Free traffic smart-phone app for Bangkok motorists
Bangkok motorists worried about being caught in traffic now that schools have reopened can download the BMA Live Traffic app to check on routes and realtime traffic conditions in the capital.
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is offering the application for both Apple and Android devices for free. Routes and traffic conditions can also be checked on http://traffic.longdo.com and http://www.trafficpolice.go.th/report.php.
Most schools start the new semester this week and up to 20 per cent of them opened yesterday.
Deputy Metropolitan Police Commander MajGeneral Worasak Nopsittiporn convened a meeting of relevant officials yesterday to discuss how best to handle traffic congestion at the start of the new semester.
Bangkok residents often complain about traffic jams caused by parents dropping their children off at school.
Bad traffic has been predicted on 34 roads and 52 intersections in Bangkok this semester.
Meanwhile, the BMA is handing out 120,000 crash helmets to students in a bid to boost safety. Some 115,752 helmets have been earmarked for kindergarteners and primary students, plus 4,698 for secondary pupils.
“We have already given helmets to students via schools in Nong Chok and Lat Krabang districts. For schools in the 48 other districts, we will ensure that the helmets reach the hands of stu
