[sustran] Pedestrian street in Bangkok

[Craig Townsend]

from The Nation online edition

Sundays without cars on Silom

Published on Oct 21, 2001

In less than a month's time, Bangkok, the City of Angels, will have its 
first permanent Sunday pedestrian street.

For the first time, all motor vehicles will be banned from noon to midnight 
on an 800-metre stretch of Silom Road in the city's main business district 
from Sala Daeng to Narathiwat Nakarin intersections.

Deputy premier Pitak Indaraviriyanun, the chief proponent of the Bangkok 
pedestrian-street programme, says Silom will be off limits to vehicles from 
November 18, with Khao San and Phra Arthit roads to follow suit as 
pedestrian streets shortly afterwards.

The scheme, drawn up by the National Energy Policy Office in cooperation 
with the city traffic, tourism and other authorities, will create social, 
economic, and environmental benefits for Bangkok residents as well as 
foreign visitors.

Full story at: 
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.arcview.php3?clid=2&id=50131&usrsess=1


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Craig Townsend
Institute for Sustainability & Technology Policy
Murdoch University
South Street, Murdoch
Perth, Western Australia 6150

tel: (61 8) 9360 6278
fax: (61 8) 9360 6421
email: townsend at central.murdoch.edu.au
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