It is now known as a region that causes the worst congestion in the world, Bangkok, but long ago, these roads were all waterways.
It is hard to believe now, but Bangkok was a city of water with a high degree of water transport.
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"Oriental Venice" Bangkok
Bangkok was known as "Oriental Venice" in the old days because there were many canals.
Originally the people of Bangkok built houses along the river, all the houses have a harbor, and when you go somewhere, such as a company or a shop, you were leaving by a water bus or your own boat.
When he gets on the water bus, he seems to have had the water flag busy at the pier of the house by swinging the red flag.
There are rivers currently used, and some canals such as the Chao Phraya River and the Sensee River are used as means of commuting, commuting, sightseeing and so on.
Unique city structure
In 1862 the king Rama 4 set up the first road in Bangkok. That is now Tanon · Charlan Krung Street. ※ It is a street in front of BTS Supan Thaksin Station
In Bangkok the thoroughball is called Thanon, the alley is called soy, the place where the canal was located became Thanon, the branching river is soi.
Soi has many dead ends and can not go through. It seems that traffic congestion in Bangkok is serious.
Each soi is numbered, the soy on the right side is divided into even numbers and the soy on the left side is divided into odd numbers with the main street in between, and its number increases from the center towards the suburbs.
Although some exceptional numbers are assigned, there is a structure that is easy to understand.
In Thailand, odd numbers are said to be auspicious numbers, so there are many shops in the odd soy side, the roads are also opened up and maintained, even though it is the same distance to the station, even and odd rent is near 1.5 times I am surprised because there are different places.
Current traffic situation
The first time in 1893 the Thai railway from Bangkok to Samut Prakan province opened, trains and subways were made with the development of the country.
The development of transport infrastructure is still continued.
The 2029 route will be opened by 13 in the future, and the route map to be completed seems to be seeing the route map in the Kanto suburbs.
Today, more people use BTS (elevated railway sky train) and MRT (subway) ARL (airport rail link), and it is preferred as a convenient means of transportation.
Amazingly, BTS and MRT do not have timetables. For rough guidance, the commuting time zone is operated at 3 to 5 minute intervals, and at other times it is operated at 5 to 8 minute intervals.
ARL is an elevated railroad connecting Suvarnabhumi Airport and the city center, and it is operated at 20 minute intervals.
Other, there are bus lines, taxis, tuk-tuk (roofed three-wheeled bike taxi), Son-tae (compact compact truck), motorcycle taxies and so on.
Walking around the city of Bangkok
The city of Bangkok is characterized by modern buildings and luxury hotels lined up in front of the station.
Since we remove all the old houses in front of the station and are constructing shopping centers one by one, we can move to each facility by direct connection from the station without walking on the road.
Construction rush continues even now, but there are places where the cityscape changes in a few months.
Due to the development of the area around the station which the construction infrastructure construction rush brings, there are areas where the land price rises by around 30% year on year.
As more and more people want to expect from Bangkok developing, it seems that famous stalls sometimes go out of business due to the rise in land prices.
Changes accompanying the development are inevitable, but it is somewhat lonesome that the cluttered cityscape is one of the charms of Bangkok ... gone.
