webfact Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Five busy roads with worst traffic jams in BangkokBANGKOK: -- The Transport Ministry has revealed five busiest roads in the capital that have the worst traffic jams with traffic flow speed of 24.34 kilometres an hour. The five busiest roads are;1. Ngamwongwan road from Yaek Kaelai to Yaek Kaset.2. Sri Ayutthaya road from Yaek Makkasan to Yaek Sisao Theves.3. Sukhumvit road from Yaek Bang Na to Yaek Ploenjit.4. Phaholyothin road from Yaek Laksi to Yaek Lardprao.5. Ratchadapisek road from Yaek Ratchavibha to Yaek Rama 9.The ministry said average traffic flow speed from Yaek Kaelai to Yaek Kaset has dropped from 36.95 kms/hr in 2011 to 24.34 kms/hr in 2013.It said main reasons for the traffic jams on this section of the road were gridlocks where continuous queues of vehicles block an entire network of intersecting roads, construction of subway and sky train projects, railway crossings, and toll gates of the expressway system where vehicles queuing up to pay toll.It also said there are 34 railway crossings which cause traffic jams in the capital. They included Yommaraj, Sri Ayutthaya, Ratchavithi, Nakhon Chaisri, Sethsiri, Ranong 1, Pradipat, Prachanives, Ngamwongwan, Chaengwattana, Talad Son Mueang Kao, Air Force HQ. Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/five-busy-roads-worst-traffic-jams-bangkok/ -- Thai PBS 2014-11-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lammbock Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 More fly overs!!!, more fly overs!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rasmus5150 Posted November 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2014 Wow. If I could drive more than 24 kms/hr on any of the mentioned roads I would be very happy. I think that they calculate the speed over a 24 hour period, because in the daytime the traffic moves at max 5 kms/hr. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ALLSEEINGEYE Posted November 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2014 #1 - lack of City planning. Start making more roads go through to somewhere. #2 - too many taxi's just driving around, get rid of half of them. Make taxi stands so taxi's aren't stopping and negotiating how much they will rip you off while blocking traffic for everyone else. #3 - police selling the streets for their own profit so rip-off taxi's can clutter up the roads while they wait to extort passengers. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprq Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Quote: It said main reasons for the traffic jams on this section of the road were gridlocks where continuous queues of vehicles block an entire network of intersecting roads, construction of subway and sky train projects, railway crossings, and toll gates of the expressway system where vehicles queuing up to pay toll. No, the main reason is that too many vehicles try to use the roads because there is no adequate public transport, there are parking spaces for them at businesses, shopping centres and entertainment places (not so in central London, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, etc, etc), and people want to gain face by driving around. Solve those and traffic jams will ease rapidly. In other words, there's no hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) and then there is the spontaneous double-parking, where one just has to impulse-buy something at a sidewalk market... Edited November 14, 2014 by klauskunkel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toooa Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 "Yaek Sisao Theves" brilliant rendition of what is suppose to be "Thewet"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortenaa Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Wow. If I could drive more than 24 kms/hr on any of the mentioned roads I would be very happy. I think that they calculate the speed over a 24 hour period, because in the daytime the traffic moves at max 5 kms/hr. This is very accurate. From my condo close to Thonglor to Terminal 21, I sometimes average 5-6 km/h. If the temperature dropped a few degrees, I would be happy to walk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richusa Posted November 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2014 Wow. If I could drive more than 24 kms/hr on any of the mentioned roads I would be very happy. I think that they calculate the speed over a 24 hour period, because in the daytime the traffic moves at max 5 kms/hr. This is very accurate. From my condo close to Thonglor to Terminal 21, I sometimes average 5-6 km/h. If the temperature dropped a few degrees, I would be happy to walk! It's a 15 minute walk, lazy. At 8-9 am it's not hot, at 5pm it's not hot. What an excuse? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickirs Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Just wait until those ten bridges over the Chao Phraya River are feeding cars into Bangkok by 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 On Wednesday and Thursday this week the late morning traffic seemed very light around the Soi Ekkamai area. Much less volume than normal and noticeably so. Anyone else notice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halion Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 They have also forgotten to mention another important factor which promotes gridlocked roads and that is the RTP traffic controls at major intersections where police officers determine the time phasing of the red and green lights. It would be interesting to know how they determine the allocation of time phasing as the only thing that makes sense is that certain roads are designated as priority roads for one reason or another on instruction from the faceless ones. It has to be remembered that influential people should not be burdened with traffic jams. