BMA calls on people to stop driving
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is calling on residents to use their personal cars less often and utilise the public transport system instead.
It is reported that since April 30, there are some 7 million cars registered in Bangkok – a number that is 4.4 times beyond the city’s road capacity for 1.6 million vehicles.
Kraisak Choonhavan, chairman of the Governor of Bangkok Advisors, told the media yesterday that the “Bangkok Car Free Day 2012” campaign will be held at Lumpini Park on September 23 from 8am to 3pm. The event’s highlight will be a 10,000-bicycle parade representing the Thai national flag on the Rama VIII bridge.
Since the infrastructure in Bangkok is not sufficient, it is important to get full cooperation from people to cut down their personal car usage and opt for public transport, walking or riding a bicycle instead. He said that the number of cars in the capital had been rising by 5 per cent or 240,000 cars per year over the past decade and this year alone, as of August, there were already 670,000 additional cars.
