dhupverg Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 I thought traffic was bad over the "low season", but it seems like there's even more cars on the road now. I've heard horror stories of 3+ hours to and from the airport, one hour trips to go 15 km's etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 2 week ago drove from Kata to airport. Mid week about 10.30. Usual one hour ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
federicoP Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 In the past I often went from Rawai to Phuket town for dinner. It was about half an hour. Now, still not the highest season, I continue to go, but it takes me more than an hour. The worrying thing is that I don't see any concrete plan for new traffic and transport management. The only plans are how to increase the number of the arriving tourists. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dhupverg Posted December 4, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2023 22 hours ago, LivinginKata said: 2 week ago drove from Kata to airport. Mid week about 10.30. Usual one hour ish. That's a really good time to go as everyone is already at work and the school run is done. I believe that between about 10-3 traffic is much better than before or after this small window. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhupverg Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 It seems like the traffic window for being able to move around has gotten smaller. I went to Phuket Town yesterday at 1 and traffic was bearable, then came back an hour later and traffic was thick. I'm seeing tailbacks everywhere these last couple of weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzzz Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 the other day, it was clogged from Surin beach all the way to the chern tally police station turn. thank god , i was on a bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Just too many people & congestion. Main reason I gave it a break about 13 yrs ago. Only returned during covid & truly BLISS. June this year, and back to why I stopped going years ago. And that's off season and still way too many for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingtlger Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 On 12/2/2023 at 6:31 PM, dhupverg said: I thought traffic was bad over the "low season", but it seems like there's even more cars on the road now. I've heard horror stories of 3+ hours to and from the airport, one hour trips to go 15 km's etc. You think this is bad? You don't know how bad it was without the BTS or MRT.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuarty Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 2 hours ago, zzzzz said: the other day, it was clogged from Surin beach all the way to the chern tally police station turn. thank god , i was on a bike Chern Tally? Have you never seen the actual name written anywhere? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 On 12/30/2023 at 2:14 PM, dhupverg said: It seems like the traffic window for being able to move around has gotten smaller. I went to Phuket Town yesterday at 1 and traffic was bearable, then came back an hour later and traffic was thick. I'm seeing tailbacks everywhere these last couple of weeks. What do you expect this time of year? Far less traffic around than pre COVID this time of year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 23 hours ago, flyingtlger said: You think this is bad? You don't know how bad it was without the BTS or MRT.... We're still waiting for either of those. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhupverg Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 (edited) 1 hour ago, stevenl said: What do you expect this time of year? Far less traffic around than pre COVID this time of year. I'd say not genius. Now with all the Russians here driving cars, it's worse than pre covid. I saw traffic backed up to Kata Hill going to the circle. I've never seen that before with no accident causing a tailback. Edited January 1 by dhupverg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhupverg Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 (edited) Just now, dhupverg said: dup post Edited January 1 by dhupverg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chris Daley Posted January 1 Popular Post Share Posted January 1 (edited) There's always traffic in Thailand. I miss the good old covid lockdown days. One of my favorite viruses. Edited January 1 by Chris Daley 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 2 hours ago, dhupverg said: I'd say not genius. Now with all the Russians here driving cars, it's worse than pre covid. I saw traffic backed up to Kata Hill going to the circle. I've never seen that before with no accident causing a tailback. Russians driving cars equals a nightmare; Russians driving motorbikes equals a nightmare; French Africans driving large motorbikes equals a nightmare and danger, then of course once you add in the normal Thai behaviour of driving anything without training or a licence, then you've got – – "the perfect storm". Beware Danger.......................... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 5 hours ago, dhupverg said: I'd say not genius. Now with all the Russians here driving cars, it's worse than pre covid. I saw traffic backed up to Kata Hill going to the circle. I've never seen that before with no accident causing a tailback. My experience is contrary to yours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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