The Samlor in Bangkok's Transportation System

Different countries and different cities in the developing countries have developed several different approaches to deal with transportation infrastructure overload. Hong Kong, as an example, relies heavily on water transportation to serve the large segment of its population which resides on the water, and many metropolitan areas in Asia rely heavily on bicycle transport for the movement of commuters. Bangkok relies on a varied mixture of transport forms for the city's urban transportation system. For the latetwentieth century, one of the more esoteric forms of transport included in the Bangkok transportation mix is the samlor, which is a threewheel motor __________

1The World Bank, World Development Report 1991 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), 342.

2J. Paxton, (Ed.), The Statesman's YearBook 19911992 (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991), 1403.

3T. W. Allen, (Ed.), The ASEAN Report, Vol. II (Hong Kong: Dow Jones Publishing Co., 1991), 431.cycle us

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, Laos in the northeast, and China in the north. Railroads are particularly important with respect to the transport of industrial goods in Thailand. Thailand's primary highway network includes more than 18 thousand kilometers of paved roads. An additional two thousand kilometers of the primary highway system consists of unpaved roads, which, along with the country's 24 thousand kilometer provincial road system, is often impassable during the rainy season. The country's primary highway system is used in the transport of industrial output. The country's extensive network of waterways is used primarily for passenger transportation, and for the transport of agricultural output. Maritime shipping, however, is significant in the country's industrial logistics. A total of 98 percent of Thailand's imports enter the country via maritime shipping, while 65 percent of its exports leave the country through its maritime ports. Domestic air transport service is available to 20 locations within the country. The domestic air service also extends to destinations in the neighboring countries of Cambodia, Laos, and Viet Nam. Thai Airways International and more than 40 foreign carriers connect Bangkok with China, other major Asian dest
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