I fail to see who would benefit from a park-and-ride at Patcham.

It would not benefit the 36 per cent of Brighton and Hove households who already travel around the town without a car unless, perhaps, Brighton and Hove City Council thinks we enjoy watching half empty park-and-ride buses sail past us at the bus stop.

It would not benefit the allotment holders who have put years of commitment and energy into cultivating the soil.

Working an allotment is an important way for many urban people to feel connected to the land.

It is a tradition allotment holders often pass on to their children and grandchildren.

Destroying allotments breaks the connection and undermines that tradition.

Clearly it would not benefit the residents of the six homes which would be demolished, nor their neighbours, who would suffer an enormous increase in traffic and noise outside their homes.

If it is intended to discourage visitors from surrounding areas from bringing their cars into the centre of town, surely this could be better achieved by subsidising real public transport services in those areas.

How does the council propose to ensure that the town centre parking spaces released by the park-and-ride are not immediately filled by local residents or visitors from the east or west?

Unless they can guarantee this, the park-and-ride will have no noticeable effect on town centre congestion at all.

More than a third of Brighton and Hove households already refrain from clogging up the streets with parked cars and traffic.

Why should our council taxes be used to provide more incentives and freebies for car drivers, rather than improved public transport services for everybody?

-Dani Ahrens, Brighton