Sukhumbhand proposes car sale restriction
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Car buyers may have to produce evidence that they have parking space if a proposal recommended by Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra to tackle the capital's traffic woes goes ahead.
Sukhumbhand Wednesday told a brainstorming session that one of the solutions to the traffic problems was to prevent people from buying cars if they did not have any parking space.
“We may also have to collect tolls from vehicles heading into Bangkok’s central business districts,” he added.
He said these measures were designed to discourage the use of private cars among commuters.
“We have to encourage the use of public transport. In doing so, we have to do much more than developing efficient publictransport systems. We will have change commuters’ behaviours and lifestyle too,” he pointed out.
At present, commuters have made 17 million trips a day in Bangkok. The number of cars in the capital is at about eight millions.
It is estimated that the number of trips will reach 22 millions and the number of cars will soar to 10 million by 2029.
Sukhumbhand did not say whether or when he would proposed the measures to the government for approval.
