I couldn't help but try to figure out how smart a city Bangkok could become if it embraced this model of development. The minister said the smart city suggested by Jica would be the largest in Asean. The project sounded promising, especially with all those big words -- smart city, transport hub, and TOD. However, neither project mentions how commuters will get around the wider city outside of the "smart city" area. Unsurprisingly, our interpretation of a smart city often relates to big investment, crisp graphics of a future world and smart technology (that unfortunately often ends up making users dumbfounded).

Source: Bangkok Post December 03, 2017 21:56 UTC