snoop1130 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Bangkok bus stops get ‘smart’ with video screens, free WiFi By The Nation The pilot bus stop to be completely installed by July 30. Photo credit: Earth Pongsakorn Kwanmuang 's Facebook. New “smart” bus stops will be rolled out across Bangkok from tomorrow (July 30), featuring video arrivals screens, free WiFi and mobile charging, and security cameras. The 350 new stops will be installed over the next 12 months and also help protect commuters from city pollution, said the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) at today’s launch ceremony. BMA spokesman Pongsakorn Kwanmuang unveiled the pilot bus stop opening tomorrow at Fortune Town shopping mall, complete with CCTV, a screen showing bus times and routes, and free charging and WiFi. One hundred full-function bus stops will feature a 55-inch screen for BMA news, bus times, routes and transport connections; CCTV camera, electric light, mobile phone charger, and WiFi. Another 250 “lite” bus stops will have the same equipment minus the 55-inch display and WiFi. Billboard operator Plan B Media is responsible for upgrading, construction and maintenance of the smart stops at a cost of Bt400 million in return for rights to advertise there for 10 years. It will deliver 350 units by April 2021. The BMA then plans to upgrade the remaining 2,650 bus stops in the city. The first 10 full-function smart bus stops will be installed over the next 90 days along Ratchadapisek Road. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30392106 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-07-29 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: Billboard operator Plan B Media is responsible for upgrading, construction and maintenance of the smart stops at a cost of Bt400 million in return for rights to advertise there for 10 years. I wonder how intrusive the adverts will be, and if there's going to be sound as well? That would drive me nuts if I was forced to listen to them while waiting for a bus. Will there a limit on the amount of adverts per hour, for example? Edited July 29, 2020 by bluesofa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ricklev Posted July 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, bluesofa said: I wonder how intrusive the adverts will be, and if there's going to be sound as well? That would drive me nuts if I was forced to listen to them while waiting for a bus. Will there a limit on the amount of adverts per hour, for example? Don't worry, it will only work intermittantly for a month or two and then will be abandoned, however the sidewalk will be blocked for years by the decaying structure. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayduke Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, snoop1130 said: New “smart” bus stops will be rolled out across Bangkok from tomorrow (July 30), featuring video arrivals screens, free WiFi and mobile charging, They will also make "new normal" shelters and living space...for the increasing number of Bangkok’s "smart" homeless. Edited July 30, 2020 by Hayduke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 15 hours ago, snoop1130 said: New “smart” bus stops will be rolled out across Bangkok from tomorrow (July 30), featuring video arrivals screens, free WiFi and mobile charging, and security cameras. Will they last longer than the last ones ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phkauf Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 I just love the dichotomy here between these "Smart" bus stops with all their technology and then you get on a non-aircon bus with wooden floors and wobbly ceiling fans. Pretty much a metaphor for the whole country. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricklev Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 58 minutes ago, phkauf said: I just love the dichotomy here between these "Smart" bus stops with all their technology and then you get on a non-aircon bus with wooden floors and wobbly ceiling fans. Pretty much a metaphor for the whole country. Plus, no matter where the bus stop is located the buses will stop 10 meters before the bus stop, unless it is slightly inconvenient for them to stop in which case they will just drive on past. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Rodriguez Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 imagine smart ads, that show what you browsed on your phone recently 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelaoffy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 29 minutes ago, ricklev said: Plus, no matter where the bus stop is located the buses will stop 10 meters before the bus stop, unless it is slightly inconvenient for them to stop in which case they will just drive on past. So true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apophyss Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 You have wifi, so you smart ? I understand now why people are so much stupid with a smartphone in hand (but believe to be smart) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Too bad the buses themselves are un-airconditioned horrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 How many "dossers" will become residents for the free WiFi??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevp Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Quote Billboard operator Plan B Media is responsible for upgrading, construction and maintenance of the smart stops at a cost of Bt400 million in return for rights to advertise there for 10 years. It will deliver 350 units by April 2021. Does anyone know if this project is paid for by the government, or if Plan B is doing this at their own cost in exchange for the advertising rights over the next 10 years? This is suggested above, but not clear. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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