Abaza (Letters, July 14) points out, the current council policy of deterring visitors poses a real threat to the city's economy.

It would not be difficult to reduce that threat in ways which would not inconvenience residents. For example, a serious city-wide reduction in double yellow lining could create many more parking spaces.

Many double yellows serve little or no purpose, as is shown by the fact a disabled badge allows you to park on them. A disabled person's car is no different to any other person's from the point of view of road safety. If it's safe for disabled drivers to do it, it's safe for everybody.

Likewise, in many parts of the city (look at Hove) Sunday parking restrictions serve no purpose related to traffic management. They are only in force to raise even more money.

But on Sundays, train and bus services are at their weakest and this is a day when even the most willing user of public transport will want to opt for the car instead.

Making Sundays a restriction-free day is an easy way to make the city just a bit more inviting.

-Trevor Pateman, Brighton