Your report concerning free travel for pensioners was illuminating (The Argus, October 11).

We have more organisations representing pensioners than any other local authority in the country: An elected older-people's council, a pensioners' forum, a pensioners' association, a 60-plus action group and many others.

Next year, we host an international conference celebrating age.

But how can we celebrate that in a city whose council only appears to pretend to care for the elderly?

The £1.5 million shortfall in paying for pensioners' free travel could easily come from the enormous revenue generated by all the local parking fees.

-T James, Brighton