Bangkok Airways has been operating since 1968 and now markets itself as "Asia's Boutique Airline".
Since the country's first rapid rail transit line opened in 1999 in Bangkok, daily ridership on Bangkok's various transit lines has risen to over 800,000, with multiple additional lines either under construction or being proposed. Private automobiles, whose rapid growth contributed to Bangkok's notorious traffic congestion over the past two decades, have risen in popularity, especially among tourists, expats, the upper class, and the growing middle class.
Recurring government attempts at restructuring and/or privatization throughout the 2000s have always been strongly opposed by the union and have not made any progress. There are two active rail links to adjacent countries.
Low-cost carriers have become prevalent since 2003, including Thai Smile, Thai AirAsia, Thai AirAsia X, Thai Lion Air, Thai Vietjet Air and Nok Air. ==Water transport== As of 2011 there were 3,999 km of principal waterways, of which 3,701 km had navigable depths of 0.9 m or more throughout the year.
Death toll records from road accidents for the last ten New Year periods are: 449 deaths in 2007, 401 in 2008, 357 in 2009, 347 in 2010, 358 in 2011, 321 in 2012, 365 in 2013, 366 in 2014, 341 in 2015, 380 in 2016.
Death toll records from road accidents for the last ten New Year periods are: 449 deaths in 2007, 401 in 2008, 357 in 2009, 347 in 2010, 358 in 2011, 321 in 2012, 365 in 2013, 366 in 2014, 341 in 2015, 380 in 2016.
Death toll records from road accidents for the last ten New Year periods are: 449 deaths in 2007, 401 in 2008, 357 in 2009, 347 in 2010, 358 in 2011, 321 in 2012, 365 in 2013, 366 in 2014, 341 in 2015, 380 in 2016.
The worst financially performing state enterprise, the SRT consistently operates at a loss despite being endowed with large amounts of property and receiving large government budgets; it reported a preliminary loss of 7.58 billion baht in 2010.
Death toll records from road accidents for the last ten New Year periods are: 449 deaths in 2007, 401 in 2008, 357 in 2009, 347 in 2010, 358 in 2011, 321 in 2012, 365 in 2013, 366 in 2014, 341 in 2015, 380 in 2016.
Of five routes that were originally planned, only one line has been operating since 2010.
A projected extension will rebuild the route and in 2011 a link was also proposed from Kanchanaburi to Port Dawei. Rail transport in Bangkok includes long-distance services, and some daily commuter trains running from and to the outskirts of the city during the rush hour, but passenger numbers have remained low.
Death toll records from road accidents for the last ten New Year periods are: 449 deaths in 2007, 401 in 2008, 357 in 2009, 347 in 2010, 358 in 2011, 321 in 2012, 365 in 2013, 366 in 2014, 341 in 2015, 380 in 2016.
In 2011 the government declared the following ten years to be Thailand's "decade of action on road safety".
Low-cost carriers have become prevalent since 2003, including Thai Smile, Thai AirAsia, Thai AirAsia X, Thai Lion Air, Thai Vietjet Air and Nok Air. ==Water transport== As of 2011 there were 3,999 km of principal waterways, of which 3,701 km had navigable depths of 0.9 m or more throughout the year.
Death toll records from road accidents for the last ten New Year periods are: 449 deaths in 2007, 401 in 2008, 357 in 2009, 347 in 2010, 358 in 2011, 321 in 2012, 365 in 2013, 366 in 2014, 341 in 2015, 380 in 2016.
It named 2012 as the year of 100 percent helmet use on motorbikes.
A government initiative to replace existing vans with larger minibuses in 2017, then delayed to 2019, was put on hold by the incoming Prayut administration. ==Air transport== ===Airports=== As of 2012, Thailand had 103 airports with 63 paved runways, in addition to 6 heliports.
, there were 156,089 legally registered public transport vehicles in Thailand, 42,202 of which were passenger vans, including 16,002 regular vans, 24,136 irregular vans, and 1,064 private vans. From 2013–2017, an average of 17,634 children between the ages of 10–19 died on Thailand's roads.
Death toll records from road accidents for the last ten New Year periods are: 449 deaths in 2007, 401 in 2008, 357 in 2009, 347 in 2010, 358 in 2011, 321 in 2012, 365 in 2013, 366 in 2014, 341 in 2015, 380 in 2016.
Death toll records from road accidents for the last ten New Year periods are: 449 deaths in 2007, 401 in 2008, 357 in 2009, 347 in 2010, 358 in 2011, 321 in 2012, 365 in 2013, 366 in 2014, 341 in 2015, 380 in 2016.
