(16/12/2011)
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transportation plan has been worked out by the Ministry of Transport to
facilitate safe public travel during the 2012 New Year festive season.The Cabinet, during its meeting on 13 December 2011, acknowledged the plan, proposed by the Ministry of Transport, which believed that more people than last year would use public transport to return to their hometown for the upcoming New Year celebration. The Ministry explained that the plan was in response to the Government’s policy statement presented by the Prime Minister in the National Assembly on 23 August 2011. According to the policy statement, the Government will reduce damage and loss from road accidents to the minimum. It will also promote understanding on traveling and using transportation safely. At the same time, it will put His Majesty the King’s principles on solving traffic problems into action and make it a national priority to implement these principles strictly in all parts of the country. The safe transportation plan was also in line with the Moscow Declaration, issued in November 2009, at the end of the first Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Russia. The declaration calls for a Decade of Action for Road Safety, 2011-2020, with the goal to stabilize and then reduce the level of global road deaths by 2020. It says that road traffic injuries are a major public health problem and a leading cause of death and injury around the world. Vehicle crashes kill more than 1.2 million people and injure or disable as many as 50 million a year. The safe transportation plan will be implemented from 29 December 2011 to 4 January 2012, when a great number of people are on the road. The Cabinet on December 13 announced that the upcoming official New Year holiday will run from December 31 to January 3. The four-day holiday will allow people more time to clean and repair their houses after this year’s floods. It will also promote tourism and stimulate the domestic economy. Apart from providing services and facilities for travelers, the objectives of the plan are also to prevent and reduce road accidents. During this period, the State Railway of Thailand, the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, and the Transport Company will increase their trips to accommodate more people. The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand will extend its service time on December 31 and January 1, as well. Thai Airways International will also offer special flights on the Bangkok-Chiang Mai, Bangkok-Phuket, and Bangkok-Krabi routes, from December 30 to January 3. The Department of Highways and the Department of Rural Roads are repairing many roads damaged by the flooding to facilitate public travel. The Marine Department is also increasing the number of officials and rescue boats ready to help travelers and ensure their safety. |
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