Tag Archives: BTS

For a year and a half that I’ve jointly work with the “Transportation For All (T4A)” team to improved the public metro train system. Some of our T4A members have been working on the relate issue for more than 20 years. Here is a summary that represents a failure of the accessible facilities design on the rail system in Bangkok which will be implement within 6 years.

Strong Network is what I’m always paying attention for, specially friends from oversea. Some of their member are interesting and working on the accessibility since so long. They wanted to try out our Bangkok Train system, yes we’re on the same page. But it was not easy for a group of my new friends from Singapore to try out by them self. So I volunteered on the last day to send them back, travelling from Siam area to the Su-varn-na-phu-mi International Airport. We could also save some money too.

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.

  Accessible Toilet on the train station usually locked up … >>the reason is security. And how about the next one …Do you feel wonder? – – – Michael Yon’s post : https://web.facebook.com/MichaelYonFanPage/posts/10153443127090665

The following story was a conversation between me and the Deputy Bangkok Governor, Mr. Amorn Kitchawengkul. We’re been talking about the BTS Accessibility and human rights issue that, since last year, the Supreme Court ordered Bangkok Metro Administration and BTS, to complete enable full accessibility on BTS sky train system.

  Time line: 13 September 2007: The people with disability sued by using The Administrative Court to force BTS Sky Train prepared the basic of accessibility. 22 September 2009: The people with disability lost the case because on that time the accessibility Thai law have got any detail & description. The Reason of the the lawsuit: 1. While constructing BTS Sky Train, What is The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration have done for the disability person? >>They said “None” 2. Since the first constructing BTS Sky Train did they have the elevator and any accessibility supported? >>They said “Not from the beginning, …

It has already passed over 20 years that the disabled called to BTS for having the basic accessibility facilities. They were sued and lost, then they appealed to The Administrative Court. Tomorrow – We’re going to the court for the judgement. Will you join us?