Transport accounts for a quarter of UK carbon emissions. More traffic means more congestion, more air pollution, and more climate changing gases. The solution lies with greener, smarter alternatives to car use like buses, walking and cycling schemes to get kids to school. Pilot schemes in Darlington, Peterborough and Worcester have proven successful. They reduced car trips by almost 10 per cent, and increased walking and cycling trips by up to a fifth. Friends of the Earth is calling on government to roll out Smarter Travel Choices across the country. They will help reduce emissions and provide good value for money for taxpayers - helping to set us on the path to a low-carbon, prosperous future. Andy Atkins executive director Friends of the Earth NOTE: All letters must include a name and address. Write in to Readers' Letters, Worthing Herald series, Cannon House, Chatsworth Road, Worthing, BN11 1NA, or email the Herald. ------------------------------------- Click here for more readers' letters. Where are you? Add your pin to the Herald's international readers' map by clicking here. Email the Herald: letters@worthingherald.co.uk Click here for the Herald staff directory. Want to read this page in French, German, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Urdu or 48 other languages? click here for Google translate.