I am sometimes amused by James Styring's contrived attempts to fill his column, but his quote of Dick Helling claiming that 2,500 buses per hour travel the High Street is beyond any credibility (November 14).

Just imagine, somebody actually thinks there are over 40 buses per minute, all day long, every day, travelling up and down The High! If I were James I'd be less concerned with supporting the owner of The Old Bank Hotel's anti-bus campaign, and more concerned with trying to get some objective facts.

KEITH DANCEY St Peters Road Upper Wolvercote Oxford