By now, we have a rough idea what Bangkok's public transport might look like by 2020. The other big question mark lingers over the introduction of a "common card" covering all transport networks, with the Mangmoom card tentatively set to go on trial this August.
With the new MRT purple line between Khlong Bang Phai-Tao Poon set to open this year, we look at what developments we can realistically expect from public transport by 2020 (fingers crossed).
The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) handed Bangkok’s disabled citizens a victory in January when they ordered the installation of working lifts at all 23 BTS Skytrain stations. Here, BK talks to Suporntum Mongkolsawadi, the 47-year-old figurehead of a group behind the campaign to improve disabled access to public transport.
After trying to encourage people to stop using their car on Bangkok Car-Free Day for years, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will this year take the logical step and close down a road for real--and even throw in a flea market, too.