HEARING VOICES: Bangkok Bus Reform Crashes

Not That We Care, But What Do You Think?

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The BMTA’s attempt to restructure its bus service—aimed at addressing financial losses and modernizing operations through partial privatization, route changes, fare hikes, and confusing bus renumbering—has instead left daily commuters and casual riders in chaos and confusion.

What do you think?

 

Anupong Sakulchai

Amina Sawasdi

Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Liaison

Dog Counselor

Prime Minister

“Reform complete: the buses are lost, the riders are lost, and the money’s lost.”

“Who would have guessed awarding a critical public service to the lowest bidder with incentives to cut costs and raise prices wouldn’t work out?”

“A bus got in the way of my motorcade.”

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