Public Transports
Bangkok has the most extensive city bus system. A few provincial capitals, such as Phitsanulok and Ubon Ratchathani, also have buses with established routes. Fares avarage 4 Bhat to 8 Bhat. For the rest, you must rely on songthaews, tuk-tuks or samlors.
Túk-Túks
These small three-wheeled taxicabs sound like power saws berserk and commonly leave trails of blue smoke whenever they rev up, despite the fact they run on LP gas, a cleaner fuel than diesel or patrol. Objecting Bangkokians have been trying for years to enact a ban on túk-túks. You can buy one for US$1000 from Túk-túk Industry Thailand, Th Prachathipok, Bangkok.
Skytrain
The Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA). There are two lines, a blue line from Taksin Bridge to the National Stadium on Th Rama I, and a longer red line from Moh Chit Northern bus terminal to Awn Nut in Phrakhanong, Soi 81 Th Sukhumvit. The longer rail route can be done in under 30 minutes (in early times it took up to 80 minutes by car).
Thailand's Ministry of Transport and Communications made several announcements in 1998 about how they were going to ban longtail boats, due to noise and safety concerns, and replace them with newly designed, quiter, and safer boats cosing 8 million baht each. According to this scheme, the Harbour Department will stop registring longtail boats and they will be completely eliminated from Bangkok's waterways over the next years.