Moscowtransport Fact Sheet

MOSCOW TRANSPORT FACT SHEET

MAY 1, 2020

Transport against the virus

What does Moscow transport do against coronavirus?

The Presidential Decree introduced a non-working period from March 30 to April 30, 2020 and it was then extended until May 11, 2020 in order to reduce the spread of coronavirus, but Moscow transport will continue its operation.

The digital permit system: On April 15, 2020 a digital permit system was introduced in Moscow to reduce the spread of the disease. A citizen must get a digital permit to use any mode of private or public transport, and no permit is required for walking. A digital permit can be issued online or by contacting the dedicated hotline. ● NEW! Selective control of digital permits is introduced – more than 250 inspectors check the digital permits and control the violators using the most modern equipment; ● Car-sharing services are temporarily closed to stick to the safety standard; ● More than 2500 cameras will record drivers who violated quarantine; ● All the questions on the prevention of coronavirus in Moscow transport are addressed to the dedicated hotline.

On April 22, 2020 the automated permit control system was introduced. It helps to prevent the social distancing rules’ violation and limit the human factor at the control zones. Travelling by public transport is possible only with Troika and Strelka smart cards or social transport cards, operating in Moscow and the Moscow region. The sale of single paper tickets and the bank cards’ usage at turnstiles are temporarily canceled. ● NEW! Now the Troika card may be purchased at the largest bank chains – Sberbank, VTB and Pochta-bank, and at the Magnit local retail chain; ● The Moscow Metro launched a free Troika card delivery service together with the Yandex delivery; ● In case of travelling by a private car, its plate number is to be attached to a digital permit; ● The Moscow Traffic Control Center’ cameras automatically record cars that move around Moscow so as not to create traffic jams at the entrances to Moscow.

Fare payment: ● Since April 13, 2020 doctors and employees of all medical institutions, who are struggling with coronavirus, can use city parking lots for free; ● The discounted fare is cancelled for schoolchildren, students, passengers over 65 years of age, people with chronic diseases; ● Passengers are recommended to use contactless payment options for public transport and parking; ● All passengers can extend their tickets’ validity.

The Moscow Metro, the Moscow Central Circle and the Moscow Central Diameters: ● NEW! Hand sanitizers are being installed at metro stations; ● NEW! 800 thousand square meters of area are daily cleaned and disinfected; ● NEW! 33 metro stations’ entrances are closed due to dramatic passenger flow decrease, but all metro stations and lines continue their operation according to a regular business-day schedule; ● NEW! The frequency of cleaning and disinfection at the MCD stations has been increased, now all the stations are disinfected every 2 hours; ● NEW! More than 5 million liters of disinfecting agents were used to disinfect the MCD trains and infrastructure only in April 2020; ● All passenger zone and ventilation shafts are disinfected with hot air; ● All metro trains are wet-cleaned and disinfected with UV-lamps before operation; ● All metro tunnels are washed with a special machine using a disinfecting agent; ● Air filters in metro trains with built-in air conditioning are changed 2 times more often; ● Every 1,5-2 hours handrails, turnstiles, entrance door handles and cash zones are disinfected; ● More than 1.6 thousand ticket vending machines are washed every hour; ● The Moscow Central Diameters’ train Ivolga, the Nakhabino and Aeroexpress depots are disinfected by 130 employees in 24/7 mode; ● The MCD trains are disinfected with cold fog, which kills almost 100% of germs.

Surface transport: ● More than 8 thousand buses, trolleybuses, electric buses and trams are disinfected after shifts every day and cleaned at terminal stations; ● Bus stations’ premises are regularly disinfected; ● Safety measures for drivers have also been strengthened - in buses, trolleybuses and electric buses, the front area is protected by a signal tape – similar solutions are used in Germany, the Czech Republic and other European countries; ● On-board ticket-selling is canceled; ● All inside surfaces are treated with special disinfectants, including the driver’s cab, handrails, glass and seats.

