[sustran] Re: Information on 'Bike Taxi'

[Jonathan E. D. Richmond]

Hung, I agree with you entirely that the poor are ignored when it comes to
self-righteous pronouncements on the transport they use. The car is
allowed to dominate, and little done to facilitate the efficient
and safe operation of services such as private vans and motorbike taxis
which have much to offer. I have been trying to impress these points on my
students here at AIT, and I personally use local transport just as much as
possible, even though I was advised by one of my Thai students not to let
on that I arrive at appointments with government officials by bus: "you
will be regarded as completely low," she said, her lip pursed with
contempt!

                                                        --Jonathan

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