[sustran] Re: Bangkok Transit System ('Skytrain')

[Naziaty Yaacob]

Sorry Paul. I am using the sustran-discuss, but could you contact me as
soon as possible.
Thank you.
NAZY

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	SUSTRAN Resource Centre [SMTP:sustran at po.jaring.my]
	Sent:	Monday, November 22, 1999 3:47 PM
	To:	sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org
	Subject:	[sustran] Re: Bangkok Transit System
('Skytrain')

	At 14:53 22/11/99 +0800, Alok Jain wrote:
	>Surprised to hear that "Park & ride" is considered impractical
and
	>unfeasible in Bangkok because of "high cost of land and
parking". In Hong
	>Kong, where the land and cost of parking is much dearer (I
think this is
	>undisputed) Government is actively pushing for Park-n-ride as a
means to
	>reduce urban congestion. 

	I think that the explanation may be that the new mass transit
system in
	Bangkok currently does not extend beyond the inner area of the
city which
	is densely built up.  There is also a danger that by putting
park n' ride
	in such dense, mixed land-use locations could possible even
reduce
	ridership by reducing the amount of human activity in the
vicinity of
	stations. I imagine that Park and ride in Hong Kong would only
be in the
	outer New Town areas (please correct me if I am wrong). 

	Paul

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