Reducing buses won't ease traffic woes

Taking buses off the street 'to reduce traffic jams' makes no sense, when one bus carries the passenger-equivalent of at least 10 cars, probably more. (Bangkok Post file photo)

When I saw a news headline last week, saying the number of Bangkok public buses may be reduced to solve the city's traffic woes in the Ramkhamhaeng area, I thought it was just more click bait.

But I was wrong.

The lead went: "A solution for traffic jams in Ramkhamhaeng found. The number of buses may be cut due to their huge size."