URBAN TRANSPORT IN GREATER BANGKOK (THAILAND)

A review of urban transportation problems associated with a the end of the Don Muang Airport Highway in the northern suburb Din Daeng to the port in Bangkok, Thailand. The km2 with a road network of about 1/4 km of city streets per km is presented. Some of the factors affecting traffic conditions are described, and possible solutions to such problems discussed. These are related to short-term improvements which have been implemented; medium-term projects as recommended by the Bangkok transportation study such as an expressway system, a mass transit system and A piles. The first contract is from the Don Muang Airport Highway to Makasan Rail Line and the third contract involves building the port interchagne. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Civil Engineers

  One Great George Street, Westminster
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1P 3AA
• Authors:
  • Dadson, J
• Publication Date: 1979-11-15

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 38-40
• Serial:
  • NEW CIVIL ENGINEER
  • Issue Number: 370
  • Publisher: EMAP CONSTRUCT LIMITED
  • ISSN: 0307-7683

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport access; Beams; Bridge decks; Concrete; Conferences; Highway bridges; Motor vehicles; Ownership; Planning; Population; Prestressed concrete; Prestressing; Road construction; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Transportation; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Thailand
• ITRD Terms: 3472: Beam; 3455: Bridge; 5905: Compressibility; 8525: Conference; 632: Congestion (traffic); 9006: Continuous; 3399: Pile; 143: Planning; 335: Population; 4796: Prestressed concrete; 2930: Subsoil; 8113: Thailand; 671: Traffic flow; 1155: Transport; 313: Urban area; 315: Vehicle ownership
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00309030
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1980 12:00AM