"The single worst part of driving in the city is dealing with agressive or incompetent taxi drivers." That method of driving is not unique to taxi drivers - an

"The single worst part of driving in the city is dealing with agressive or incompetent taxi drivers." That method of driving is not unique to taxi drivers - and those issues exist in several other Asian countries, regardless of the number of taxis on the road. I'll leave it at that. "people are less likely to use the state of the art elevated train and subway, both of which run under capacity." That's not accurate. Taking the BTS from Thonglor to MBK is faster than driving or taking a taxi at nearly all times. Thats an extreme example but traffic is so bad that its faster in a lot of cases. That's why both the BTS and MRT are always packed, with people of all classes. You make some good points otherwise, some I disagree with like whether Bangkok is an example of an unregulated market failing or thriving, but I don't want to get too off into the weeds of a political discussion :)