PUBLISHED: 15 Dec 2024 at 11: 29
According to a poll conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration, or NIDA Poll, the majority of Bangkok residents support the capital’s proposed traffic congestion cost, but they also support its fresh garbage collection charge, which aims to encourage spend separation.
On November 27 through to November 29, the Nida Poll was conducted by phone conversations with 1, 310 Bangkok residents with ages 18 and over who had several levels of education, income, and occupations to find out what their thoughts were on the state’s two new measures.
To raise money to pay for a smooth 20-baht suffer coverage for all electronic road lines in Greater Bangkok, the Transport Ministry has suggested imposing a congestion charge of 40 to 50 baht on drivers who enter interior Bangkok roads.
Bangkok ‘s , new , garbage collection architecture, powerful next June, will charge 20 baht a month for families that produce less than four kilos of waste per day and split their misuse, or 60 baht then.
Asked for their thoughts on the congestion fee plan, 49.92 % of respondents said they strongly disagreed with it, 18.24 % moderately disagreed, 17.10 definitely agreed, 13.98 % moderately agreed, and 0.76 % did not answer or were not interested.
Asked if the plan would be successful, 55.50 % said it would definitely not be successful, 28.47 % moderately unsuccessful, 12.29 % moderately successful, 2.44 % definitely successful, and 1.30 % did not know or were not interested.
When asked about the new garbage collection fee, 50.31 % respondents strongly agreed, 23.66 % moderately agreed, 15.73 % strongly disagreed, and 10.30 % moderately disagreed.
Asked how cooperative Bangkokians would be to the waste collection fee next June, 44.81 % of respondents said they would not fully cooperate, 28.93 % moderately cooperative, 15.65 % not cooperative at all, 9.69 % very cooperative, and 0.92 % did not know or were not interested.  ,