{"id":6044,"date":"2021-09-16T14:21:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T18:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/?p=6044"},"modified":"2022-12-17T10:08:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T15:08:45","slug":"taxi-rooftop-gardens-give-a-new-meaning-to-going-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/2021\/09\/16\/taxi-rooftop-gardens-give-a-new-meaning-to-going-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxi Rooftop Gardens Give a New Meaning to \u201cGoing Green\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Rooftop-Gardens.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6045\"\/><figcaption>Taxi Rooftop Gardens in Thailand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Taxi fleets in Thailand are getting creative in their quest to utilize idled cabs due to Covid-19. Staff from two taxi cooperatives have created mini vegetable plots on the roofs of parked cabs by using black plastic garbage bags stretched across bamboo frames. On top of the garbage bags, they added soil creating a very unique \u201crooftop garden\u201d. Within each taxi garden plot they planted a variety of crops such as tomatoes, cucumbers, and string beans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Ratchapruk and Bovorn Taxi cooperatives, who have started this initiative, there are only about 500 cars left taking fares out on the streets of Bangkok and over 2,500 cars now sitting idle. Unfortunately, after being hit by Covid-19, many drivers couldn\u2019t afford the daily payments on their vehicles as there were not enough people taking taxis and paying fares within the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These rooftop gardens look more like an art installation than a parking lot full of idled cabs but, according to the cooperatives, that is exactly the idea. Through these &#8220;taxi cab gardens&#8221;, drivers and taxi fleet owners are hoping to draw attention to the sad plight of taxi drivers who have been unable to earn a living for the past year and a half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, Covid-19 is not\ngetting any better in Thailand, with its most recent wave being its most\ndeadly. According to their government, Thailand has a confirmed 1.4 million\ncases and over 14,000 deaths with 99% of the deaths happening during their most\nrecent surge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While, the taxi-top\ngardens don\u2019t offer a substitute revenue stream, it has provided awareness and\nhelps to feed the taxi drivers and their families who are all taking turns\ntending to the gardens. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taxi fleets in Thailand are getting creative in their quest to utilize idled cabs due to Covid-19. Staff from two taxi cooperatives have created mini vegetable plots on the roofs of parked cabs by using black plastic garbage bags stretched across bamboo frames. On top of the garbage bags, they added soil creating a very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[1636,1634,1635,1638,1640,1543,1639,1637],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6044"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6046,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6044\/revisions\/6046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}