Bangkok Informer

30 April 2013 – I came across this interesting snippet in the Bangkok Post this morning. “As of Dec 31, 2012, Bangkok had 2.97 million personal cars, 1.08 million pickup trucks and 2.84 million motorcycles.” I’m not sure if the pickup trucks include the huge cargo trucks. Buses and mini-vans haven’t been included. What was [...]

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Petr Kraus, world champion trial biker and European Red Bull athlete since 1996, is in Bangkok to celebrate the global brand’s launch this week. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Sports

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Police had issued 12,044 tickets in the first four months of this year to drivers who failed to follow traffic signals and were caught by the Red Light Camera System. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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A large number of Thai and foreign tourists flock to Phuket International Airport on Friday, ahead of the long holiday period. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews

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This is the second part of a two-part series on traffic within Bangkok. To read part one, click here. PART TWO – Dr. Panit Pujinda, a professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Chulalongkorn University, has a tendency to begin his sentences with exclamations when discussing a subject that excites him, and traffic definitely fits that [...]

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MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the opposition Democrat Party’s gubernatorial candidate, started off his reelection campaign at 8AM today at Victory Monument, one of Thailand’s biggest public transportation hubs. He attempted to woo voters with policies that could ease long-standing traffic congestion in the capital. The former Bangkok governor said that he would bring in electronic media [...]

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Holidaymakers flooded back to Bangkok yesterday, returning from trips outside the capital to celebrate the New Year. Inbound traffic on main arteries entering Bangkok was heavy, the reverse of just a few days earlier when outbound traffic came to a standstill. The first five days of this year’s “Seven Dangerous Days” around the New Year [...]

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Traffic around much of Bangkok came to a standstill yesterday and several key bus and train stations were rammed, as hundreds of thousands of people traveled home for the New Year holidays. Traffic around Moh Chit Bus Station in northern Bangkok was particularly bad. Deputy Transport Minister Prasert Chantararuangthong said that 24 more train trips [...]

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Accident-prone spots have been made safer in a bid to have zero traffic deaths on rural roads during the New Year’s holiday, Deputy Transport Minister Prasert Chantararuangthong said yesterday. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – National

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The government’s first-car tax rebate scheme has been a smashing success and a boon for the auto industry, but has helped spawn tremendous traffic snarls on Bangkok streets, traffic officials said. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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The Traffic Police Division says it will keep a close eye on today’s anti-government protest to determine whether more roads should be closed. For instance, an extended march by demonstrators might force police to take extra measures. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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Passenger traffic through Thailand’s six major airports rose nearly 8% in the last fiscal year to set a new record, but the growth rate was just half that of the year earlier. Full News here – News update

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Average speeds in Bangkok dropped from 19 kilometres per hour last year to 18kph this year during morning rush hour and from 24kph to 23kph during evening rush hour, the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) said yesterday. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – National

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An officer in Bangkok has delivered 47 babies after their mothers got snarled in the heavy traffic in the capital of Thailand. Report by Adam Sich. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com

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Thai policeman Mana Jokkoksung came to the aid of pregnant 19-year-old Chotika Chuennoi   Bangkok  – A policeman in Bangkok has helped a pregnant woman give birth to a baby girl in the back of a taxi cab after the vehicle became trapped in Bangkok rush hour traffic. Thai policeman Mana Jokkoksung came to the [...]

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