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidee Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) no thai is allowed, but what the hell is a YAEK ? Edited November 14, 2014 by maidee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cup-O-coffee Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 This is not news. It is the laws of physics and maths all at once engaged in a battle against the HUB of malignant schemes. These arterial gridlocks remind me of what must be daily happening in their minds: "continuous queues of (blank thoughts) block an entire network of intersecting (synapses)" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakser Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I suffered for 6 years the daily atrocities of public transportation in Krungthep until I purchased a scooter. My life have changed for ever. Each trip that took me 1.5-2 hours is done now in 20 minutes. Suddenly I have few more free hours in the day. I can do more tasks and enjoy the life in this giant city. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasmus5150 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I suffered for 6 years the daily atrocities of public transportation in Krungthep until I purchased a scooter. My life have changed for ever. Each trip that took me 1.5-2 hours is done now in 20 minutes. Suddenly I have few more free hours in the day. I can do more tasks and enjoy the life in this giant city. Until you become a statistic in the yearly traffic deaths, on the second most deadly roads in the world. I really hope you survive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVisionBurma Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 no thai is allowed, but what the hell is a YAEK ? It is the Romanization of the Thai word for sub-soi as far as I know. And it is acceptable here in this context. (someone with far better Thai language than me can correct this!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgs2001uk Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) no thai is allowed, but what the hell is a YAEK ? It is the Romanization of the Thai word for sub-soi as far as I know. And it is acceptable here in this context. (someone with far better Thai language than me can correct this!) Almost correct, and I can understand why you thought this. Yaek, means junction, you can have a see yaek, four way junction or a sam yaek, three way junction. You often see the word yaek on the signposts on smaller sub sois, eg Yaek 17, it doesnt mean sub soi 17, it means junction 17. Edit. using the above as an example, 4. Phaholyothin road from Yaek Laksi to Yaek Lardprao. This would mean from Laksi junction to Lat Prao junction. Edited November 14, 2014 by rgs2001uk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrilled Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 AllI know is Bangkok is A giant SNAFU.The tax scheme for new cars made it considerably worse.When I go to Bangkok I usually Take the BTS.Um riding around on 2 wheels is A death sentence.I wouldn't live in this city if you paid me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango66 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Wow. If I could drive more than 24 kms/hr on any of the mentioned roads I would be very happy. I think that they calculate the speed over a 24 hour period, because in the daytime the traffic moves at max 5 kms/hr. Thai have different calculation !! it means 24 hrs per km !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango66 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I am not so lucky, just 2 of my daily roads are mentioned :-((( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 "Yaek Sisao Theves" brilliant rendition of what is suppose to be "Thewet"... Well done, very relevant observation. That should ease traffic at that place, wherever it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkCyr Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 My ex used to insist on driving everywhere (hi-so), even though she lived about 2 minutes walk from Phrom Pong BTS. "Thais don't walk", she'd say. No, they spend 2 hours driving when they don't need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishJohn Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Whenever I've been on those roads, the biggest problem seems to be people parking in the left hand lane because they can't be bothered to go off the busy road and walk a bit. Then the bus comes and has to double park so the next lane closes off as well. Not to mention the taxi drivers who don't care where they park. They will just stop where they are without warning if they think a fare is walking towards them. No consideration at all for other road users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Pepperoni Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) And the police who keep the light red for 10 minutes to 20 minutes at a time... then makes the light green for only 10 seconds. It should be a computer or timer that switches the lights, not a police man in a booth that cannot see how far back he has caused the line of traffic to be. Sometimes the street traffic becomes so bad it's like a parking lot. Edited November 16, 2014 by Tony Pepperoni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangebrew Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Can cut traffic in half in one month easy but they want solution cost them 10,000,000 baht for answer. Got's to pay for brain power. And it will work plus reap huge rewards, and pay it's self off in less than year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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