living in BKK
 

The new govt seems to be taking action in various areas such as enforcing the wearing of helmets on motorbikes, arresting taxi mafia in Phuket and yesterday I saw that all the small shops (20+) on the sky walk from Chit Lom BTS to Central have gone. Does anyone know why? Is BKK going to be a pedestrian paradise?

given the threads on some of the forums about blocking of various shows we can probable expect the city to become fairly pedestrian for a while but the use of "paradise" may be questionable

bkkguy

Reclaim the sidewalks ...
 

Many years ago when I was living in MNL. there was a similar problem of booths, stalls, goods laid-out for sale on the sidewalks all gradually taking-over and forcing pedestrians to walk on the dangerous streets.
The above resulted in a campaign for 'Pedestrians to reclaim the sidewalks.'.

Possibly the same should be tried here in BKK.?
I am all for private enterprise, but just howmany of the stalls are really owned by the stall-holders themselves as opposed to their being employees of others?
One sees the same stalls selling the same 'Real imitations.', rip-offs and cheap touristy tat day after day.
Possibly an exchange could be made along the lines of: ' Keep the sidewalks clear and the BMA. will CLOSE the TOP end of SI Lom rd. every sunday until say 15.hrs. for stall-holders and suchlike?

Great idea. There really is a limit to atmosphere and danger. I am always amazed that many people arent burned by falling into the hot pots and woks. Maybe a letter to the bkk post.