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Bangkok's car-free day is mere lip service
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/09/2018
» On Saturday morning, as city officials and invited guests were lining up to welcome Deputy Governor Sakoltee Phattiyakul who was due to officiate a city function, everything seemed to go as planned.
After dissing disabled, Skytrain must lift its game
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 14/03/2018
» Enough is enough, wheelchair-bound Manit Intharapim must have told himself before smashing the glass elevator door of a BTS lift at Asok station.
Old railway stations are slipping away
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 18/03/2017
» As Thailand is going ahead with its double-track train development plan, the first casualties of the development are the old railway stations across the country.
On your bike, deputy governor
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 16/12/2016
» So, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is to give up its plan to make the City of Angels a bit more liveable.
Cyclists fall prey to the BTS crush
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 22/02/2016
» Should cyclists and their two-wheelers be allowed to use the BTS skytrain? The question has been raised time and again by BTS passengers.
MRT checks give false sense of security
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 20/08/2015
» This is a pure coincidence. Less than a week before the horrendous bombing that killed 20 and injured more than 100 innocent people at the Erawan shrine on Monday, a friend posted a question on his Facebook page about the effectiveness of security checks on the city MRT underground train system. As any commuter knows, all passengers are asked to open their bags while security guards absentmindedly flash a torch into them. For stations with more than one guard, it's likely they chat with each other as they carry out the checks.
'Free riders' shouldn't spoil poor's travels
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 06/02/2015
» From now and for the next few months to come, certain officials at the Transport Ministry are supposed to busy themselves trying to find the real poor — or the criteria to identify them — as they are eligible for the free bus and train programme.
Disabled score win, but BTS should pay up
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 23/01/2015
» The Supreme Administrative Court's ruling on the installation of lifts at BTS Skytrain stations is indeed a victory for people with disabilities who have long fought for better access to public transportation.
Saphan Taksin takes a stroll into the future
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 21/06/2013
» When I learned of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's (BMA) plans to demolish the Saphan Taksin skytrain station, and replace it with a moving walkway linking the Taksin area to Surasak station, I got quite agitated.