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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?