The Commissioner of the 33rd Military Circle met with over 1,600 red songthaew drivers on July 30, 2014 at the Chiang Mai International Convention Center to register drivers for their preferred routes with the Nakhon Lanna Co-operative. Col. Kosol Pratoomchat, Deputy Commissioner of the 33rd Military Circle explained that the new routes were necessary to ease the growing traffic jams and provide better transportation to the people of Chiang Mai.