In 2015, Thailand's roads were the second deadliest in the world in 2015.
Death toll records from road accidents for the last ten New Year periods are: 449 deaths in 2007, 401 in 2008, 357 in 2009, 347 in 2010, 358 in 2011, 321 in 2012, 365 in 2013, 366 in 2014, 341 in 2015, 380 in 2016.
In 2015, about 1.3 million school-age children in Thailand regularly traveled on the back of motorcycles each day but only seven percent wore helmets.
In 2015 the Interior Ministry's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation's (DDPM) Road Safety Collaboration Centre announced a target of reducing road deaths by 80 percent.
According to the New York Times, in 2015, Thailand vowed at a United Nations forum to halve traffic deaths by 2020.
There are also three rapid transit rail systems in the capital. ===Rail rapid transit systems=== ====Bangkok Metropolitan Region==== Bangkok is served by three rail rapid transit systems: MRT, with two lines. Bangkok Skytrain or BTS, with two lines. Suvarnabhumi Airport Link or ARL, with one line. ====Khon Kaen==== In March 2016, the Thai government approved the first LRT project in Khon Kaen province, to be built by the private sector.
Private automobiles with up to seven seats numbered 9,713,980. ===Road safety=== According to the World Health Organization's, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018, Thailand had an estimated traffic fatality rate (all vehicle types) of 32.7 persons per 100,000 population in 2016.
The only nations exceeding Thailand's death toll were Liberia; Saint Lucia (population: 178,000); Burundi; Zimbabwe; Dominican Republic; Democratic Republic of Congo; Venezuela; and the Central African Republic. Thailand's death rate for operators and passengers of motorized two- and three-wheeled motorbikes was the world's highest in 2016 at 74.4 fatalities per 100,000 population. Sixty-six persons die every day on Thai roads, one every 22 minutes, seven of them children.
Songkran 2016 (11-17 April) saw 442 deaths and 3,656 injuries.
New Year 2017's death toll for the seven-day period between 29 December 2016 and 4 January 2017 was 478 compared to the previous year's record of 380.
The Centre for the Prevention and Reduction of Road Accidents said that the death toll in 2016 was the highest of the last ten years.
Death toll records from road accidents for the last ten New Year periods are: 449 deaths in 2007, 401 in 2008, 357 in 2009, 347 in 2010, 358 in 2011, 321 in 2012, 365 in 2013, 366 in 2014, 341 in 2015, 380 in 2016.
Until 2016, most operated from a Bangkok terminus at Victory Monument.
In 2017 the numbers were 113 dead and 906 injured, and in 2016, 105 people died and 1,102 others were injured in passenger van accidents.
The project is expected to begin construction in 2017 for completion within 1–2 years.
New Year 2017's death toll for the seven-day period between 29 December 2016 and 4 January 2017 was 478 compared to the previous year's record of 380.
In 2017 the numbers were 113 dead and 906 injured, and in 2016, 105 people died and 1,102 others were injured in passenger van accidents.
A government initiative to replace existing vans with larger minibuses in 2017, then delayed to 2019, was put on hold by the incoming Prayut administration. ==Air transport== ===Airports=== As of 2012, Thailand had 103 airports with 63 paved runways, in addition to 6 heliports.
Private automobiles with up to seven seats numbered 9,713,980. ===Road safety=== According to the World Health Organization's, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018, Thailand had an estimated traffic fatality rate (all vehicle types) of 32.7 persons per 100,000 population in 2016.
In 2018, the WHO reported that motorcycle helmet use was 51 percent by operators and 20 percent by passengers.
Their attitude was on display at Bangkok's celebration of World Car-Free Day 2018, celebrated on 22 September.
Without state intervention, direction, and education, the public lacks the impetus to adopt a mode of transport that remains ignored by urban development projects. ===Other public transport=== Other forms of road transport includes tuk-tuks, taxis—as of November 2018, Thailand has 80,647 registered taxis nationwide—vans (minibus), motorbike taxis, and songthaews. There are 4,125 public vans operating on 114 routes from Bangkok to the provinces alone.
The Safe Public Transport Travel Project of the Foundation for Consumers, reports that passenger vans in 2018 were involved in 75 accidents, causing 314 injuries and 41 deaths.
A government initiative to replace existing vans with larger minibuses in 2017, then delayed to 2019, was put on hold by the incoming Prayut administration. ==Air transport== ===Airports=== As of 2012, Thailand had 103 airports with 63 paved runways, in addition to 6 heliports.
According to the New York Times, in 2015, Thailand vowed at a United Nations forum to halve traffic deaths by 2020.
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