# Soiciety | Bangkok Local News

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## Posts
- [Amid flood disaster status, Bangkok drafts a long-term drainage plan](https://www.soiciety.com/p/amid-flood-disaster-status-bangkok-drafts-a-long-term-drainage-master-plan): Plus: Operator contract lapse temporarily shuts down children's museums
- [A rural Bangkok farm wants to be a model for self-sufficient living](https://www.soiciety.com/p/a-rural-bangkok-farm-wants-to-be-a-model-for-self-sufficient-living): Fourteen people in Thung Kru are testing whether farm-based living can work in Bangkok — and eventually, elsewhere
- [City council rejects 6.04-billion-baht EV trash truck plan](https://www.soiciety.com/p/bangkok-city-council-rejects-6-04-billion-baht-ev-trash-truck-plan): Plus: Car-Free Week, data center oversight, Talat Noi's 'cool' nod
- [Bangkok yanked this bike lane in a day. Traffic data says it shouldn't have](https://www.soiciety.com/p/bangkok-yanked-this-bike-lane-in-a-day-traffic-data-says-it-shouldn-t-have):  Plus: A Rama III fuel leak, a firefighting robot, corruption complaints
- [This Ari resident used to avoid his neighbors. Now, he collects their memories](https://www.soiciety.com/p/an-ari-resident-who-once-avoided-his-neighbors-now-collects-their-memories): Through Your Neighbor Ari, Harmish Muszid documents stories that reveal how differently people experience the same neighborhood
- [Regulators play catch-up as data centers expand in Bangkok](https://www.soiciety.com/p/bangkok-pauses-data-center-permits-amid-backlash): Plus: Wider fire risks, Airport Rail Link’s future, 2026's best bathrooms
- [Data centers and homeless sweeps in Bangkok face pushback](https://www.soiciety.com/p/data-centers-and-homeless-sweeps-in-bangkok-face-pushback): Here's what I'm tracking in my reporter's notebook this September
- [A park pitched between Fort Mahakan, Golden Mount — near 108 buildings](https://www.soiciety.com/p/a-bangkok-park-pitched-between-fort-mahakan-golden-mount-near-108-buildings): Plus: Extreme heat is cutting women's incomes in half, a report finds
- [In Sam Yan, students turn a tea stall into a campaign for unpaid workers](https://www.soiciety.com/p/students-turn-a-tea-stall-in-sam-yan-to-a-campaign-for-unpaid-construction-workers): Morning Glory Collective ties its fight for unpaid Block 33 workers to the area's development and a company that admits owing millions
- [Youth to Bangkok: Build safer school routes, autism support, bike lanes](https://www.soiciety.com/p/bangkok-youth-council-pitches-building-safer-school-routes-autism-support-bike-lanes): Plus: 4M trees, teacher fund for foreigners, Bang Phlat protest
- [Bangkok’s tighter 2027 budget still bets on ‘capillary’ fixes](https://www.soiciety.com/p/bangkok-s-tighter-2027-budget-still-bets-on-capillary-fixes): Plus: A plea against homeless handouts, what's driving Bangkok's fires
- [In Bang Pho’s timber district, an old sawmill finds a second act](https://www.soiciety.com/p/in-bang-pho-s-timber-district-an-old-sawmill-finds-a-second-act-as-t-namcharoen-playhouse): T. Namcharoen Playhouse wants theater to feel as easy as a trip to the mall — and stay affordable for Bangkok's independent artists
- [Crosswalk timers in Bangkok too fast for older residents, study finds](https://www.soiciety.com/p/bangkok-crosswalks-too-fast-for-its-oldest-residents-study-finds): Plus: EMV for BTS, Phasi Charoen boat pushback, potential tuk-tuk ban
- [Bangkok budget meetings on path to be livestreamed this year](https://www.soiciety.com/p/bangkok-budget-meetings-on-path-to-be-livestreamed-this-year): Here's what I'm tracking in my reporter's notebook this August
- [City Hall wants new taxes on cigarettes, hotels, fuel and land](https://www.soiciety.com/p/city-hall-wants-new-taxes-on-cigarettes-hotels-fuel-and-land): Plus: Neglected parks, the case against livestreaming council meetings
- [A Bangkok video game asks players to see the city's 'unseen' population](https://www.soiciety.com/p/bangkok-story-a-stray-dog-tells-story-behind-homelessness-in-bangkok): A developer spent five years creating 'Bangkok Story: A Stray Dog' to focus on the real-world trauma behind homelessness
- [810 Bangkok venues look like nightlife. Only 133 are licensed as such](https://www.soiciety.com/p/the-bangkok-nightlift-licensing-gap-bar-fire): Plus: Data centers, new deportation criteria, Lumphini pet-friendly cafe
- [Soiciety turns 1 (and a look at Day Zero)](https://www.soiciety.com/p/soiciety-turns-1): Here's how you can help fund Year Two
- [Shophouse inspections, foreign vendor scrutiny top Chadchart's 'urgent' list](https://www.soiciety.com/p/chadchart-urgent-list-for-second-term): Plus: Birth gap, 'hidden' food insecurity, Chao Phraya cable car
- [Meet the students trying to make Bangkok’s buses easier to navigate](https://www.soiciety.com/p/these-students-are-trying-to-make-bangkok-buses-easier-to-navigate): ‘This shouldn't be a job for us,’ says a student volunteer, whose group guides passengers and installs bilingual bus-stop signs
- [A Senate study spotlights a turf war over Bangkok's traffic control](https://www.soiciety.com/p/a-senate-study-spotlights-a-turf-war-over-bangkok-s-traffic-control): Plus: Council chair, Nong Chok’s Saen Saeb pushback, 3-airport rail
- [Post-election: A divided council, budget season, ordinance push](https://www.soiciety.com/p/what-to-expect-after-bangkok-governor-and-council-elections-2026): Here's what I'm tracking in my reporter's notebook in July
- [A legal gap is rotting Bangkok's aging shophouses](https://www.soiciety.com/p/a-legal-gap-is-rotting-bangkok-s-aging-shophouses-in-older-districts): Plus: Democracy Monument petition, Thonburi boats, Mega Bangna