ชมรมจักรยานเพื่อสุขภาพแห่งประเทศไทย ชมรมจักรยานเพื่อสุขภาพแห่งประเทศไทย
Dr. Anusal Kongmalai,Chairperson of the Walking and Cycling Public Policy Advocacy in Thailand Project and Vice President of Thailand Cycling Club (TCC), attended a meeting, “Join Force To Take Care of Cycle Users: Khon Kaen City Moves Towards Becoming A Cycle City”, organized at the ground of Khon Kaen Town Pillar Shrine on July 27, 2013, by Khon Kaen Cycle Users Network, a partner in the Partnership Network of Cycle Users and Walkers in Khon Kaen Province.
Before the meeting was opened, the TCC Vice President gave an interview to Thailand Radio Suphanburi Province and invited Assistant Professor Dolchai Srisamran, Assistant Rector of Khon Kaen University (KKU), to talk about cycle route in KKU campus which KKU had invested more than 10 million Thai Baht (about USD 33,000) to construct and is more than 12 kilometres long. The Assistant Rector also informed the audience that KKU’s Faculty of Education would establish a Cycling School to train youth and people in the North Eastern Region. This school would become a part of a plan to establish ‘Cycling Communities’ all over the country.
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Mr. Surapong Jaimueng, President of Khon Kaen Cycling Club and Khon Kaen Cycling Network, which is comprised of 41 cycling groups with more than 800 members from many walks of life, including administrators and leaders of important organizations in Khon Kaen, said that the network now recognizes importance of academic information and thus conducted a survey and study of situation in Khon Kaen concerning cycling in daily life. Results of the survey were analysed and compiled into eight-point proposals submitted to related government agencies and local government as follows:
1. Improving conditions of main roads,
2. Providing parking facilities for cycles at places people often visit with cycles,
3. Providing lights at important areas,
4. Recognising importance of footpaths where cycles can be towed or ridden,
5. Providing cycle lanes in public parks,
6. Installing traffic signs that facilitate cycling,
7. Promoting cycling in various work places, and
8. Installing public relations billboards all over the city to promote cycling in daily life.
Dr. Anusak then gave suggestions on how to proceed further to follow up with these proposals:
· Improving conditions of main roads – (Network members) regularly re-survey the roads and report to concerned government agencies to plan and do road improvement,
· Providing parking facilities for cycles – regularly make suggestions where the facilities should be provided and monitor any progress, and conduct campaign to encourage people to use these facilities,
· Lighting – survey and make proposals to Khon Kaen City Municipality where lighting should be installed, so that the municipality could arrange its budget,
· Recognising importance of cycle-friendly footpaths – survey footpaths that can be used together by both pedestrians and cycle users,
· Providing cycle lanes in public parks – local administrative organizations can immediately come up with a project to build cycle lanes in public parks that people can use for health promotion,
· Installing traffic signs that facilitate cycling – the network should invite related agencies, such as the municipality, police, provincial transport office, provincial branch of the Lawyer Council of Thailand, and administrators of places where cycling should be promoted to discuss about this matter,
· Promoting cycling in various work places – media produced by the Walking and Cycling Advocacy Project, both printed and electronic, can be used for cycling promotion as appropriate and suitable for each place, and
· Installing public relations billboards in the city – seek cooperation from local government and private agencies to create and install the billboards; credits could be given to sponsors and experiences concerning this matter can be shared.
TCC Office
28 July 2013
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