Road traffic situation in Moscow Conclusions

March 2 - April 29, 2020

Road traffic and passenger flow fact sheet

Wednesday April 29, compared with the beginning of March 2020:

1. The total number of metro trips (passenger flow shift and metro cars capacity are presented in the Appendix 1) decreased by 86% (7.46 million): for paid trips, the decrease was 85%, and for discounted trips - 88%. The largest decrease was observed among schoolchildren/students (99%) and pensioners (100%). It is 10% (0.11 million) more than a week ago. 2. The total number of trips by surface transport decreased by 84% (4.79 million), and it is more 13% (0.11 million) than a week ago. 3. The number of unique public transport passengers (metro and surface transport) decreased by 85% (4.96 million), and it is 9% (0.07 million) more than a week ago. 4. The number of taxi and car-sharing rides decreased by 49% and 100%, respectively, respectively, as car-sharing rides are temporarily canceled. The number of taxi trips is 10% higher than a week ago. 5. The average daily number of vehicles in the city decreased by 38% (1.19 million vehicles), and it is 14% (240 thousand) more than a week ago. 6. The total number of cars entering Moscow decreased by 38%, and the number of cars exiting Moscow – by 32%. 7. The average number of cars moving in the city in the morning rush hour (08:00-10:00) decreased by 38% (208 thousand vehicles/hour), at the day time (10:00-17:00) – by 33% (171 thousand vehicles/hour), at the evening rush hour (17:00-20:00) – by 27% (131 thousand vehicles/hour). 8. The average number of cargo vehicles decreased by 23% (60 thousand vehicles), and it is 11% (20 thousand vehicles) more than a week ago. 9. The number of paid parking sessions decreased by 59% (133.4 thousand), and it is 27% (19,7 thousand) more than a week ago: – Inside the Boulevard Ring there is a 60% decline (5.3 thousand) than in the beginning of March, and it is 31% (0.8 thousand) higher than a week ago; – Between the Boulevard Ring and the Garden Ring there is a 60% decline (19.7 thousand), and it is 29% (3 thousand) higher than a week ago; – Between the Garden Ring and the Third Ring Road there is a 58% decline (61 thousand), and it is 29% (9.9 thousand) higher than a week ago; – Between the Third Ring Road ring and the Moscow Ring Road there is an 60% decline (45.9 thousand), and it is 23% (5.7 thousand) higher than a week ago; – Outside the Moscow Ring Road there is a 70% decline (1.5 thousand), and it is 25% (0.1 thousand) higher than a week ago. The maximum workload in the evening rush hour decreased by 7 points, and the average daily - by 3.5 points. According to TomTom, workload in the morning rush hour decreased from 73% to 16% (by 57 percentage points), in the evening - from 83% to 15% (by 68 percentage points), and the average daily - from 56% to 10% (by 46 percentage points) (the dynamics of the workload by TomTom and the photo materials of the workload are presented in Appendixes 2 and 3). The average daily speed increased by 68%, and the number of accidents decreased by 88%. 10. Moreover, there is a decrease in the suburban trains’ passenger flow by 69% (1,22 million). 11. At airports, there is a decrease in the number of arriving and departing passengers: – Sheremetyevo: the number of arrivals on domestic flights decreased by 92% (19.7 thousand), and on international flights decreased by 98% (20.3 thousand). The number of

departing passengers on domestic flights decreased by 92% (21.4 thousand), while on international flights it decreased by 99% (22 thousand). – Domodedovo: the number of arrivals on domestic flights decreased by 88% (15.1 thousand), and on international flights decreased by 100% (10.3 thousand). The number of passengers departing on domestic flights decreased by 87% (15.1 thousand), while on international flights it decreased by 100% (9.6 thousand). – Vnukovo: the number of arrivals on domestic flights decreased by 94% (13.6 thousand), and on international flights decreased by 100% (11.8 thousand). The number of passengers departing on domestic flights decreased by 95% (14.4 thousand), and on international flights decreased by 96% (10.1 thousand).

