Commuting to Salford? Share a car

Some food for thought for well-travelled BBC North boss Peter Salmon. A poll says the public thinks BBC staff should save money commuting from London to the Beeb's new headquarters in Salford by car-sharing or by the corporation laying on minibuses. Not a bad idea with the Beeb trying to save £670m a year and the cost of rail tickets from the capital to Manchester costing about £140. Of those polled, 37% said the corporation should run a regular bus service between London and Manchester and a third said employees should share car journeys. Monkey can't see many celebrity guests booked for the soon-to-be relocated BBC Breakfast programme taking up those options. The survey by lift-sharing website BlablaCar.com also asked people what they thought of the decision to relocate a big chunk of the BBC to Salford. A fifth said the move is a complete waste of money, compared with 19% who thought it would be cost effective. Of more concern to the Beeb might be that of the 2,000 people polled, 43% "had no opinion". They are obviously not Daily Mail readers.