Thai Transport Minister joins tripartite meet in Phuket in push for ‘green transport’

By The Phuket News

 

Transport Minister Arkom Termpittayapaisith in Phuket today (Sept 5). Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- Transport Minister Arkom Termpittayapaisith was in Phuket today (Sept 5) to attend an international convention on the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT).
 

The IMT-GT is a subregional cooperation initiative formed in 1993 by the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to accelerate economic and social transformation in less developed provinces.

 

Present at today’s meeting, held at the Pullman Phuket Arcadia Naithon Beach and which focussed on the launch of Integrated Green Urban Transport Plans under the IMT-GT, were Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong as well as key IMT-GT initiative figures.

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“Therefore, green, non-polluting modes of transport, such as the promotion of public transport, the use of electric vehicles, the use of bicycles and the promotion of walking – as well as the use of modern technology to create integrated transport planning and urban planning – are key ways to help preserve the charm of popular tourist destinations,” he said.

 

Phuket hasn't come very far since 1993. 

 

2018 and still no proper metered taxis, yet, it is "A World Class Tourist Destination."  ?