A healthcare worker administers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centrer set up at the Mall Bangkapi shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 14, 2021. - Bloomberg
BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Vaccination points will be set up at the Bang Sue Grand Station’s first floor and mezzanine from next Monday (May 24), Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob announced on Sunday (May 16).
He said vaccinations will be administered from 9am to 8pm daily and the aim is to inoculate more than 10,000 people.
“State officials, cabbies and motorbike taxi operators registered with the Transport Ministry will be inoculated first from May 24 to 31, before members of the public can walk in for their jab from June until the end of this year, ” he said.
Trams out, buses in for thrifty Phuket
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published : 15 May 2021 at 09:00
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Phuket has swapped its planned tram system for an automated rapid transit (ART) bus system and saved 15 billion baht in the process.
The Transport Ministry says the chosen system will be ready nine months earlier and cheaper for passengers to use.
Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said a meeting to discuss public transport plans for Phuket had agreed on two options.
The first option would see the new bus system built before the Kathu-Patong expressway and they would be completed, as planned, in 2026 and 2028 respectively but with a heavy impact on the island s traffic flow during that time.
Phuket ‘smart bus’ considered to replace light rail, save B15.2bn
Phuket ‘smart bus’ considered to replace light rail, save B15.2bn
PHUKET: Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has ordered an in-depth analysis of a proposal to dump the Phuket light-rail project in favour of a ‘smart bus’ system that would reduce the cost of launching a mass transport option on the island by some B15.2 billion.
Image: MRTA
The order came yesterday (May 13) during a teleconference Mr Saksayam held to follow up the progress of transport projects in regional main provinces, reports state news agency MCOT.
Mr Saksayam explained that the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has proposed to change the type of transport system to be rolled out in Phuket from light rail to a bus-based operation.
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