Vientiane big headache with traffic jam !

Date: Aug 16, 2009

Vientiane big headache with traffic jam !

Date: Aug 16, 2009

I've witnessed the increase in vehicular traffic first-hand on a year-by-year basis. In the past 2 years as compared to the previous 3 years prior, the traffic almost seemed to have at least double. Though I think it's manageable. Urban planning would help, however I think the biggest impact that can be turnovered quickly would be enforcement of traffic laws and regulations. This may be hard to implement however given most people's current mindset regarding driving a car or motorcycle there. But if there were enforcement, it may drill in to people to follow the rules.

Just my 2 cents.

Vientiane still is that sleepy capital...just a little noisier now.

SeeHarHed · Guru

plans and study will not change anything. the roads remain the same for the past 40 years but yet the population has grown so much. i guess it is safe to say that is no planning involve for the department of transportation.

maybe they are waiting for big brothers(viet, chinese, and korean) lending helping hands.

Date: Aug 16, 2009

Where is the traffic?

Date: Aug 16, 2009

Anonymous wrote:

Where is the traffic?

Traffic maybe getting heavier a bit in VNT but for me, compared to Vietnam, Bankok and Philippines, Laos traffic is heaven.

khonthakek · Guru

WE JUST THINK TO BUY A CAR IF WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY! NOW PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND TRAFFIC JAM IN LAOS, PPLS NOW THINK TO SHOW OFF AND CONVENIENCE.

Date: Aug 17, 2009

i see only a car on the road !, jamed ??!!!! lol........... biggrin

chiip · Guru

it's very easy, I think the main problem is from the inactivity of the traffic policemen in the rush hours, the time table for the delivering goods in the rush hours, as everyone noticed the drivers of truck and the owner of shop along the streets never care about others when they deliver and receive the goods , especially the construction materials. many of the owner of the shops inside the market and those who go shoping in the market park their car along the stree but the traffic official said nothing...

Date: Aug 17, 2009

Date: Aug 17, 2009

Traffic clogs city roads

A massive increase in new vehicles is giving Vientiane commuters a headache as peak hour traffic snarls affect transportation across the city.

Minister of Public Works and Transport, Mr Sommath Pholsena said his ministry would focus on promoting and improving public transport as a way to address traffic congestion in the capital.
Mr Sommath Pholsena.

He was speaking at a meeting on Friday of the Party Propaganda and Training Board in Vientiane .

“The government has directed our ministry to improve public transport from Dongdok village into the central city area,” he said.

Dongdok village is where the National University of Laos is located; thousands of students make daily journeys to and from the campus along this route.

Mr Sommath added that his ministry was to liaise with the Ministry of Education to discuss improvements to public transport.

He said there were plans to develop a new road, with the same width as Kaysone Phomvihane Road , to ease the congestion.

“We are studying funding sources,” he said.

Some transport officials said it was difficult to widen most roads in the capital as both sides were already heavily built up.

But Mr Sommath said the solution to traffic issues was not only to expand roads, but to have better urban planning as well.

For instance, markets and industrial areas needed to be located in appropriate areas with proper access.

“Cooperation from many sectors, not just the ministry and the Vientiane authorities is needed on this issue,” he said.

The increase in one sense is welcome. It indicates the success and increased economic development the city and country have experienced in recent years.

It shows the increasing affluence of many Vientiane residents who can now travel in 4-wheeled air-conditioned comfort, or at least on an increasingly affordable motorised two-wheeler.

However, these advances come with associated challenges.

It is a problem that should have been anticipated and solutions planned long before now.

According to official data, in 2007, there were over 280, 000 vehicles in Vientiane , of which nearly 200,000 were motorcycles.

By 2008 the number of vehicles had increased to almost 307,000.

Despite the effects of the global economic slowdown there seems no abatement to this growth.

The Vientiane vehicle control unit stated that between 200 and 400 new vehicles were being registered in Vientiane everyday.

A senior transport official w ho asked not to be named said he agreed with the minister's opinion to develop public transport options as a way to address the traffic jams.

This way, the government did not need to widen roads or relocate some of its offices to areas out of the city centre to ease traffic.

Investment in the development of public transport to encourage alternatives to driving cars or riding motorbikes is needed.

The official said that public transport needed to be reliable and on-time to be appropriate for those who work in the evening.

The double-parking of vehicles and ignorance of local traffic regulations were also a cause of traffic jams.

By Times Reporters
(Latest Update August 17, 2009)

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Date: Aug 17, 2009

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