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BTS National StadiumLast Saturday at BTS National Stadium, I took a field survey to observe any updates of a brand-new skywalk connected to MBK, which was still under construction. As I observed, there was no accessible lift from the platform floor to floor ticket, only escalator at opposite side of MBK. Disabled passengers, especially wheelchair users, would have to face troubles getting off the station. They inevitably needed to deploy by escalator which required at least 3-4 staffs to help. This movement on this way could cause from slight injury into risk of serious accident.

It’s quite weird that although we have laws and regulations regarding with standard of accessible facilities, few of them has successfully happened. Today we attended the conference on behalf of many, as Accessibility Is Freedom whom we provide social contributions to raise the awareness and virtue of public mind, and as T4A whom we have common goals in actualizing an inclusive accessibility on public transportations.

Central Festival Pattaya Beach   Last Saturday I had a plan with my friends here so I took this opportunity to survey its priority parking, as you might know I always held the principle of time optimization, lol. It had been 2 years since the last time that my video clip went viral powerfully as well as having a chance to address this serious issue to its management team face-to-face. Let’s see some changes!

Young Gen Meet UpLast Saturday, I had a lecture at Redemptorist Vocational School for People with Disabilities, in Pattaya. These young students had been studying in Information Systems Development area for two years and they were about to graduate. They’re going to split out and walk on their own ways. And I was there to inspired them.

The MRT Purple line is on servicing for over a year now. Unfortunately, its elevator access has already been installed just a half of the total. There are still 32 elevators to go which each costs around 10 million baht. So, the remaining elevators’ total expense will be around 320 million baht comparatively to the total construction cost of the whole project which is around 60,000 million baht, accounts just 0.5% approximately. This number is compelling to the World Bank’s research as quote “Research has demonstrated that the cost of accessibility is generally less than 1% of total construction costs; …

Saturday, 13 August, 2016 It was my first time to go testing a ride on MRT Purple line after its official launch on 6 August 2016. I always get in touch with its construction and progress for two years. Now it is such good news to know that has been opened already. So I don’t waste myself a minute to go see it at first hand. Survey from Afternoon-Evening: Park & ride building – Khlong Bang Phai station Testing stair lift – Bang Plu station Testing stair lift, checking a connected skywalk between MRT Bang Son – SRT Bang Son …

Seacon Sri-na-ka-rinIt’s been for a while I didn’t get back to this place. Today I got a chance to visit again for having a meal as well as checking on how priority parking now would look like.

Fashion Island A well-known and leading shopping mall in Ram-in-thra area. However, previously, this mall was just like any others that had poor design and accessibility on priority parking. They didn’t comply the regulations on how priority parking should be nicely provided. Service quality that needed improvement. It occurred just around this time a year ago. So we rushed to give them some pieces of advice and tried to engage in practical processes. Surprisingly, within a month, everything was wholly transformed to the better. The speed they changed was impressively fast.

13 July 2016 Accessibility Is Freedom was attending a meeting with the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEP) regarding accessible facilities, held by Mr. Maitri Intasood, Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, as President, and Mr. Somchai Chalernaumnuysook, Director-General of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, as Vice President, as well as the management team from the provision of accessible infrastructure and environment for PWDs.

On 29 June, 2016 Accessibility Is Freedom, as a representative of “Transportation For All community”, had addressed our serious concern on the accessibility problems on BTS and MRT, as well as feasible solutions in our perspective, to the National Human Rights Commission.