Conclusion: traffic redistribution has been noted at present - in the morning rush hour and daytime, the number of vehicles on the road network decreased by 38% (208 thousand vehicles/hour) and 33% (171 thousand vehicles/hour) respectively, and in the evening rush hour – by 27% (131 thousand vehicles/hour). Along with this, there was a decrease in the Moscow Metro passenger flow by 86% (7.46 million), surface transport passenger flow by 84% (4.79 million) and suburban trains passenger flow by 69% (1.22 million). Compared with the previous week, the metro and surface transport recorded an increase in passenger flow of 10% (0.11 million) and 13% (0.11 million), respectively. Since April 15, the values of public transport passenger flow, as well as the number of cars on roads, are at the level of the first week of self-isolation (March 30 - April 3, 2020). Among the airports of the Moscow transport hub, the largest decrease in passenger traffic was noted at the Vnukovo airport (96%). A decrease in the number of international flights passengers is 96%-100%.

The Moscow Metro passenger flow: Million trips a day 8:00-9:00, million trips 18:00-19:00, million trips 04.03.2020 8.72 0.94 0.99 22.04.2020 1.36 0.13 0.11 deviation - 86% - 86% - 89%

The surface transport passenger flow: Million trips a day 8:00-9:00, million trips 18:00-19:00, million trips 04.03.2020 5.73 0.53 0.45 15.04.2020 0.94 0.09 0.07 deviation - 84% - 83% - 84%

The suburban railways passenger flow and the number of vehicles: Surburban trains, Number of cars Number of cars Number of cars thousands of in the road in the road in the road passengers a day network, million network (08:00- network (17:00- vehicles a day 10;00), million 20:00), million vehicles a day vehicles a day 04.03.202 0.55 0.48 1773.5 3.16 0 15.04.2020 557.2 1.97 0.34 0.35 deviation -69% -38% -38% -27%

The largest decrease was observed among schoolchildren/students and pensioners.

APPENDIX

The average daily number of vehicles on working days in March 2020 is

2.37 million vehicles/day

Average daily number of vehicles, million

2 Business day target (2,2 million)

0 Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar ------1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30

§ On Wednesday (April 29), the average daily number of vehicles was 38% (1.19 million vehicles) lower than in the beginning of March, and it is 14% (240 thousand vehicles) higher than last week. § The day of April 19 marks the minimum value (1.14 million vehicles) of the number of vehicles recorded per day in the city in 2020.

The average daily (6: 00-23: 59) speed on the working days of March 2020 is 42,5 km / h

The average daily speed, km/h

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31

§ On Wednesday (April 29), the average daily speed was 68% (21 km/h) higher than in the beginning of March.

The average maximum traffic point on working days in the reviewed period is 4 points

Maximum level of congestion, point

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

§ On Wednesday (April 29), the maximum score was 7 points lower than in the beginning of March and has not changed since last week. § In the period before the introduction of measures to limit the spread of coronovirus, the maximum score was recorded in the evening rush hour. On April 15, the maximum score (4 points) was noted in the morning rush hour, which is associated with the introduction of access control in the city and the resulting difficulties at the entrance to the city from the Moscow region.

The average daily (6:00-23:59) traffic point on a working day – 2.1 points

Average level of congestion, points

7,0

6,0

5,0

4,0

3,0

2,0

1,0

0,0

§ On Wednesday (April 29), the average daily score was 3.5 lower than in the beginning of March.

The number of taxi rides on the working days of March 2020 is 501 thousand, and 96 thousand rides by car sharing

Taxi and car-sharing rides, thousand

Car sharing Taxi

1000

800

600

400

200

§ On Wednesday (April 29), the number of taxi rides and car sharing rides decreased by 49% and 100% (368 thousand and 174 thousand), respectively, compared with the beginning of March, and the number of taxi rides is 10% (36 thousand) higher than a week ago. All ar-sharing rides are temporarily canceled. § From April 15, following the introduction of access control, taxi drivers began to check for a passenger pass.

