Transportation

BANGKOK — Get a ride home later than usual New Year’s Eve when public transportation hours are extended to accommodate revelers.

By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

AYUTTHAYA — Businessman Jenphop Viraporn was indicted yesterday for the fiery crash that killed two graduate students on an Ayutthaya highway.

BANGKOK — At the heart of the military government’s traffic regulation u-turn, which will see them enforcing a ban prohibiting travel on the beds of pickup trucks, was the outrage that poor and chiefly rural people will be affected the most given the lack of viable alternatives.

SISAKET — Authorities on Saturday raised millions of baht on the first day of bidding at an ongoing auction for auspicious vehicle license plate numbers and initials.

BANGKOK — After 28 Uber drivers were caught up in sweeps, a top transport official on Tuesday suggested the junta use its absolute power to shut down the ride-hailing app.

BANGKOK — Steely conductors rattling coin collectors and palming torn paper tickets may not be long for Bangkok's buses.

PHUKET — A taxi driver was arrested Sunday for allegedly threatening another motorist with an axe in full view of foreign tourists at Phuket International Airport.

CHONBURI — Police said they are looking for a van driver accused of assaulting and robbing a foreign passenger Tuesday in Chonburi province.

BANGKOK — A Chinese national was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing 460,000 baht from a Thai woman aboard a Bangkok-bound flight, and then trying to bribe the police who caught him.

BANGKOK — Jenphop Viraporn was driving under the influence of an antidepressant with side effects which could impair driving, according to police, who said they are still working to establish how fast how he was traveling when his Mercedes-Benz caused a fiery wreck that killed 2 people last week.