Thread: Bangkok seeks measures to alleviate impact of truck ban

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), has announced details of a plan to reduce the PM2.5 dust particle problem in the city, involving a prohibition on trucks accessing some areas and specific times of entry.


Wirat Manassanitwong, acting director of the Environment Department of the BMA has announced that the plan to keep trucks out is being considered by the Royal Thai Police. It will be enforced when the Traffic Police Division decides to give it the go-ahead.


And in order to mitigate the burden on truck companies that comes with the solution as outlined, the BMA will discuss with related sectors appropriate spots to be designated ’rest areas’ for trucks of 6-wheels and more, because these trucks will have to wait before being allowed into the city at a specific time.


However, according to reports conducted in 2018 by the Pollution Control Department and Asia Insitute of Technology, 72.5% of PM2.5 is sourced from vehicle engine combustion, divided into 28% from trucks, 21% from pick-up trucks, 10% from cars, 7% from buses, 5% from motorcycles and 1.5% from vans. Other PM2.5 sources are 17% from Industrial factories, 5% from burning in an open area, and 5.5% from other causes.


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So, there you have it, the police determine public policy in Thailand's capital.

No wonder the country is such a mess of incoherent maladministration, inefficiency, pollution and filth.

Sounds like the creation of another revenue stream for the cops!

Plan to ban 10-wheel trucks from Bangkok streets shelved

A proposal to prohibit trucks with more than 10 wheels from running in Bangkok areas, in a bid to reduce PM2.5 air pollution, will be postponed indefinitely to avoid causing an impact on the industrial and transportation sectors.


The Metropolitan Police Bureau had earlier proposed to implement the rule from December 1-28.


“The police have discussed with related agencies, including the Department of Industrial Promotion, Pollution Control Department, the Thai Chamber of Commerce and the Public Transport Association, and agreed to postpone the rule indefinitely,” Deputy National Police chief Pol General Damrongsak Kittipraphas said on Thursday.“The members at the meeting were concerned that the rule could obstruct the operation of the industrial and transportation sectors that are starting to recover from the economic contraction,” he said. “Therefore, the related agencies promised to study the issue thoroughly as well as explore other options to prevent and reduce PM2.5 air pollution in Bangkok.” Damrongsak added that from December 1, police nationwide would more stringently inspect and enforce the law against large vehicles that emit black smoke and are one of the causes of the air pollution problem.



Plan to ban 10-wheel trucks from Bangkok streets shelved