The volume of solid waste collected in Bangkok in 1994 was 2,403,547 tons, averaging 6,800 tons per day. The amount collected rose to 2,421,303 in 1995, averaging 6,633.73 tons per day. Electricity - 1,141,323 users, mainly in households, received electricity in 1995. The total number of vehicles registered with the Department of Transportation in 1995 was 14,445,692, as compared with 3,403,853 in 1985. Communication - There are 1,511,520 stationary telephones and 22,746 mobile telephones registered in Bangkok.
Traffic congestion is a major problem faced by all the residents of Bangkok.
To solve traffic problems requires addressing many structural problems of the city such as adjustment of land use and capital investment in mass transit. To date, the public sector has launched a series of trials, such as staggering working hours, using boats through the few remaining arterial canals of Bangkok, and relocating some schools to the suburbs to reduce school-term traffic. Many institutions, committees, and sub-committees have also been established to tackle the traffic problems. For Bangkokians who have to brave the traffic on a daily basis, these are long term measures and people's concerns are naturally with the immediate situation. The Jor Sor 100, a traffic news radio broadcasting channel, is one partial solution that has become quite popular as traffic conditions worsened and more urbanites acquired mobile telephones.