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The mayor is confident that he was able to literally "turn the mountains … make the city more comfortable for life and movement." So he said, reporting to the deputies of the Moscow City Duma. The asset has dedicated lines for public transport, a doubled number of parking spaces, and the construction of new metro lines. Fine!
However, the subway cars are full, buses and trolleybuses do not go according to the schedule, but as it turns out, the frequency of congestion increased by 40% during the year, and in the fall almost every day traffic jams were ten points on a ten-point scale. Yandex paints all the highways and streets in bright red and summarizes: "The city is standing, it is better to take the subway."
The mayor has an iron argument: all this is due to miscalculations of the former leadership. But we work hard, - in five years you will feel better. We understand, tolerate, but not the five-year period. And if there are regular mistakes like a campaign for drawing highlighted stripes, we’ll generally double it. In a word, for a gigantic annual work at a price of over 300 billion rubles, we are setting the three mayors for the new mayor. After all, in fact, something could be done to ensure that the results have already appeared. To implement at least the proposals of the SR presented in the sixth issue of this year.
WHAT IS DONE?
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Finally, hands reached the yards. According to documents near the houses appeared 400 thousand cars. However, in a fit of labor enthusiasm, in some places even sidewalks were laid out for parking, so much so that there was practically no passage for pedestrians. One will be able to squeeze through, but with a stroller - no way.
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EVALUATION - THREE
They say that Russia is almost the only country in Europe where the stopwatch counts the time in the metro not until the train arrives (this is important for passengers), but from the departure of the previous one. What for? But on the streets of Moscow finally appeared traffic lights with a stopwatch for drivers: they immediately see how much time is left to wait for the green signal. Very comfortably.
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FOR FOLLOWING WORLD TRENDS - FIVE
To save traffic jams from the center, intercepting parking lots are needed on the outskirts, preferably near the end stations of the metro. For 20 years they did not build a single one, in the autumn of 2011 several were opened at once - at the Tushinskaya and Annino stations. Good but not enough. Was there not enough time for the rest? Still need to lure motorists on them - say, include a metro ticket in the cost of parking. By the end of the year, they promise to open 23 sites with 86 thousand seats near 16 metro stations. Good deed! Will they overpower?
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ASSESSMENT - FOUR
There are lanes for public transport in all major cities of the world. But they need to be opened not in place of one of the existing bands, but in addition! Our officials rushed thoughtlessly to execute the will of the mayor. There is no time for analyzing throughput, flow intensity, the possibility of access to stops, and more. Everything is simpler: drew a line - reported.
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As a result, lanes appeared where buses and trolleybuses do not go at all (Zvenigorodskoye Shosse) or up to 5.6 m wide (Prospekt Mira). For several months, 200 km of allocated lanes were taken from motorists, without any additional parking lots or new routes. Because of the highlight, the speed of the car decreased by one and a half times! The mayor’s office immediately reversed: they agreed to vacate the bus lanes, however, only in the next year, and now everyone can ride them. But the lines are drawn, signs are placed, traffic cops hide and collect tribute. Paint and remove signs?
FOR THE INITIATIVE - FIVE
FOR EMBODIMENT - TWIN
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Another world fashion has finally reached the capital of Russia: the first bicycle path appeared in the city. Only some wretched: partly on the sidewalk, partly on the side of Vernadsky Avenue. Yes, and it is clearly used for other purposes. But better late than never.
UNTIL THE PROJECT - THREE
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Almost 20 years have been talking about the need to introduce reverse lanes on the busiest highways. Already built two: on Volgogradsky Prospekt and Yaroslavl highway. At rush hours they help out. It is necessary still.
