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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration displayed smart technologies during the BMA Expo 2023 last week and it is confident of helping improve the quality of life of city residents and making travel much more convenient,
\nThe expo was held from Friday to Sunday at Benjakitti Park.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, BMA deputy governor Wisanu Subsompon led reporters to visit the \u201cgood travel zone\u201d of the expo to observe how the city administration under BMA Governor Chadchart Sittiupunt is using smart technologies to improve basic infrastructure related to roads and daily commuting.
\nAs part of the demonstration, the BMA simulated how to move power and communications cables underground.<\/p>\n
The expo showcased a project of the Metropolitan Electricity Authority to move its power cables underground along 230 kilometres of roads in the capital by 2027.<\/p>\n
The expo showed the BMA\u2019s willingness to work with the MEA and Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission to provide facilities for telecom operators to place their cables underground in the same tunnels as the MEA.<\/p>\n
The expo also showed that the BMA is in the process of changing its street lamps to LED lamps with Internet of Things communication functions.
\nThe smart LED lamps can be controlled via a computer network of the BMA to increase light intensity and the network can alert officials when the lamps have gone off.
\nThe deputy governor said the BMA was also developing Smart Pole technologies that would install various sensors on lamp poles. The sensors would be able to check the level of PM2.5 pollution and count the number of passersby and vehicles.
\nThe smart poles would also be able detect floods on the roads and alert officials.
\nWisanu said the BMA would install 5,000 smart poles by next year.
\nThe deputy governor also displayed an auto-scaling technology that the BMA would install at major bridges around Bangkok.
\nHe said the automatic scaler would be able to detect trucks that violate the weight limit of 25 tonnes and would alert traffic police and BMA officials.
\nHe said the BMA would install the automatic weighing technology around the capital and would work with the Land Transport Department and Police to automatically issue tickets to fine the violating trucks.
\nThe deputy governor said the BMA was also gathering traffic data to improve algorithms of the automatic system for controlling traffic lights at intersections.
\nThe improved algorithm would improve traffic flows by controlling traffic lights in accordance with the number of vehicles in real time.
\nHe said the BMA would also install more sensors at traffic lights at zebra crossings where pedestrians can press a button to turn on the red light for vehicles to stop.
\nWisanu said the sensors would detect wheelchairs or aged pedestrians on the crossing and would extend the green light for them to cross the road.
\nTo make it more convenient for bus passengers, he said, the BMA had asked the Land Transport Department to coordinate with two major bus operators \u2013 Via Bus and Thai Smile Bus \u2013 so their buses would send their locations to an app for passengers to locate the bus in real time.
\nEach bus would have to update its location every 15 seconds instead of every one minute now.
\nThe BMA would display the locations of the buses on its maps at its smart bus stops in real time.
\nHe said the BMA would increase the number of smart bus stops from 250 now to 350 by next year. The bus stops also provide free Wi-Fi access.
\nThe expo demonstrated the BMA\u2019s plan to improve slope access for people on wheelchairs and would provide bike stops for parking and bicycle locking facilities at various spots around the capital.
\nThe BMA also plans to increase bike lanes to meet the demand of bicyclists, especially at tourist destinations, the deputy governor added.
\n\u201cTo make travelling a good experience, Bangkok residents must have good pavements to step on once they leave home. Then, they must have access to bicycle services. And there will be feeder system to connect them to the main mass transit systems,\u201d Wisanu said.
\n\u201cThis will provide a seamless travel experience.\u201d<\/p>\n