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BMA urged to build its own motorcycle ride-hailing app
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 19/07/2024
» A city council member has asked the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to develop a new application for calling motorcycle taxis to ensure safety and reasonable fares for passengers.
Electric Bangkok boat taxis to launch in July
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/06/2024
» An on-demand electric boat taxi service developed by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is due to begin operating in July, around the time the BMA looks set to launch the city-wide expansion of its app-based motorcycle taxi-hailing service, Krung Thep Thanakom Co (KT), the BMA’s business arm, revealed on Sunday.
Arrival zone at Mo Chit 2 set to close
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 19/02/2024
» The arrival area at Bangkok Bus Terminal (Chatuchak), also known as Mo Chit 2, will be closed from March 1, in an effort to improve passenger safety and prevent illegal motorcycle taxis from preying on travellers.
Keeping lives on track
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/07/2023
» Chao Kerdaree sits on a bench between two rail tracks, facing a row of shanty houses. Soon his family and another 100 more will be forcibly evicted from their Bun Romsai community built along a one-kilometre rail track in Phaya Thai district.
Fines, bans mulled for pavement riding
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/10/2019
» Motorcycle taxi drivers who repeatedly ride on pavements could have their uniforms confiscated for up to three years, under a proposal being considered by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
The peril on Thai pavements
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/08/2019
» A video clip of a Japanese woman blocking motorcycles from riding on the pavement has once again reminded society about the state of Thailand's shared public spaces.
Never-ending pavement repair irks city residents
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/06/2019
» Known for their wobbly surfaces and surplus of potholes -- not to mention seemingly endless reconstruction -- footpaths in Bangkok have always been on the receiving end of criticism and ridicule.
Pier-ing into the future of the Chao Phraya River
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/06/2018
» Property development is transforming land near the Chao Phraya River but one thing remains unchanged: A series of decrepit piers that lie along it.
Clearing the path to a walkable city
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/05/2018
» Bangkok's pavements are notoriously filthy, bumpy and riddled with obstacles such as potholes, food carts and unused phone booths. It is hard to imagine walking along the city's streets with ease.
One dead, 2 hurt as tree falls, hits poles
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/05/2017
» A woman was killed and two people were injured when power poles toppled by a fallen tree crashed onto three motorcycles on Bangkok's Chidlom Road yesterday morning.