Today you might have noticed fewer vehicles on the streets. That’s because its Bangkok’s Car Free Day, a 24-hour initiative to keep motor vehicles off the streets.
Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra presided over the event “Bangkok Car Free Day 2013” at Sanam Luang on Sunday morning together with 20,000 environmentally-conscious bicyclists.
This year’s event, held under the theme “Share the Road,” intended for Bangkok residents to leave their cars at home and travel by mass transportation services and bicycles for energy savings and environmental conservation.
Bicyclists biked from Sanam Luang to CentralWorld shopping complex at Ratchaprasong intersection, where more activities and campaigns were held.
Bangkok governor said that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) would develop and add more new bike lanes along 35 main routes, as well as coordinate with the Metropolitan Police Bureau to facilitate traffic on existing bicycle lanes for cyclists, MCOT reported.
