ALTHOUGH some 52 per cent of residents favoured Option 3, the most costly solution in York's transport survey (Evening Press, July 5), this was just one of three fairly unimaginative solutions put forward. A city of the calibre of York deserves better.

The Minster remains in the top ten UK attractions at present - but how do we keep York there for the future? An innovative scheme is required, more so than Option 3, for which Government spending should be sought.

Why is our city treated as second rate when it comes to Government spending? The Government freely encourages spending on London, with hardly a day going by without us hearing of the Millennium Dome, the London Eye, The Millennium Bridge, the Tate and so on. The council should seek our fair share.

York has had a history of innovation and only an imaginative approach to the future will sustain its position in competition with other cities.

There is a danger that the Park & Ride schemes and further pedestrianisation could slowly kill the centre as well as despoiling the environment to allow buses to circulate freely.

What better, with York's tradition so bound up with the railway and accessibility on foot, than a discreet monorail - possibly overhead in parts - linking the Park & Rides with the centre and no doubt a halt at the National Railway Museum and other key locations.

Such a solution would be an attraction in itself; bring a focus to the Park & Ride sites and reduce traffic, including buses.

Paul Webster,

Galtres Grove,

Shipton Road, York.