• OPINION

  Trials and tribulations of Bangkok taxis

  News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 20/03/2017

  » The cab driver pressed on the accelerator, driving fast and furiously until I felt enough was enough; I ordered him to pull over, gave him the fare and stepped out of the car. Picking up a local passenger like me from a shopping mall on Sukhumvit Road is not a way for him to make much money. I bet he drove straight back along the same road to pick up tourists.

• OPINION

  Old cars aren't the problem on city streets

  Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/10/2013

  » There is an old southern Chinese saying which goes along these lines: "When one’s stomach is full, he or she has nothing to do and, therefore, starts looking for trouble."

• OPINION

  Come clean on Mor Chit

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/11/2020

  » Last week, a group of residents in Soi Vibhavadi 5 staged a protest against the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration for a land appropriation bid that will swallow their houses and property near the Skytrain depot, formerly the Mor Chit bus terminal, in order to accommodate an elevated road construction project. The residents vowed to take the agency to the Administrative Court.

• OPINION

  Bus hub move can halt terminal decline

  Life, Pattramon Sukprasert, Published on 10/07/2015

  » The Ministry of Transport recently decided to move the bus terminal for Thailand's Northern and Northeastern bus routes, currently at Mor Chit, out of town to the Rangsit area. The relocation of the bus hub is expected to be complete within the next two years.

• OPINION

  Chadchart needs more time on the job

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/09/2022

  » Bangkok governor Chadchart Sitttipunt has come under fire from critics over failing to solve flood problems in the capital after it was lashed with heavy rain last Tuesday night.

• OPINION

  Bow Bells rang out but not the accents

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/04/2022

  » Firstly, a belated follow-up featuring the cockney accent from an American reader who wanted to meet a real cockney when he was in London a few years ago. Aware of the traditional definition of a cockney being "someone born within the sound of Bow Bells", he made a special effort to visit St Mary-le-Bow church, the source of the bells.

• OPINION

  BTS bid must bring benefit

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/11/2020

  » Transparency and public interest must be a priority when the government decides whether or not it will extend Bangkok Mass Transit System’s (BTSC) concession for the skytrain’s Green Line. Last week, the cabinet withheld its approval to extend BTSC’s concession for 30 more years, as proposed by Interior Minister, Anupong Paojinda, following strong opposition from the Transport Ministry.

• OPINION

  Give public train deal say

  News, Editorial, Published on 31/10/2019

  » The Interior Ministry's plan to table a 40-year train concession extension for BTS Group Holdings before the economic cabinet on Friday is likely to hit snag as a House panel has said it will veto the move.

• OPINION

  New transport minister taking wrong road

  News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 16/08/2019

  » Just a few weeks into his new job, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob already seems one of the hardest-working figures in cabinet, and maybe also the favourite -- at least among business operators.

• OPINION

  Not just one culprit in bus crash horror

  News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/03/2018

  » It seems the 18 holiday-makers who were killed on Wednesday night when a double-decker bus crashed in Nakhon Ratchasima were victims of careless driving.

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