MOSCOW TRANSPORT FACT SHEET
MAY 22, 2020
Transport against the virus
What does Moscow transport do against coronavirus?
The Presidential Decree introduced a non-working period, and in Moscow it was then generally extended until May 31, 2020 in order to reduce the spread of coronavirus, but Moscow transport will continue its operation. Since May 12, 2020 manufacturing companies are allowed to re-start working subject to all safety measures, and all passengers must wear protective masks and gloves to travel by public transport. PPE are available for purchase at Moscow Transport infrastructure.
On May 25, 2020 Moscow enters the 1st phase of easing lockdown rules: • Travelling around Moscow will become possible only with the use of Moscow-issued digital permits – regional permits will not be accepted; • The Moscow Carsharing will restart its work, but temporarily a car will be available for usage for not less than 5 days and will be disinfected after every driver; • Wearing masks and gloves will remain obligatory in public transport and its infrastructure.
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.
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. The sale of single paper tickets and the bank cards’ usage at turnstiles are temporarily canceled.
The automatic violating cars’ detection system has been launched in Moscow: • The automatic system to detect in real time those cars, which circulate without permits, and to report it to the nearest traffic police posts. • The technology was developed by the Moscow Traffic Control Center under the Government of Moscow and operates on the basis of more than 2500 photo and video cameras; • The cameras scan the car stream, define license plates, check the data against the database of license plates associated with digital passes. All this happens automatically and in real time. If an intruder is found, car data is transmitted to the nearest traffic police posts; • The Moscow Assistant mobile app entered the Top-12 of the best innovative solutions in the world for fighting against COVID-19. The Moscow Assistant app is listed in the world map, where commercial and state structures that are contributing to the fight against coronavirus. The application received the 12th place out of 704 in the world and the 3rd out of 14 in Moscow. • Using the Moscow Assistant app, taxi drivers, employees of the Transport Complex and law enforcement agencies can check for a valid digital pass. Ordinary citizens can also use the Moscow Assistant app to check digital passes before leaving home.
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! All the MCC stations are equipped with hand sanitizers; ● NEW! Platform stickers indicate less crowded metro cars; ● NEW! More than 4000 people daily disinfect the Moscow Metro; ● NEW! Sales of masks and gloves in the Moscow Metro are declining thanks to the fact that more and more passengers come to public transport with their own PPE; ● 900 thousand square meters of area are daily cleaned and disinfected in the Moscow Metro; ● All stations’ doors are fixed open to minimize passenger contact with surfaces; ● All passenger zone and ventilation shafts are disinfected with hot air; ● All metro trains are wet-cleaned and disinfected with UV-lamps before operation; ● More than 250 thousand seats are daily disinfected; ● 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 frequency of cleaning and disinfection at the MCD stations has been increased, now all the stations are disinfected every 2 hours; ● 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: ● NEW! Children remind passengers of the need to comply with the safety rules – audio recording is broadcast in surface transport; ● Almost 3,8 thousand media screens demonstrate the safety rules for travelling in surface transport; ● More than 8 thousand buses, trolleybuses, electric buses and trams are disinfected after shifts every day and cleaned at terminal stations; ● Safety measures for drivers have also been strengthened - in buses, trolleybuses and electric buses, the front area is protected by a signal tape and 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 - May 20, 2020
Road traffic and passenger flow fact sheet
