(Photo provided)I've always dreamed of a pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly Bangkok, but it seems when the City Hall initiates projects to promote such anecofriendly lifestyle, they tend to turn my dreams into nightmares. Will these costly projects -- the 8.6-billion-baht first phase of the riverside promenade and the 1.7-billion-baht pedestrian bridge -- really make Bangkok pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly? I don't want to be bitter about the way City Hall treats always its residents as second-class citizens. The last questions are: Can Bangkok really celebrate its 250th anniversary in 2032 without this impractical, cheesy designed pedestrian bridge? City Hall only needs to modify them to facilitate the pedestrians and cyclists.

Source: Bangkok Post July 20, 2017 21:33 UTC