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BMA to expand city's Water Taxi network
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/11/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has unveiled plans to renovate inner-city canals for tourism and improve water-based transport with an expanded Water Taxi service, supported by an on-demand mobile application set to launch by mid-December.
Bangkok krathong collection down 24% from last year
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 06/11/2025
» City Hall workers collected 391,027 krathong floats from local waterways after Wednesday night’s Loy Krathong festival, a decrease of 24% from last year.
'Safe' Loy Krathong eyed
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/10/2025
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has introduced strict safety measures for the Loy Krathong Festival next month, while expanding low-emission zones to tackle rising PM2.5 pollution during the cool season.
SRT to merge Light Red Line extensions
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 30/07/2024
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) plans to merge two extended sections of the Light Red Line mass transit project to address the problem of overlapping areas and reduce project costs.
Cabinet to review Red Line upgrade
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/03/2024
» The Transport Ministry will ask the cabinet to approve its proposals to further expand the State Railway of Thailand's (SRT) Red Line electric commuter rail network, says Transport Deputy Minister Surapong Piyachote.
City collects 640k floats after festival
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/11/2023
» Almost 640,000 krathongs, most of which were made from natural materials, were collected from Bangkok's waterways after Monday's Loy Krathong festival.
Big clean up after festival, 3,000 digital krathong floated
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/11/2023
» Almost 640,000 krathong, nearly all made from natural material, were collected from Bangkok waterways after Monday’s Loy Krathong festival, when more than 3,000 digital krathongs were also floated in Klong Ong Ang.
Suvarnabhumi's solar rooftop initiative takes off
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 11/08/2023
» The Airports of Thailand (AoT) has installed solar rooftop panelling on Suvarnabhumi Airport's passenger terminal, with more to come in a bid to have clean energy provide 20% of the airport's electricity within the next two years.
More krathong floated in Bangkok than last year
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/11/2022
» The number of krathong floated in Bangkok during the festival on Tuesday night was up 42% on last year, City Hall reported on Wednesday.
Scenic waterway to get makeover
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/06/2021
» Since the end of 2020, Klong Phadung Krung Kasem has seen a number of improvements, in particular the introduction of electric passenger boats along the Thewet Market Pier to Hua Lamphong Pier stretch.