webfact Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Paphamon Arayasukawat BANGKOK (NNT) - The Transport Ministry has launched the "Near to Home and Far from Home" campaign to reduce traffic congestion during this year’s Songkran Festival, targeting people living within 300 kilometres from Bangkok Minister Saksayam Chidchob said the idea is to have motorists manage their travelling days, instead of all travelling on the same day, which leads to heavy traffic congestion. The campaign asks for the cooperation of outbound travellers, who will travel within 300 kilometres from Bangkok, to start outbound travelling on April 11-12 and travelling back on April 15-16. Mr Saksayam said the measure aims to mitigate the capital’s traffic volume during peak periods by hoping to reduce outbound travellers by 75,800 cars each day and inbound travellers by 48,300 cars each day. -- © Copyright NNT 2021-04-05 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updatesv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaiwrath Posted April 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 hour ago, webfact said: The campaign asks for the cooperation Another brain fart idea ! Does he not realise that drivers here will travel when they want, and when it suits them. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post colinneil Posted April 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 hour ago, webfact said: Minister Saksayam Chidchob said the idea is to have motorists manage their travelling days What a bloody crazy/ ridiculous comment, he wants motorists to manage their travelling days.???????????????????? Another silly plonker living in la la land. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted April 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2021 The good minister can rest assured that I will be doing my bit to minimise traffic congestion by staying at home all week. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 2 hours ago, webfact said: The campaign asks for the cooperation of outbound travellers, if it is voluntary and it is thailand then it will not work 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SmartyMarty Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 yet another muppet totally unsuited to their job. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post herfiehandbag Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 The whole point of going to the expense of obtaining your own vehicle is that you can travel where and when you want, at your own convenience. Not when public transport or government diktat tells you. That is so in every country ( bar one or two which do not allow their citizens to own their own vehicles)! The Thais will ignore it, as would anyone else. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailand49 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I give them a A plus for coming up with the title if they stay up all night or does it come from sitting in their office doing nothing all day but dreaming up all this stuff. The problem is if you want to manage the traffic have the police stop blocking roads off and stretching the traffic down to one area whenever it gets heavy. The also shorten the traffic lights! ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post herfiehandbag Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, thailand49 said: The problem is if you want to manage the traffic have the police stop blocking roads off and stretching the traffic down to one area whenever it gets heavy. The also shorten the traffic lights! ???? Shortening the traffic lights will cause many problems for tall people!???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailand49 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 10 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said: Shortening the traffic lights will cause many problems for tall people!???? No based on the country being closed th????e numbers don't bare it! You have a higher chance of being hung by a cable line? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 4 hours ago, webfact said: Minister Saksayam Chidchob said the idea is to have motorists manage their travelling days, instead of all travelling on the same day, which leads to heavy traffic congestion Yeah okay, like asking nicely is going to work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 People travel when their company allows it. Ordering lots of companies to stagger their closing days might work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLock Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Just make odd-ending plates can travel on odd-days, and even-ending plates on even days, and enforce with decent fines. Halve the problem. ...or do as you are doing here....do nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) naming those 4 days would only cause traffic on those days. So logical solution would be travel on any other day, starting from thursday 8.04 and coming back tuesday 20.4. travellers have already long ago arranged their work free days, booked cars, hotels etc. Travel at night should be proposed. the best solution, would be not encouraging people to travel inter-provincially during those holidays, postpone family visits for a long 1-5.05 weekend Edited April 5, 2021 by internationalism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Tea Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Switch the traffic lights off, within 300km of Bangkok, & let all those travellers spend Songkran sat in their cars in the ensuing gridlock ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanaplaza666 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I know a good way to reduce traffic , arrest everyone that's driving (car or motorbike) that hasn't got a license and impound their car or bike . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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