The problem with this alternative solution is it assumes you have a choice: either drive or use public transport. Many people in Bangkok don’t have that choice. Where they live, there’s no public transportation (or no good public transportation). As a result, you simply can’t ask those people to drive less. Here, we’ve listed why people are still dependant on their cars and what is currently being done to address that. Hopefully, it will inspire greater efforts to make Bangkok less reliant on cars so that this month’s Car Free Day is not just be a blip in a never-ending stream of traffic jams.
Problem #1:
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