Public Accessibility

Top 5 Cities Prioritizing Pedestrian Footpath for Convenience and Safety, Reducing the Importance of Car Use:

June 4, 2023 The Yellow Line BTS (Skytrain) has started its operation. I saw locals trying it out and having fun, so I decided to give it a try as well. However, I know what I’d like to see. I didn’t have much time, so I couldn’t explore the footpath below Hua Mak Station extensively. Based on my observation, “We have excellent footpaths that are convenient, safe, and of high standards!” — #BangkokActNOW

April 11, 2023 The ‘Esan Pattana’ network comprises the teams of Nong Bua Lam Phu FD, Udon Thani FD, Friends, and Accessibility Is Freedom participated in the opening ceremony of Phu-An Skywalk. The event was well-organized with live performances and a live catwalk show, which was highly commendable.

Just a few days ago, there was news about a wheelchair user killed in car crash while hauling his wheelchair on the street. I would like to discuss this incident from my experience. What is the cause? Obviously, the unaccommodating sidewalk leaves wheelchair users with no choice but to continue their way on the street.

This is the starting point for pavement improvements on Rama 1 Road. The ramp is connected to the road leading to the alley. Let’s take a look at the finished work without examining it in detail. Plus at this point, cars turn left and people want to walk across the road. no help to cross safely. I’m shock that everyone let the project go through easily.

Equal access to educational is a key to independent self-development and a major driving force in society and the country. During the last few years, we have been pushing work to promote equal access to educational. Surveying the facilities at Chulalongkorn University with undergraduate students, we have been running “ChulaWalk” projects together. And on the same time, the university executive board currently has policies and funding for improving the university’s environment.

Cohabiting, the orderliness of the country and the laws and enforcement Ultimately, the answer is on yourself Which one do you choose? 1. The Sidewalks, convenient, clean, safe. traders sell only places that do not interfere with traffic. 2. Let it be – like this, we’re all stay together…

A fellow friend of mine was recently hit a jackpot by having an (necessary) accident while he was about to step down from ill-built pedestrian cross bridge, making his rib broken severely. The district’s authority soon came to repair it, after the incident went viral. I was even more surprised by the quality of work repair. You can compare the before-and-after image. What an awful, careless job.

Our friends sent us this image and narrated a sad story that he had to bring her dad to the hospital but the parking wasn’t available. With conditions, she had to drop him off far away and let him walked to the hospital! Visiting the hospital is a basic human rights. Yet many of us still can’t have it due to poor footpath, an unrestricted street vendors, and many physical barriers in our city. Simply walking on a footpath in Bangkok, if not the whole Thailand, remains a challenging activity. There are problems everywhere, you name it.

I recently got this pic. The width of Bangkok’s pavement is next to nothing. While the Tokyo city built since 36 years ago and offers you very wide even a car can run on. An image is worth million words. This kind of scene has prevailed in Thai society for too long. Why didn’t we see much improvements at all? Why we’re still underdeveloped, and let this non-sense takes over our city and our life?