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Flood resilience a national imperative
Oped, Srinivasa Popuri and Kotchakorn Voraakhom, Published on 18/12/2025
» The twin cyclones Senyar and Ditwah that struck South and Southeast Asia in November caused unprecedented flooding across the region, with Thailand among the most severely affected.
Bangkok's clean streets, empty souls
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 10/11/2025
» Banthat Thong used to be a neighbourhood, not a concept. You could live here and find everything: restaurants, bookstores, hardware shops, clinics, banks -- even a place to have your shirts made. It was one of those streets where life unfolded upstairs and business happened downstairs. Today, it is something else entirely.
New road safety shock
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/06/2025
» A new report on deaths among footpath users is shocking and unacceptable.
Unsafe label a wake-up call
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/07/2024
» The latest report on Bangkok being named the 30th most dangerous city in the world for tourists should be a wake-up call for policymakers to put more effort and resources into improving the safety and conditions in the capital -- instead of just running promotional campaigns and events.
Pavements must be safe
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/05/2024
» About two weeks ago, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) launched a project to upgrade the city's footpaths. The plan is to start the work along 16 routes which bisect the city's busiest areas, before improving some 1,000 kilometres of pavements across the city.
Mean streets of the capital
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/04/2023
» The recent death of a pedestrian in Bangkok who was knocked down on a zebra crossing illustrates this country's severe lack of road safety.
Lethal speedways
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/02/2023
» Re: "Vendors decry BMA push to clean up pavements", (BP, Feb 6).
Chuvit's crusade
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/02/2023
» Re: "Cops red-faced as scandals rock force", & "Whistleblowers expose misconduct", (BP, Feb 13).
Road safety tackled wrong
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/09/2022
» The Royal Thai Police are making the right move by increasing the penalties for traffic law violators.
Mexico's cart ban marks generic shift
Oped, Aldo Solano Rojas, Published on 25/06/2022
» In April, the government of Mexico City's central Cuauhtémoc alcaldía, or borough, mandated that all its rótulos -- the hand-painted signs decorating street vendors' kiosks -- be erased.