Travelling in Bangkok

Bangkok has many sorts of transportation for Bangkok City.

The Sky Train (BTS) and metro are available only in the city centre.

Bangkok's Skytrain &  Bangkok's Metro - Subway  ( See Attached Route Map )

Taxis operate everywhere in the city and are a quick and comfortable way to get around town, at least if the traffic is flowing your way. All taxis are now metered and air-conditioned: the hailing fee is 35 baht and most trips within Bangkok cost less than 100 baht.
There are no surcharges (except from the airport), even at night. A red lit sign on the front window means that the taxi is available.
The most common is the yellow and green but now you get taxis in orange, pink and various other colours.

Bangkok would not be the same without the much-loathed and much-loved tuk-tuks?

The three-wheeled taxis blaze around Bangkok leaving a black smoke in their wake. For anything more than a 5-10 minute jaunt or just the experience, they really are not worth the price.

Always negotiate the price before you ride.  If you let them get away with it, the price will usually be 4 or 5 times what it should pay for any other transport.

In Busy times and rush hour and the traffic slows to a crawl and there are no mass-transit alternatives for your destination, by far the fastest mode of transport is a motorbike taxi.

The "motosai" cabbies. They typically wear colorful fluorescent yellow or orange vests and wait for passengers at street corners and near shopping malls. Prices are negotiable, and always negotiate the price before you ride.

Local buses operate everywhere in the city., mostly operated by the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA), are cheapest but also the most challenging way of getting around, as there is a bewildering plethora of routes, usually marked only in Thai.

If you can speak Thai you can call 184 Bus Route Hotline. Bus stops usually list only the bus numbers that stop there and nothing more. They are also subject to Bangkok's notorious traffic, often terribly crowded, and many are not air-conditioned.

Express Boats along the Chao Phraya River with transfers via water taxis down major klongs.