Thread: City Hall Fails to Make BTS Accessible 2 Years After Court Ruling

Sasiwan Mokkhasen
Khao Sod English

BANGKOK — City Hall has offered yet another vague deadline after the last passed for it to comply with a court order and retrofit its BTS Skytrain stations with elevators.

A year after the court’s deadline came and went without results, project developer Seri Construction said Monday it had no definite date for completing the work but “hoped” to see some of the stations open in the coming months.

Neither Seri nor the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has taken responsibility for failing to install elevators from the street to the platform level at 23 stations after the courts ruled on the part of disabled activists in January 2015.

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Wheelchair rally to file lawsuit over BTS accessibility

Sasiwan Mokkhasen
Khao Sod English

BANGKOK — Some had no legs and propelled themselves along. Some were paralyzed and pushed by companions. A few zipped along under electric power.

All shared a purpose Friday morning when, by the dozens, wheelchair-bound citizens converged on the Civil Court on Ratchada Road to file a class-action lawsuit one year after it failed satisfy a court order to make its popular commuter rail service accessible.

“It’s not about winning or losing; we’re aiming for social impact,” said Theerayuth Sukonthavit, the leader of disabled activist rights group Transportation for All. “Last time everyone thought we’d won, but in reality, we still cannot use the BTS.”


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Wonder what percentage of the budget went awol