Wednesday May 20, 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 79% (6.93 million): for paid trips, the decrease was 78%, and for discounted trips – 84%. The largest decrease was observed among schoolchildren/students (99%) and pensioners (100%). It is 16% (0.24 million) more than a week ago. 2. The total number of trips by surface transport decreased by 80% (4.56 million), and it is 12% (0.12 million) more than a week ago. 3. The number of unique public transport passengers (metro and surface transport) decreased by 79% (4.59 million), and it is 14% (0.14 million) more than a week ago. 4. The number of taxi and car-sharing rides decreased by 38% and 100%, respectively, as car- sharing rides are temporarily canceled. The number of taxi trips increased by 12% since the previous week. 5. The average daily number of vehicles in the city decreased by 25% (800 thousand vehicles), and it is 7% (150 thousand) more than a week ago. 6. The total number of cars entering Moscow decreased by 24%, and the number of cars exiting Moscow – by 21%. 7. The average number of cars moving in the city in the morning rush hour (08:00-10:00) decreased by 25% (144 thousand vehicles/hour), at the day time (10:00-17:00) – by 22% (114 thousand vehicles/hour), at the evening rush hour (17:00-20:00) – by 10% (45 thousand vehicles/hour). 8. The average number of cargo vehicles decreased by 14% (37 thousand vehicles), and it is 6% (13 thousand vehicles) more than a week ago. 9. The number of paid parking sessions decreased by 48% (108.6 thousand), and it is 10% (10.9 thousand) more than a week ago: – Inside the Boulevard Ring there is a 48% decline (4.3 thousand) than in the beginning of March, and it is 10% (0.4 thousand) more than a week ago; – Between the Boulevard Ring and the Garden Ring there is a 46% decline (15.4 thousand), and it is 13% (2 thousand) more than a week ago; – Between the Garden Ring and the Third Ring Road there is a 46% decline (47.8 thousand), and it is 11% (5.8 thousand) more than a week ago; – Between the Third Ring Road ring and the Moscow Ring Road there is an 52% decline (39.8 thousand), and it is 8% (2.7 thousand) more than a week ago; – Outside the Moscow Ring Road there is a 62% decline (1.3 thousand), and it is 8% (2.7 thousand) more than a week ago. The maximum workload in the evening rush hour decreased by 4 points, and the average daily - by 2.5 points. According to TomTom, workload in the morning rush hour decreased from 73% to 24% (by 49 percentage points), in the evening - from 83% to 35% (by 48 percentage points), and the average daily - from 56% to 19% (by 37 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 47%, and the number of accidents decreased by 82%. 10. Moreover, there is a decrease in the suburban trains’ passenger flow by 64% (1.14 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 78% (16.8 thousand), and on international flights decreased by 99% (20.9 thousand). The number of departing passengers on domestic flights decreased by 81% (19 thousand), while on international flights it decreased by 99% (22.2 thousand). – Domodedovo: the number of arrivals on domestic flights decreased by 79% (12.9 thousand), and on international flights decreased by 100% (10.4 thousand). The number of passengers departing on domestic flights decreased by 85% (15.2 thousand), while on international flights it decreased by 100% (9.9 thousand). – Vnukovo: the number of arrivals on domestic flights decreased by 95% (13.7 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 25% (144 thousand vehicles/hour) and 22% (114 thousand vehicles/hour) respectively, and in the evening rush hour – by 10% (45 thousand vehicles/hour). Along with this, there was a decrease in the Moscow Metro passenger flow by 79% (6.93 million), surface transport passenger flow by 80% (4.56 million) and suburban trains passenger flow by 64% (1.14 million). Compared with the previous week, the metro and surface transport recorded an increase in passenger flow of 16% (0.24 million) and 12% (0.12 million), respectively. 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 20.05.2020 1.79 0.18 0.19 deviation - 79% - 81% - 81%
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 20.05.2020 1.17 0.11 0.10 deviation - 80% - 79% - 78%
The suburban railways passenger flow and the number of vehicles: Surburban Number of cars Number of cars in Number of cars in trains, in the road the road network the road network thousands of network, million (08:00-10;00), (17:00-20:00), passengers a vehicles a day million vehicles a million vehicles a day day day 04.03.2020 1773.5 3.16 0.55 0.48 20.05.2020 630.3 2.36 0.41 0.43 deviation -64% -25% -25% -10%
The largest decrease was observed among schoolchildren/students and pensioners.
