TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN BANGKOK

Traffic congestion in Bangkok, Thailand, which has a population approaching 6 million, is a daily occurrence that involves many hours of wasted time for the residents, considerable waste of scarce fuel resources, and a deterioration of the environment through air and noise pollution. Although car ownership is relatively low in comparison with western cities, the road space per area is less than one-half that of most other capitals. The city's traffic congestion is being tackled by improvements and priorities to public transport, area traffic control, highway improvements, and law enforcement. The Office of Policy and Planning has been instrumental in reviewing alternative measures of traffic restraint and undertaking improvements to traffic signals. This began with the introduction of a microprocessor area traffic control system for the city center before the introduction of an areawide system. More than 100 km of with-flow bus lanes have been introduced to complement the contra-flow bus lanes, and these now provide the most extensive bus priority system of any city in Southeast Asia. The benefits to the high volumes of buses and minibuses that use these lanes are considerable. This has been complemented by comprehensive route improvement schemes on many of the main roads in the city and an extensive one-way system. Overall improvements to traffic flow have, therefore, been obtained in recent years which, together with the current plans for further major junction improvements and improvements to traffic enforcement and control, have led to the creation of a new traffic management initiative in Bangkok.

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• Authors:
  • Vongpuapan, S
  • LATCHFORD, JCR
• Conference:
  • 64th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1985-1-14 to 1985-1-17
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 25-32
• Monograph Title: Transportation system management and signal systems
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1021
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Area traffic signal control; Bus priority; Contraflow lanes; Highway traffic control; Reduction (Chemistry); Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Traffic law enforcement; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Bangkok (Thailand)
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00459562
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030903910X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 30 1986 12:00AM