Public Transportation Chiang Mai..

[les1]

Does anyone know of a new transportation system in Chiang Mai. I have been overseas since April prior to that I was under the impression that the City was introducing a new Bus System. Does anyone know anything about this?

Thank you........

[masuk]

There are new signs and directories up next to the new refurbished bus shelters in Huay Keaw Rd.

I'm sure they're helpful, but as I and a few million tourists cannot read Thai, they're not a lot of help.

[Chicog]

I think they are basically new routes for the songtaews.

If they provided a decent, working and affordable bus service, the baht bus bandits would go apesh**.

[elgordo38]

I think they are basically new routes for the songtaews.

If they provided a decent, working and affordable bus service, the baht bus bandits would go apesh**.

The signs are in Thai and the services are straight line pretty well. I think this is an effort by the song taew drivers to appease demands for a working bus service. By the time you waste time going from one bus to another possibly 2 or 3 (to get to your destination) and waiting at the bus stop it is easier and cheaper to flag down a songtaew and travel directly to your destination. They should have bus routes that travel in loops to a large mall or shopping area and back again. I think the Pitsanulok city bus service would be a good example plus songtaew operators had signs up at the bus station quoting fares. A good starting point for this service would be the Chang Phuak bus station.

[elgordo38]

I think they are basically new routes for the songtaews.

If they provided a decent, working and affordable bus service, the baht bus bandits would go apesh**.

Amen brother

[northernjohn]

In short not a chance.

They may introduce some thing to cover a very limited area such as the routes that they have for some songthaew's. But never any thing of real use t travel around town. for instance from Chiang Mai gate to the Railroad station then to say Mai Rim or any other community.

[scorecard]

In short not a chance.

They may introduce some thing to cover a very limited area such as the routes that they have for some songthaew's. But never any thing of real use t travel around town. for instance from Chiang Mai gate to the Railroad station then to say Mai Rim or any other community.

My son was watching a segment on the Thai news last night. There was mention of approval for a CM light rail (overhead wires) running on the CM streets (street level).

Nothing today in the English language sites.

[scorecard]

In short not a chance.

They may introduce some thing to cover a very limited area such as the routes that they have for some songthaew's. But never any thing of real use t travel around town. for instance from Chiang Mai gate to the Railroad station then to say Mai Rim or any other community.

And perhaps a route going down the superhighway right out to Thai Watsadu. There are many new / old villages within a few hundred metres of the superhighway, right out to Thai Watsudu and even further.

Overhead footbridges of course almost non existent.