"The Bangkok Living Lab aims to facilitate the transition to electric motorbike taxis in Bangkok, addressing the integration of infrastructure, regulations, and governance while considering social equity, environmental impacts, and the resilience of the transport system to climate challenges"
About Bangkok Living Lab
Bangkok residents rely on motorbike taxis as part of the popular, informal transport system. While personal electric vehicle infrastructure, incentives and policies are largely in place, there remains a need to better support the conversion of motorbike taxis to electric motorbikes (EMs) in terms of infrastructure, regulations, and overall governance.
The Bangkok Living Lab will therefore focus on the conversion to electric motorbike taxis in Bangkok.
The Lab will act as a space to engage and coordinate stakeholders involved in ongoing EM pilots and research projects to help inform governance and institutional frameworks for the successful transition to a sustainable, low-carbon electrified motorbike taxi system. We will take into account social implications (driver income, cost of operation, passenger), equity issues (older drivers and passengers, and female drivers), and environmental implications (air quality, battery disposal, resilience to climate issues like flooding and heat).
Bangkok is the capital of Thailand, and home to over 14 million people.
1) Assess the current governance ecosystem frameworks for EMs and motorbike taxis
2) Bring together stakeholders in focus groups and workshops to map ongoing EM initiatives
3) Utilize participatory research and design to identify governance needs and create new institutional frameworks to support conversion to EM taxis
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