Public transportation in Khon Kaen University area

I am a newcomer in this city of Khon Kaen. The key issue is my mobility, going from this place to that place. The faster you move around, the sooner you are getting familiar with your surrounding environment.

By walking I can get to my office from my condominium place（1 km) in 12 minutes. If I jog, I can see the whole campus of KKU (10 km) in about 1 hour. Now I got a bike from Netnapid. My moving range expands significantly. But, all these three will consume my energy a lot. Always I just have this feeling that my daily intake of food seems not enough. That means I pay my meals to move my body around. In other words, I move by using natural energy of food if we don’t argue over the concept of carbon footprint.




So finally I need to consider the use of fossil fuel energy, contributing to quite a few of carbon emission. I pay the ticket to get on the public transportation to move around KKU and its surrounding area. Here is what I have discovered today, thanks to Mullika’s show-and-tell:
  • If you need a free ride within the campus, then take KKU campus shuttle bus. Try to locate the bus stop and you will be soon on the road. For example, there’s one right in front of the building of Faculty of Public Health.
  • What about going to Central Plaza and Big C? As far as I have known, there’re two ways to get there:
    1. Take a white van in the campus. Your cost is 15 Baht per ride, and it will take you to Central Plaza.
    2. If you want to go to both CP and BC, first you take Blue Pick-up #8. This will bring you to Bus Terminal, where you cross the road by overbridge and take another Yellow Pick-up #3 with a sign of “Big C". On the way to Big C, you may get off at Central Plaza. Note that the price is 9 Baht for adult per ride and the pick-up schedule is run until 6 pm. After you have finished your Big shopping, just follow the opposite route and you will be home safely.