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PM praises Yellow Line construction
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 20/06/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he was pleased with the collaboration of all agencies involved in building the Yellow Line monorail, which began its free-to-use trial run this month.
New rail links to ease jams
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/01/2021
» Hopes are high that this year, Bangkok will see a reduction in traffic congestion and improvements in air quality, as several mass transit systems under construction for the past few years are scheduled to begin limited trial operations.
Prayut says fares may be reduced on Green Line
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 17/12/2020
» Negotiations are under way to lower the fare on the Green Line, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Wednesday.
Green, Gold rail lines to open this week
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/12/2020
» The complete route of 59 stations on the Green Line and the Gold Line, which are connected and form a new electric rail link running through Bangkok, Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani, will open officially on Wednesday.
Monorail ushers in hope
News, Dumrongkiat Mala and Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/06/2020
» If anyone has visited Charoen Nakhon area in Thon Buri area recently, they might be surprised by the bumper-to-bumper traffic -- a situation rarely seen elsewhere during the Covid-19 pandemic. The congestion has been caused by the construction of the country's first monorail known as the Gold Line.
How about a social-digital solution to automation?
News, Nicholas Agar, Published on 06/03/2019
» Nowadays, one struggles to think of any jobs that will still be available for our children when they grow up. Panicked parents are increasingly trying to anticipate the next big digital thing, so that they can give their kids a leg-up over all the other humans whose jobs will soon be automated. Accountants and radiographers are already doomed, but surely the developers perfecting driverless cars or adding new features to Facebook are safe, right?
Driverless pickup almost kills kids
News, Published on 05/09/2018
» Panicking passengers, including children, were forced to jump from a moving pickup truck as it rolled across a road and into a canal on Sunday in Khon Kaen province after the female driver left the vehicle earlier to withdraw money from an ATM.
Innovation no fix for urban transport ills
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 03/07/2018
» Urban transportation is undergoing a revolution. Offerings such as Uber and Lyft, as well as car- and bike-sharing services are widely believed to reduce congestion and generally make urban dwellers more mobile; driverless cars are expected to provide further benefits. Yet the notion that these innovations always make things better is far from a given: The new services are a net good only if they complement traditional public transportation systems rather than compete with them.
Conventional system in need for revamp in digital age
News, Koichi Hamada, Published on 26/02/2018
» The Fourth Industrial Revolution stands out from its predecessors in a critical way: rather than making it easier for humans to use their surroundings more effectively for their own benefit, technology is displacing humans in the workplace. The question is who will benefit now.
The power of dialogue in a disrupted modern world
News, Klaus Schwab, Published on 20/02/2018
» Closing the divides in our fractured world will require collaboration among many stakeholders. And, more often than not, it is dialogue that sets cooperation apart from conflict, and progress from painful reversals of fortune.