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Half the food stalls I visited were off of Rama IV rd near Lunphini - sounds like they're likely to be shut down. There's not nearly enough room on the narrow s
by taurath 10y ago
Half the food stalls I visited were off of Rama IV rd near Lunphini - sounds like they're likely to be shut down. There's not nearly enough room on the narrow side streets for people to set up and allow for the vehicle traffic. I'm planning to visit next year or late this year, I hope it's not too bad.
- Symbiote 10y ago> There's not nearly enough room on the narrow side streets for people to set up and allow for the vehicle traffic. The other solution, then, is to ban vehicular traffic. That would be seriously considered in a European city. Does Bangkok have any pedestrian areas?
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoYes but...BK is really big; it doesn't feel like a European city so much as it feels like NYC or even LA. I just can't see vehicle being blocked off, also it rains heavily a lot, which might cause other problems.
- Symbiote 10y agoBangkok's the same size as London, both in area and population. London doesn't have many pedestrian streets, but there are plenty of barriers to traffic which still allow pedestrians to pass, and campaigns to make more streets pedestrian-only.
- user5994461 10y agoLondon or greater London or the city?
- jonatron 10y agoThe only non ambiguous term you gave is Greater London. Anyway when people say 'London' they mostly mean Greater London (or close enough to it).
- andy_ppp 10y agoYou reminded me of this brilliant video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc
- quirkafleeg 10y agoAre you seriously pretending to think he's claiming Bangkok is the same size as the City of London?
- Markoff 10y agoI would guess London has much better public transport, so people no need to use cars/motorbikes like in Bangkok, so the roads are not that necessary in London and can be assigned to pedestrians, while Skytrain in BKK is joke and only real alternative are river and canal express
- andy_ppp 10y agoNot much is better or cheaper than a Tuk-tuk, unless of course you value safety ;-)
- Markoff 10y agotuktuk is expensive joke, pretty much on par with airconditioned taxi without inhaling exhaust smog and safe, both of them are in the end stucked in traffic jam, no matter that tuktuk is smaller you must get of the roads not to be stucked in traffic unles you use (moto)bike, it's shame they canceled Bangkok green bike, used to bike using them long time ago, but was disapointed years ago when I found project was cancelled
- Neliquat 10y agoYup, if you are in a hurry, and have the testicular fortitude, a motorcycle is the quickest way anywhere.
- s0rce 10y agoSame in SF and LA where you can split lanes in traffic and use the carpool lanes. If you want to risk it the motorcycle is the fastest way around, even across the bridges.
- JBReefer 10y agoThere are a ton of pedestrian only areas in NYC - Fulton Street, the Greenway, 33rd in the summer, etc. Most of them people don't realize used to be streets, like Diversity Plaza in JH. The full list is here (PDF warning): http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/list-of-plazas.pdf http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/list-of-plazas.pdf
- lacampbell 10y agoThat would be seriously considered in a European city. But a European city would never let Asian style markets occur, because it would involve letting poor people sell food on the street without regulation or tax.
- JohnJamesRambo 10y agoIs selling food without regulation a good idea?
- lacampbell 10y agoYes. Anecdotally, I get food poisoning more from eateries in the west proudly displaying their health and safety certs than I do from street stalls in east asia. Morally, it's my own responsibility as a human being to decide whether to eat something or not. And practically, it lowers the barrier of entry for people to actually make a living. Imagine your financial world came crashing down, you had almost no funds, couldn't get a job, and no social welfare. How long would you be able to start selling food off a cart with no license or business registration in a busy pedestrian area before the police shut you down?
- yongjik 10y agoNow imagine your financial world crashes down, so you make a loan at the bank with heavy interest and open a small noodle shop in an alley, which is the last chance to save your family from going homeless. And then on Day 2 you find five food stalls blocking your store... Edit: Also do you think people selling food in a busiest street are not being regulated? It's a prized spot, and these guys are professionals. Chances are that it's being regulated. Just not by the police. And the "tax" they pay for the privilege of operating there isn't being used to, say, build a better road.
- lacampbell 10y agoMost tax a government extorts from you isn't being used to build a better road either. Anyway, I probably shouldn't generalise all asian food stall markets. Thailand is quite a poor and corrupt country AFAIK. I have no idea how someone gets a space for their cart in Bangkok. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you know more about how it works there than I do.
- spydum 10y agoI went looking on fancy new google earth. Found some around the area. Completely unrelated, but is it my imagination or do the concrete poles that all the telco cabling ride on flex under the weight?? https://goo.gl/0wv8Hh https://goo.gl/0wv8Hh (sorry chrome only in fancy new google earth.. now I feel like a jerk)
- wingerlang 10y agoScreenshot? Even my Chrome doesn't open it. WebGL is borked on my device.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoHere you go: http://i.imgur.com/ztAVF7T.png http://i.imgur.com/ztAVF7T.png.
- taurath 10y agoHere's one of the markets I was thinking of: https://earth.google.com/web/@13.72421607,100.54966837,8.61195946a,0d,90y,339.77613686h,79.26490716t,0r/data=CkoaSBJCCiQweDMwZTI5ZWQ4ZWVlNjZhNjc6MHg0MDEwMGIyNWRlMjg5YzAZ-suTEFF5K0Ahxyk6kssiWUAqCEx1bXBoaW5pGAEgASIaChZHUWFVSzRoMklaVzRNWmRaQUR0WEdREAI https://earth.google.com/web/@13.72421607,100.54966837,8.611... Or screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/XsgJo http://imgur.com/a/XsgJo I'd guess that all the small stalls along the street will be banned, but there is a larger market into the street/alley. Note the pricing - many full meals in the more "permanent" stalls are 35-40 baht, which comes to $1-$1.15.