There have been numerous threads about the seriousness of air pollution in Bangkok, including schools closing.   In your opinion which of option is best to combat the problem?

Find the source. Put it under control and supervision and stop doing idiotic things like spraying the air with the use of diesel powered trucks

Form a very large committee.

Just make sure diesel trucks older then a certain year are not allowed in BKK. At least not until the smog is less. Then go after all those diesel engines that belch black smoke. There are quite a few of them.

 

Unfortunately that wont happen and when the smog gets a bit less everyone will have forgotten about this except a few expats and like minded Thais.

 Congestion charges would help, stop random burning would help too

 

Enforce all of the laws already in place.

Get everybody riding those electric scooters I see for rent all over Los Angeles.

 

There is a minuscule amount of green space in BKK and until that can be rectified , probably not worth tackling the other stuff. Way too much concrete.

Force all trucks and buses to adopt Euro 6 emission controls.

Why the emphasis on Bangkok , the rural districts have to put up with the sugar cane burning every year .

Nothing is ever done about that.

It's the same with flooding , up country or rural flooding " it's one of those things blah blah blah ". Flooding in Bangkok........ major catastrophe.

There has to be a negative to driving to work.  I drove to work in toronto everyday traffic was not a concern i afjusted my schefule.  What stopped me was doubling of my insurance and the cost of parking.  Transit then looked better

California had great success with mandatory catalytic converters and smog checks for all vehicles.  Of course, this system, like any system, is only as good as the enforcement.  Good luck, Thailand.

11 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

There has to be a negative to driving to work.  I drove to work in toronto everyday traffic was not a concern i afjusted my schefule.  What stopped me was doubling of my insurance and the cost of parking.  Transit then looked better

As a high percentage of Thai's don't even have Insurance, 'doubling it' is unlikely to help !

If you go to a sensible country like Taiwan you will not see any Diesel Guzzling Pick-Up Trucks on the road as they see them as a curse and don't want them.   Time for the Thai Motor Industry to stop supplying these Monsters and start building a lot more Electric Cars !

Policies and enforcement on field burning, sticker rules on construction to reduce dust, plan to replace bangkoks old buses with electric models, high car tax for the worst polluting vehicles, checkpoint testing vehicle emissions and high fines if greater then limit. These have been applied in other countries.

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2 hours ago, Airalee said:

Get everybody riding those electric scooters I see for rent all over Los Angeles.

 

You can't compare the quality of the roads with los angeles, here you need a dirtbike . Get rid of all those black smoke blowing trucks and busses , and try to half the amount of cars driving in bkk by checking if everybody has a driving lisence . Make people buy electric motorbikes by selling them cheap , i think there are twice as much motorbikes as cars and the nr of cars is already unbelievable . And then i woke up with a chocolatemilk on the rocks in my hand . 

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What should be done about BKK pollution?

Meetings. Many meetings. And drive to them.

Does anyone believe those in power have the competency to improve the air quality?

I don't. It might not get worse but it certainly won't get better.

There is no way I would stay here if I had children.

BKK needs a dedicated lane for only motocycles...they drive 50km on a litre and are much cleaner.

 

At the skytrainstations there also should be motocycle parkinglots, right next to the escalators.

For me - even though I am a car owner and bike owner who has contributed emissions from nearly half a million kilometers of driving round the city - I clicked on one. I'd give away my vehicles if everyone else did. Bangkok would be wonderful without cars and with 21st century, clean, road and river transport. 

 

But as soon as any Thai has a down payment they buy a car or a bike. One can only hope that the improvements to the train network and the building of more roads keeps reasonable pace. 

 

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Blow up all the hundreds of malls and turn it into green space.

2 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

If you go to a sensible country like Taiwan you will not see any Diesel Guzzling Pick-Up Trucks on the road as they see them as a curse and don't want them.   Time for the Thai Motor Industry to stop supplying these Monsters and start building a lot more Electric Cars !

And just exactly where do you think electricity comes from?  Grown in organic fields?  The majority of electricity is created by fossil fuels.  Oil, and natural gas.  A lesser amount by nuclear and a minuscule amount by wind, solar, and hydro electric.  And you think that battery production is clean.  Lithium used in electric cars is a rare element and there is much pollution to its mining, more for its disposal and recycling.  Andy finally one minor point.  Average income in BKK is about $25,000 baht per month. A Nissan Leaf starts at $2 million baht.  Are you loaning these people the money?    

Give me a survey which allows me to click on all three of the options, or at least both of the first two options:

 

 

Then I'll vote.

 

 

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1 hour ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Blow up all the hundreds of malls and turn it into green space.

oewww so smart.....and where will we shop then?

It should be put in an inactive position while a thorough investigation of possible wrongdoing is carried out.

32 minutes ago, fruitman said:

oewww so smart.....and where will we shop then?

And nowhere to walk without aircon,,????

Have some kind of emission tests for every vehicle. Lets face it, the buses and trucks plus those old pick up drivers are the main culprits. Seize and crush any vehicle that dosnt comply. Simple really

13 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

And nowhere to walk without aircon,,????

Thai don't like to walk on the crappy streets, in our village they all suddenly can walk and even fast.

 

Also we need malls directly on the skytrain like Paragon and Emporium have...plus more passenger boats...and real police who fine everybody!! who dares to block traffic.

Nothing, as I really do not see it as a problem.

7 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Nothing, as I really do not see it as a problem.

Don't worry, nothing will be done....this is thailand after all.