WHAT a very sensible letter Ms Brook wrote in the Citizen (July 6).

If either 'relief' road is built it will take years to complete and if only drivers would take her advice and cut down on unnecessary journeys a lot of congestion could be avoided.

Of course public transport should be improved, and people encouraged to use it. And of course more children should walk to school. That would also improve the health of the nation enormously.

Mothers don't realise that driving their children to school is itself adding to the dangers on the road. They don't need to give up their cars - just use them less.

I live near the canal low path and recall that 10 years ago there were plenty of children walking to Central High School along there - today there was just one.

Lilian Cadoux, Lancaster.