Thai PM wants private sector to help improve Bangkok’s bus services

[snoop1130]

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wants to upgrade Bangkok’s bus services by allowing the private sector to operate some routes of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, the city bus operator, with vehicles that use clean energy to reduce air pollution and improve services.

 

Government Spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said today (Tuesday) that the involvement of private sector in operating some bus routes, tentative scheduled for August, especially those going through the inner city and commercial areas, is part of a plan to rehabilitate the BMTA’s services, which currently rely on many old buses.

 

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The Land Transport Department has been assigned to assess the performance of any private sector service providers who may be interested in operating city bus services, using 12 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as the benchmark for assessment, said Thanakorn.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-pm-wants-private-sector-to-help-improve-bangkoks-bus-services/

 

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[Metapod]

its actually a good idea. 

 

private sector and innovation/competition beats out non-profit incentivized government bureaucracy 100 times out of 100.

[ikke1959]

reduce the pollution and use electric buses.....

[RichardColeman]

12 hours ago, Metapod said:

its actually a good idea. 

 

private sector and innovation/competition beats out non-profit incentivized government bureaucracy 100 times out of 100.

Yes, but only if they are allowed to operate on profitable routes.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, Metapod said:

its actually a good idea

Until the private sector cuts corners [safety] to make a profit.

[jaiyen]

Prayuts Plan.  BMTA will keep all the profitable route and use their old buses and run them into the ground  and let private companies buy new buses from the BMTA at a huge profit  and run the poor paying routes. 

[Burma Bill]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

allowing the private sector to operate some routes of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority,