Youre not taking into account the many many people like myself who dont actually work in stafford but have to drive through it twice a day. Its easy to say bike to work but a very very small percentage of people living in stafford actually work in the town centre or within a mile if it.
Thats utter bull poo. Where i work most people live in Stafford. I have a friend who drives from Stone Road to work at college, another who drives from Castlefields to the Hospital, aoother who drives from Walton to the hospital, another who drives from Sandon Road to Astonfields (a journey that is 400m's or less by foot), another who drives from Parkside to Astonfields. I could go on and on and on. The only way to reduce road congestion is to remove traffic from the road. This addiction to the car is both selfish and self defeating, you're all causing your own problems, and enough roads will never be built. If you dont like sitting in traffic get out of your car and do something about it. If you really do travel too far to walk/cycle then unlucky - blame the local people who don't need to drive but selfishly choose to.
Interestingly I have another friends who works in Telford and is desperate to get the bus but the bus company seen to fail to understand that commuters don't want to go on a grand tour of the villages of Staffordshire & Shropshire on there way to work. I mean, how difficult would it be have a certain number of buses on routes like Stafford to Stone then Hanley or Stafford, Newport, Telford that only stopped in a few main places, maybe call them the 101X or 481X, routes specifically designed to go point to point?
Whilst I think there is an onus on the individual to be part of the solution to their traffic issues, I also feel strongly that there should be far greater done by Councils (PROPER cycle routes and priorities for pedestrians/cyclists), and public transport providers to provide certain services for commuters that are direct, reliable and quick.
One thing is certain, sitting in your cars and moaning about the traffic is not going to get you anywhere, in theory or in practice,