Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2014

Transport Statistics Transport statistics presented in this chapter have been derived from the Department of Highways, the Department of Land Transport, The Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand, the State Railway of Thailand, Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited, Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transport and Royal Thai Police. The Department of Highways is responsible for monitoring and controlling only for special highways, national highways and concession highways. Statistics presented were the data on under construction roads, and maintenance. Highway is classified, under the National Highway Act B.E. 2535 (1992), into 6 categories. Special highways or Motorways; these are roads with especially high standards of design and prepared to highly facilitate traffic on the important routes National highways; roads which connect the regions, provinces districts and other primarily important routes, they are under the responsibility of the Department of Highways. Rural roads; they are roads connecting among non-municipal areas and sanitary districts, they are taken care by Tambon Authority Organization, the Department of Highways Municipal highways; all roads in municipal areas governed by municipal authority such as cities, towns. Roads in Sanitary districts; roads in sanitary district areas under the office of sanitary districts. Concession highways; a special road, in which the government provided for public use. The Department of Land Transport; Ministry of Transport is the agency responsible for registration of new vehicle, license, renewal, rights transfer and others. According to Land Transport Act B.E. 2522 (1979), vehicles are classified as follows: fixed route bus, non-fixed route bus, private car, non-fixed route truck, private truck and mini bus. Vehicle refers to public vehicle, vehicle for service and private car. Limousine refers to vehicle used to service passengers from airport, port, bus terminal offices, etc. Tour taxi refers to vehicle which enterprises used for tour business.