The passenger flow (discounted and full-price tickets) for the metro on working days in March 2020 is 3.89 million, and for surface transport – 2.66 million

Passenger flow in metro and surface transport Metro (discounted) Metro (full-price) Surface transport

§ On Wednesday (April 29), the number of discounted rides by metro was 88% (1.66 million) lower than in early March, and full-price rides by metro - by 85% (5.79 million). The number of discounted rides increased by 8% (18 thousand), and full-price rides - by 10% (96 thousand) since the last week. § On Wednesday (April 29), the number of trips by surface transport decreased by 84% (4.79 million) compared with the beginning of March, and it is 13% (0.11 million) more than a week ago.

The average daily number of unique passengers at the PT (metro and surface transport) on the working days of March 2020 is 2.66 million passengers

Unique public transport passengers, million of people

5 Business day target 4 (2.5 million passengers) 3

0 Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar ------1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 § On Wednesday (April 29), the number of unique PT passengers was 85% (4.89 million) lower than at the beginning of March, and 9% (0.07 million) higher than a week ago. § On April 15-16, the minimum value (790 thousand) of unique passengers on PT was recorded for working days in the city for the period under review.

The average daily number of road accidents on working days of March 2020 is 469

Number of road accidents, units

1200

1000

800

600

400

200

§ On Wednesday (April 29), the number of accidents was 88% (719 accidents) lower than in the beginning of March.

The total rainfall on working days in the reviewed period of 2020 is 29 mm

Total rainfall, mm

§ In March 2020, ice was observed for 4 days.

The average daily number of cargo vehicles in Moscow on the working days in the reviewed period of 2020 is 215.9 thousand

Average daily number of cargo vehicles, thousand

300

250

200

150

100

§ On Wednesday (April 29), the number of cargo vehicles in Moscow was 23% (60 thousand) lower than in early March, and 11% (20 thousand) higher than a week ago. § The day of April 15 marks the minimum value (159 thousand vehicles) of the number of cargo vehicles recorded for working days in the city for the period under review.

The distribution of the number of people moving in Moscow in comparison Wednesday, April 29 and March 4, 2020

Number of vehicles, moving in the city, thousand

04.03.2020 29.04.2020

600 500 400 300 200 100 0 0:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00

§ On Wednesday (April 29), the average number of vehicles moving in the city during the morning rush hour (8:00-10:00) decreased by 38% (208 thousand vehicles / hour), at the daytime (10:00-17:00) – by 33% (171 thousand vehicles/hour) and in the evening rush hour (17:00-20:00) – by 27% (131 thousand vehicles / hour).

The average daily number of vehicles moving between Moscow and the Moscow region on working days in March 2020 is 0.86 million vehicles

Average daily number of vehicles moving between Moscow and the Moscow region, million

1,4

1,2

0,8

0,6

0,4

0,2

§ On Wednesday (April 29), the number of vehicles moving between Moscow and the Moscow Region was 17% (163 thousand vehicles) lower than in early March, and 23% (150 thousand) lower than a week ago. § The day of April 15 marks the minimum value (530 thousand vehicles) of the number of vehicles moving between Moscow and the Moscow region for the period under review.

The average daily passenger traffic on suburban trains on the working days of March 2020 is 1073 thousand passengers

Average daily passenger traffic on suburban trains, thousand passengers

2000

1500

1000

500

§ On Wednesday (April 29), passenger flow on suburban trains was 69% lower (1.22 million passengers) than in the beginning of March.

The average daily parking sessions on the working days of March 2020 is 135 thousand

Average daily parking sessions, thousand

Inside BR BR-GR GR-TTR TTR-MRR Ouside MRR

120

*Due to the lack of technical ability to provide the exact number of sessions for the designated territorial zones (in particular, for streets with an increased tariff (380 rubles per hour in the daytime), for which data is taken into account by the total number in the central city zones) for provision of information we used fractional calculation (in accordance with the distribution of the number of organized paid parking spaces).

