โอม Oran

wayfarer, civil engineer by training, information & map designer by trade. finding beauty in what’s otherwise unnoticed. Eng/ไทย, also on 🦋 bluesky @

[โอม Oran @oranv]

แอคนี้ใช้ส่องคอนเทนต์โอตาคุอย่างเดียวไปเรียบร้อย

เพื่อนๆ มะกันโดดไปเว็บฟ้าใสกันหมดละ

[My name is Alice @iaminnowhere]

79% ที่ว่าไม่ใช่ค่าครองชีพ แต่มันมาจาก ค่าเช่าขนาด 2 ห้องนอน/รายได้เฉลี่ย จากผลสำรวจโดย DWS ปี 2025
ซึ่งมันชี้ให้เห็นเลยว่า กรุงเทพมีปัญหาเรื่องค่าเช่าที่พัก เฟ้อและแพงมาก เมื่อเทียบกับเงินเดือนขั้นต่ำ และ มาจากไทยแม่งกดค่าแรงเงินเดือนสุด ๆ

[โอม Oran @oranv]

MRT Blue/Purple and SRT Red lines have EMV terminals integrated into the fare gates or dedicated EMV gates.

MRT Pink/Yellow lines have EMV terminals (each for entry and exit) at the special manual gate by the ticket office.

The Airport Rail Link's EMV podium… how does it work?

[โอม Oran @oranv]

The Airport Rail Link connecting BKK Suvarnabhumi Airport with central Bangkok will accept EMV contactless payment from Nov 8, the Dept of Rail Transport announced today.

The setup looks even jankier than the MRT Pink/Yellow lines but still better than BTS Skytrain having none.

[โอม Oran @oranv]

Happy Skyline extension and TheBus service change day!

You can now take the train from the west side of Oahu to the Honolulu airport or connect from Skyline to a rapid bus into town, UH Manoa or Waikiki at the Ahua Lagoon Drive station or many local buses at Kalihi Transit Ctr.

[หมีเคน @PolarKen]

Thailand Pavillion ใน Osaka Expo ทำถึงว่ะ ฟุตบาธพัง น้ำขังเหมือนกรุงเทพเด้ะ Amazing Thailand!!

[โอม Oran @oranv]

Coming soon this Thursday! I created new U and W line badges to continue the speed line tradition. Heh, UW…

[โอม Oran @oranv]

@CRColasurdo Opening the whole extension was already delayed due to lack of agreement on the operator.
Apr 2024: 2028
Jan 2025: 2029
Plan in August was to let existing operator BEM run the Tao Poon-National Library section in 2028 and full line in 2030. Sinkhole ended that early opening.

[โอม Oran @oranv]

Oct '25 update to my Bangkok Transit Map:
• BMA’s Bang Kapi-Min Buri electric boat in Khlong Saen Saep ended yesterday 😢
• MRT Purple Line south extension opening delayed to 2030
• name updates
• added links to official Facebook pages
• added Bus and Boat information links

[โอม Oran @oranv]

ขอบคุณครับ 🙏

[Tonno @TonsTweetings]

ขอกราบคนที่ทำเว็บ https://t.co/acME99cYDz คือช่วยได้เยอะมาก

[Mousaii Tammarine 💖 @tammarine_pk]

ถ้ายังไม่แก้ค่านิยมการรับคนอายุมากกว่า 35 เข้าทำงาน
ยังไม่แก้ไขเรื่องค่าแรงที่ไม่สัมพันธ์กับรายจ่าย แถมเลียนายทุนแผล็บๆๆ ประชาชนยังไม่รู้ว่าจะเอาเวลาไหนมาเลี้ยงลูกเพราะทำงาน 2-3 จ๊อบแล้วยังไม่พอกิน
แถมวันลาคลอดอันแสนสั้นนั้นยังขยายไม่ได้อีก

ก็ให้มันสูญพันธุ์ไปซะ 😇

[โอม Oran @oranv]

Okay, I’m thinking too much... if you broke down the name Muang Thong Thani.

Muang = city, country (Tai word)
Thong = gold
Thani = city (Pali/Sanskrit word)

One possible translation is Town of Golden Land. Another name for the Golden Land is Suvarnabhumi.

[โอม Oran @oranv]

Good morning Bangkok! You can now ride the MRT to IMPACT Muang Thong Thani via the Pink Line.

I updated my Bangkok Transit Map (dot com), adding two new stations and the MRT’s first spur line, along with other changes like revised opening dates, project status and symbols.

[โอม Oran @oranv]

Eagle-eyed readers will notice the inconsistencies (or not, because it‘s so normal) in Thai romanization: Muang Thong Thani vs Don Mueang (airport)

Officially per the RTGS: เมือง = mueang but muang is also very common, even the state railway uses it but not the airport (ugh).

[โอม Oran @oranv]

@KlongMatthew The media got a tour on Friday where the date was confirmed and it’s on the official website.

[โอม Oran @oranv]

Thai central regulators saw Seoul’s bus reform and took only the superficial changes and none of the substantive ones for Bangkok’s bus reform.

Stakeholders ignored, confusing route numbers, one company owns half the routes, no priority or fare/network integration, etc.

[Ian Griffiths @icgee]

It's hard to imagine today, but in the early 2000s, Seoul's public transit was in crisis. However, a set of bus and fare policy reforms in 2004 led to dramatic turnaround, leading to the world-class system it has today. Here's how it happened—and what California can learn.🧵 1/x

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us.

So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.

[โอม Oran @oranv]

Attention dragged back here because of the earthquake but no, I don’t post on or check this site regularly anymore for various reasons.

If you care, you know where to find me.