{"id":1058,"date":"2006-08-07T14:08:01","date_gmt":"2006-08-07T18:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2006-08-08T03:15:37","modified_gmt":"2006-08-08T07:15:37","slug":"turning-turnstiles-into-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/08\/07\/turning-turnstiles-into-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning turnstiles into energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/th_images\/ticket_gates.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>From our soon-to-be transit correspondent Craig Cal<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>This is the type of progressive thinking the TTC and the City of Toronto badly needs.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jreast.co.jp\/e\/\">East Japan Railway company<\/a> (JR EAST) has a fantastic Research &#038; Development centre dedicated to achieving five goals: safety and stability improvement, convenience and comfort improvement, promotion of reduction in costs, contributions to the global environment, and new developments for stations.<\/p>\n<p>One of their many interesting research initiatives is a ticket gate which contains <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piezoelectricity\">piezo elements<\/a> under the floor, producing electricity as people walk through it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153When combined with high-efficiency storage systems, the ticket gate generators can serve as a clean source of supplementary power for the train stations. Busy train stations will be able to accumulate a relatively large amount of energy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While the actual amount of energy that can be produced is still under going research, the sheer inventiveness of the idea has to be admired. In a city addicted to energy and rife with pollution, I feel that the TTC has a responsibility to set and strive for high environmental standards. This is just one of the many overlooked aspects of our public transit system that deserves attention.<\/p>\n<p>Since we are talking about ticket gates, let me use this opportunity to share one of my pet peeves. Bad design of any sort is the reoccurring theme of my pet peeves, and this is one of the TTC&#8217;s many indiscretions.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever seen a ticket booth with a line-up of 15 people, waiting for 1 person to buy their bus tickets, ask for directions or get change? It burns me every time I see it. I guess it&#8217;s the designer in me dying for some type of solution. Some people take matters into their own hands and push themselves through regardless of what&#8217;s going on at the booth. Something must be done. Perhaps the TTC could dispense bus tickets through the red token machine? Perhaps they could install computers near the booth solely for trip planning usage? Any suggestions?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Craig Cal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/th_images\/ticket_gates.jpg\">Treehugger<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From our soon-to-be transit correspondent Craig Cal &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; This is the type of progressive thinking the TTC and the City of Toronto badly needs. 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