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Bangkok Bike Map joins the digital age
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 22/07/2016
» After releasing the Bangkok Bike Map in 2012, which chartered Bangkok's inner ring roads surveyed by volunteer cyclists, the conservation group Green World Foundation is now launching a digital version as a mobile application. The app, titled "Punmuang", will be available for download in both Thai and English starting tomorrow. The app is compatible with both iOS and Android devices.
Using man to save nature
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 28/10/2015
» It is hard to imagine that Suan Pa Ket Nom Klao -- 75 rai of forest in Bang Krachao -- is so close and accessible from the centre of Bangkok. Just a few minutes ferry ride from the pier at Klong Toey, visitors find themselves in leafy orchards and among a web of small canals.
The rocky road to development
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/09/2015
» One Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's many ideas is the "New Bangkok Landmark", in the form of a 14km-long bicycle way that would, if launched, be built along the Chao Phraya. This caused some panic attacks among local architects. After the idea was thrown around earlier in the year, prominent Thai architects voiced their disagreement and suggested that at least the design -- an expressway-like structure built into the water along the river bank -- be revised, if not abandoned altogether. The cost of the project is said to be around 14 billion baht.