BMTA no longer in charge of bus operation
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The Cabinet Tuesday gave the Department of Land Transport the job of regulating the operation of public buses in Bangkok and its outskirts instead of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA).
This means that the BMTA will only be the operator, not regulator, of public buses. This new set up will not just make the bus operation process more efficient but will also ensure road safety, Kobsak Pootrakool, vice minister at the Office of Prime Minister, said.
He pointed out that the BMTA had so far not covered all routes, but had given the operation job in some routes to private bus firms, depending on requirements.
