Why Bangkok traffic is so terrible

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00:00Why Bangkok's traffic is so terrible?

00:03Bangkok is the 14th in the world for traffic congestion,

00:06with an average of 63 hours wasted in the traffic each year, according to INRIX 2023.

00:1437.19% of Bangkok's streets are dead-end alleys, creating bottlenecks on the main road,

00:21and this is why Bangkokians rely on motorcycle taxis.

00:24The lack of city planning led to Bangkok's unstructured growth.

00:28Businesses and malls are concentrated in just one area,

00:32flocking people into the same place.

00:34Rain and end of the month Fridays exacerbate the traffic issue,

00:38turning the roads into chaotic mess.

00:40Bangkok's road restorations are endless and often take forever just only to fall apart so quickly.

00:47This can make the roads more dangerous, and especially for the motorbikes.

00:51And lastly, discipline.

00:53People just park wherever they please, turning the road into a parking lot.

00:56How should we fix this mess?