Appendix 1. Change in the average daily passenger flow of metro stations (compared April 29 and the beginning of March, 2020)

TOP-5 stations with the largest decrease in TOP-5 stations with the smallest decrease passenger flow: in passenger flow: 1. Spartak - 99% 1. Kosino - 69% 2. Vystavochnaya - 95% 2. Nizhegorodskaya MCC - 70% 3. Okhotny Ryad - 93% 3. Rimskaya - 71% 4. Delovoy Tsentr - 93% 4. Olkhovskaya - 73% 5. Vorobyevy Gory – 92% 5. Lukhmanovskaya - 74%

Stage between Kolomenskaya and Technopark metro stations:

March 25, 8:40:

April 29, 8:45

Stage between Proletarskaya and Taganskaya metro stations:

March 25, 8:43:

April 29, 8:34:

Appendix 2. Dynamics of congestion indicators according to TomTom data for the last 4 weeks

Congestion according to TomTom, %

25 20 15 10 5 0 06:00:00 08:30:00 11:00:00 13:30:00 16:00:00 18:30:00 21:00:00 23:30:00 08:00:00 10:30:00 13:00:00 15:30:00 18:00:00 20:30:00 23:00:00 07:30:00 10:00:00 12:30:00 15:00:00 17:30:00 20:00:00 22:30:00 07:00:00 09:30:00 12:00:00 14:30:00 17:00:00 19:30:00 22:00:00 06:30:00 09:00:00 11:30:00 14:00:00 16:30:00 19:00:00 21:30:00 06:00:00 08:30:00 11:00:00 13:30:00 16:00:00 18:30:00 21:00:00 23:30:00 08:00:00 10:30:00 13:00:00 15:30:00 18:00:00 20:30:00 23:00:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

April 6-12 April 13-19 April 20-26 April 27 - May 3

On Wednesday (April 29), according to TomTom, congestion in the morning rush hour (8:00- 10:00) decreased by 57%, in the evening (17:00-20:00) - by 68%, and daily average (6:00-23:59) - by 46%.

The number of congested locations according to TomTom data , units

160 120 80 40 0 06:00:00 08:30:00 11:00:00 13:30:00 16:00:00 18:30:00 21:00:00 23:30:00 08:00:00 10:30:00 13:00:00 15:30:00 18:00:00 20:30:00 23:00:00 07:30:00 10:00:00 12:30:00 15:00:00 17:30:00 20:00:00 22:30:00 07:00:00 09:30:00 12:00:00 14:30:00 17:00:00 19:30:00 22:00:00 06:30:00 09:00:00 11:30:00 14:00:00 16:30:00 19:00:00 21:30:00 06:00:00 08:30:00 11:00:00 13:30:00 16:00:00 18:30:00 21:00:00 23:30:00 08:00:00 10:30:00 13:00:00 15:30:00 18:00:00 20:30:00 23:00:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

April 6-12 April 13-19 April 20-26 April 27 - May 3

The total length of traffic jams according to TomTom data, km

120 100 80 60 40 20 0 06:00:00 08:30:00 11:00:00 13:30:00 16:00:00 18:30:00 21:00:00 23:30:00 08:00:00 10:30:00 13:00:00 15:30:00 18:00:00 20:30:00 23:00:00 07:30:00 10:00:00 12:30:00 15:00:00 17:30:00 20:00:00 22:30:00 07:00:00 09:30:00 12:00:00 14:30:00 17:00:00 19:30:00 22:00:00 06:30:00 09:00:00 11:30:00 14:00:00 16:30:00 19:00:00 21:30:00 06:00:00 08:30:00 11:00:00 13:30:00 16:00:00 18:30:00 21:00:00 23:30:00 08:00:00 10:30:00 13:00:00 15:30:00 18:00:00 20:30:00 23:00:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

April 6-12 April 13-19 April 20-26 April 27 - May 3

Appendix 3. Road network congestion photos

Volokolamsk highway

March 26, 18:30:

April 29, 18:30:

Prospekt Mira (Mira avenue)

March 25, 18:30:

April 29, 18:30: