It seems that the BMA have finally woken up, smelled the fumes belching from all those new cars and realized that more roads might not be the best solution to the city’s transport woes. That and the fact the whole of the city seems to be sinking fast and is more prone to flooding. They’re now looking at ways to reinvigorate Bangkok’s much neglected and pretty stinky waterways, setting up a pilot project at five communities along three main canals—Khlong Saen Saeb, Khlong Prawet Burirom and Khlong Bang Kapi. The idea is to offer financial support to the communities in return for improving the neighbourhoods and water transport in their areas. That’s not all they’re doing, either; over in Min Buri district there will be 14 more commuter piers added next month, while Khlong Phasi Charoen, Khlong Chak Phra, Khlong Bangkok Noi and Khlong Bangkok Yai will all be promoted as tourist routes. In the longer term the aim is to expand the transport network to cover a total of 28 canals by 2032, but as global warming will surely have kicked in by then we’ll likely all be living on boats anyway.