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Causes of traffic jams in Cambodia


People traffic behaviors

  • Aggressive riding / driving (Swaying/Overtaking/Over speeding )

  • Taking on phone or listening to loud music when driving or riding vehicles

  • Ride or drive on the wrong lanes or sides

  • Do not strictly obey the traffic lights/signs

  • Loading and unloading things and people on Boulevards /avenues/ streets

  • Never check the condition of vehicles which can lead to the breaking down in middle of the way.

  • Stop to buy something along the way while driving or riding

Boulevards /avenues/ streets

  • Small boulevards/avenues/streets

  • Sidewalk/ boulevards /avenues/ streets are used for

  • parking

  • doing business

  • leaving garbage

  • celebrating and arranging wedding, birthdays, funeral, parties, house warming, grand opening days.

  • Sidewalk/boulevard /avenue/ streets….being under constructions (build draining system, widen boulevard/avenue/streets especially during day and at rush hours not at night when there is less traffic)

  • Some boulevard/avenue/streets are affected by raining flood and bumpy.

Traffic flow mechanisms

  • Block of traffics due to transportation of delegations, special events ceremonies

  • Traffic lights do not work properly

  • Lack of traffic light, bar and signs

  • Shortage of traffic controllers (traffic polices and volunteers)

Vehicles

  • Too big and long vehicles

  • Breaking down in middle of the way


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