Henry Law is right as far as a tramway on the seafront is concerned (Letters, November 26) but has he thought through the implications of running trams along Western Road, which is where most people want to go?

Even in the relatively traffic-free days of the early 20th Century, Brighton Corporation did not run its trams there as it was adequately served by the buses of Thomas Tilling Ltd (later Brighton, Hove and District).

To do so today would mean a total ban on all other traffic, so where would the buses go? And how would the shops receive their deliveries?

There is a need to move large number of passengers rapidly along the major corridors and a light rail system could be the answer.

However, this would not be able to stop outside the shops but would need to run underground in the central areas of the city.

The Croydon system has been constructed over former Railtrack formations but a small part in the centre of the town does traverse the roads.

Unfortunately, there have already been two fatalities and this should serve as a warning to other authorities who may contemplate laying tracks in the roadway.

The old trams were not as hazardous as they were comparatively slow, noisy and stopped frequently.

The modern light rail vehicles (they are not really trams) are fast and quiet and only stop at stations.

-Peter Bailey, Brighton