Tristán White wrote:
You work for them so perhaps you see more effort than I do.

But as far as the "punter" is concerned, and I represent that sector, all I
see is dotmatrix displays that say nothing but are switched permanently on
until some time in a few years time when they will actually be connected to
the computers (see previous posts), and the ridiculous situations like in
Canning Town, where an entire lift is on 24/7 going to Bow Creek with all
lights blazing, but no public allowed there (so it's not on for security
reasons - rather when Canning Town opened they had some grand idea of
providing an alternative exit to the wondrous splendours of views over the
river Lea that, errrm, never actually happened).

8 years on and still nothing. But even so, it's always on, ready, (but
inaccessible to Joe Public).

So you see a greener TfL. Well that's good. But it's a bit like Prince
Charles, jetting off in First Class (in fact, booking out the entire first
class for his entourage) to give a speech the other side of the pond on
environmental issues. Yeah (!)

Hmm... I still think your green wrath is somewhat misdirected. Of course
TfL isn't perfect on these matters, but then can you point me to an
organisation that is? Yes, the things that you point out may well be an
unnecessary waste of energy, but I'm sure they are very much offset by
the energy savings TfL makes in its offices - just turning the lights
off every night in TfL headquarters at Windsor House (an 18-storey
building for those not in the know) saves a considerable amount of
energy. This certainly isn't done everywhere, and I'm fairly certain you
can find other public sector organisations in London which waste a lot
more energy than TfL does. I'm not defending examples of energy wastage
at TfL, I'm just pointing out that a lift at Canning Town (which
presumably doesn't use that much energy because it's not going up and
down!) is very small fry.

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Dave Arquati
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London