In spite of the fact that long-tailed
boat is one of the low cost transport modes
together with its low operating costs especially
if compared with other land transit modes, their
passenger demand is declining as illustrated by
Figure 7. It can be seen that the average daily passengers are reducing year by year. However,
it must be noted that these passenger demand
figures does not include the newly introduced
routes in Bangkok. Recently, the new route of
boat service that was suggested by Office of
Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP)
is Padung Krungkasem Canal with the service
distance about 4.5 km. It also plays a role as an
alternative for linkage between other mode of
transportations (BTS, Subway, and BMTA bus)
and located as a multimodal point to promote
the public transport for tourism in Bangkok.