Car Free Day Program by Bicycle, Chiang Mai Bicycle City, Sunday 19 September 2010
Car Free Day Program by Bicycle, Chiang Mai Bicycle City, Sunday 19 September 2010
6.00-6.30 Bicyclists gathering at meeting points
Route 1 Rachapruk Natonal Park( Start Hangdong – ban Pong, Nonthong DonPao, Sanpatong)
Route 2 Ruamchoke Market ( Huay tung Tao-tonkaew,mae faek, sansailuang, Don keaw)
Route 3 Tonpao Plaza,tonpao-Donpin,Buakkang, Nongkong, On Klang, Bo Sang, Rongwuadeang, Doi saket)
Route 4 (700 years Park, Nongpueng, Chaisathan, Sarapee, Tawangtan Pabong), Bupparam, Road Admin Office)
Route 5 CMU
6.30 leave meeting point to follow your selection route
7.30 arriving at 3 kings Monument register and morning break
8.00 organize group into Thai national Flag
8.30 President make a speech and press
9.00 will cycle to
Route A Wiengkumkam ( 3 King, Pratuchiangmai, jangkatum, Sridonchai,Changklan , Pa Dad, Wiengkumkam)
Route B 3 Tonpao (king , Yuparaj, Sompetch, Chareon muang, Rincome intersection,CM- Samkampeang- Tonpao Municipal Office)
Route C Maejo ( 3 king-pratu chiangmai, jangsripoom, ratanakosin- faham- superhighway- maejo)
Route D nine temple- around the moat.
Route E follow legend of Haripoonchai
Finish cycle back to Think Park 9.00-16.00 exhibition
15.00 prize and reward
16.00 finish
Telephone enquiries Khun Kritsada Keow 0818815621
Funded by Ministry of Energy
I think we should press the Mayor to announce on that day the beginning of car freedom zones in the municipality. At the first Mayor’s monthly meeting last July one person, a former president of the Chamber of Commerce, asked if the Mayor would dare to declare
within the moat to be out of bounds for cars.
I have suggested car free periods coinciding with peak travel times to and from the many schools in the old city because the area is the most highly polluted in Chiang Mai, often exceeding the slack standards set by the Thai government. The Mayor has not responded to this suggestion.
Ricky