Bangkok Looks to Clear Polluted Skies With Massive Rail Project
By Randy Thanthong-Knight and Suttinee Yuvejwattana
March 1, 2020, 4:00 AM GMT+7
New RoutesManoj Lohatepanont, director of Chulalongkorn University Transportation Institutepower plan to reduce shares of electricity produced from fossil fuels and increase more shares form renewable sources.
A few local companies have been investing in electric cars and ferries to reduce pollution and fossil fuel use, and some have been testing autonomous vehicles to connect homes to nearby transit stations.
By Randy Thanthong-Knight and Suttinee Yuvejwattana
March 1, 2020, 4:00 AM GMT+7
- Thai government spending more than $21 billion to expand rail
- Plan to ease pollution, congestion amid environmental concern
New RoutesManoj Lohatepanont, director of Chulalongkorn University Transportation Institutepower plan to reduce shares of electricity produced from fossil fuels and increase more shares form renewable sources.
A few local companies have been investing in electric cars and ferries to reduce pollution and fossil fuel use, and some have been testing autonomous vehicles to connect homes to nearby transit stations.
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