by Ricky Ward | Jun 16, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
Thanks to a grant of $US 1.81 million from GEF – the Global Environmental Fund of the World Bank the once popular 3 Kings evening exercise spot for our Skateboarding boys has been destroyed and skateboards are now forbidden there. Instead the boys are now...
by Ricky Ward | Apr 9, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
“Four Lane Bikeway” how else should we describe these newly painted markings on the road near Chiang Mai’s Three Kings Square? It would appear we have very fast bike lanes in the center and slow lanes at the side so watch out pedestrians trying to...
by Ricky Ward | Feb 15, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
Readers of the Bangkok Post are likely to be under the misapprehension that the government of Yingluck Shinawatra, (sorry that should have been caretaker government ) is on the ropes, so much so that nothing is getting done. Alas spending on road expansion, as...
by Ricky Ward | Feb 11, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน, Town Planning / การวางผังเมือง
“Now Everyone Can Fly” – does that slogan ring a bell? Now the company behind the slogan is making sure Chiang Mai folk will want to do just that, to escape an un-walkable city. Air Asia advertizing signs now appear blocking pedestrian traffic on...
by Ricky Ward | Sep 16, 2013 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
Three and a half years ago we raised the example of bicycle sharing in Hang Zhou suggesting Chiang Mai follow suit. Well we still await any action here but meanwhile Bangkok has got the message with a new Pun Pun Bike Share Project modeled on that of Hang Zhou. Here...
by Ricky Ward | Jul 29, 2013 | Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
Last weekend, feeling a little virtuous after helping plant trees at an event organised by the Himmapan Foundation three of us had the good fortune to meet an extraordinary visitor to Chiang Mai town. Charlie from Normandy on the English Channel (Normandie au bord de...
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