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Bangkok traffic to get worse, fast, with new car-buying program now in force

By herbrunbridge Posted in Business, Politics, Thailand, Transportation , | No Comments »

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s new first-time car buyer program, while solidifying future votes, will add an estimated 1.3 million vehicles to Thailand’s streets, much of it in already overcrowded Bangkok. It’s already being called a transportation nightmare, where gridlock slows incoming traffic to an average speed of 16.5 km per hour. A brainchild of […]

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