Bangkok Governor plans new policy to discourage car use

Sukhumbhand yesterday told a brainstorming session that one of the solutions to the traffic problems was to prevent people from buying cars if they did not have any parking space.
“We may also have to collect tolls from vehicles heading into Bangkok’s central business districts,” he added.
He said these measures were designed to discourage the use of private cars.
“We have to encourage the use of public transport. In doing so, we have to do much more than developing efficient public-transport systems. We will have change commuters’ behaviour and lifestyle too,” he pointed out.
At present, commuters make 17 million trips a day in Bangkok. The number of cars in the capital is at about 8 millions.
It is estimated that the number of trips will reach 22 million and the number of cars will soar to 10 million by 2029.