APPENDIX
The average daily number of vehicles on working days in March 2020 is
2.33 million vehicles/day
Average daily number of vehicles, million
4
3 Business day target (2,2 million)
2
1
0 2 март 7 март 12 март 17 март 22 март 27 март 1 апр 6 апр 11 апр 16 апр 21 апр 26 апр 1 май 6 май 11 май 16 май
§ On Wednesday (May 20), the average daily number of vehicles was 25% (800 thousand vehicles) less than in the beginning of March, and it is 7% (150 thousand vehicles) more than a week ago. § 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 44 km / h
The average daily speed, km/h
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0 27-Mar 2-Mar 7-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 22-Mar 1-Apr 6-Apr 11-Apr 16-Apr 21-Apr 26-Apr 1-May 6-May 11-May 16-May
§ On Wednesday (May 20), the average daily speed was 47% (15 km/h) higher than in the beginning of March.
The average maximum traffic point on working days in the reviewed period is 3.7 points
Maximum level of congestion, point
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 27-Mar 2-Mar 7-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 22-Mar 1-Apr 6-Apr 11-Apr 16-Apr 21-Apr 26-Apr 1-May 6-May 11-May 16-May
§ On Wednesday (May 20), the maximum score was 4 points lower than in the beginning of March and 2 points higher than a week ago. § 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 – 1.9 points
Average level of congestion, points 7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 27-Mar 2-Mar 7-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 22-Mar 1-Apr 6-Apr 11-Apr 16-Apr 21-Apr 26-Apr 1-May 6-May 11-May 16-May
§ On Wednesday (May 20), the average daily score was 2.5 lower than in the beginning of March.
The number of taxi rides on the working days of March 2020 is 485 thousand, and 76 thousand rides by car sharing
Taxi and car-sharing rides, thousand 1000 Car sharing Taxi 800
600
400
200
0 March 2 March 7 March 12 March 17 March 22 March 27 April 1 April 6 April 11 April 16 April 21 April 26 May 1 May 6 May 11 May 16
§ On Wednesday (May 20), the number of taxi rides and car sharing rides decreased by 38% and 100% (290 thousand and 173 thousand), respectively, compared with the beginning of March, and the number of taxi rides has increased by 12% since the previous week. All car-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 3.4 million, and for surface transport – 2.32 million
Passenger flow in metro and surface transport Metro (discounted) Metro (full-price) Surface transport
8
6
4
2
0 27-Mar 2-Mar 7-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 22-Mar 1-Apr 6-Apr 11-Apr 16-Apr 21-Apr 26-Apr 1-May 6-May 11-May 16-May
§ On Wednesday (May 20), the number of discounted rides by metro was 84% (1.58 million) less than in early March, and full-price rides by metro - by 78% (5.34 million). The number of discounted rides has increasesd by 8% (22 thousand), and full-price rides - by 17% (219 thousand) since the previous week. § On Wednesday (May 20), the number of trips by surface transport decreased by 80% (4.56 million) compared with the beginning of March, and it is 12% (0.12 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 2.3 million passengers
Unique public transport passengers, million of people
7
6
5 Business day target 4 (2.5 million passengers) 3
2
1
0 27-Mar 2-Mar 7-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 22-Mar 1-Apr 6-Apr 11-Apr 16-Apr 21-Apr 26-Apr 1-May 6-May 11-May 16-May
§ On Wednesday (May 20), the number of unique PT passengers was 79% (4.59 million) less than at the beginning of March, and 14% (0.14 million) more 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 395
Number of road accidents, cases
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0 27-Mar 2-Mar 7-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 22-Mar 1-Apr 6-Apr 11-Apr 16-Apr 21-Apr 26-Apr 1-May 6-May 11-May 16-May
§ On Wednesday (May 20), the number of accidents was 82% (672 accidents) less than in the beginning of March.
The average daily number of cargo vehicles in Moscow on the working days in the reviewed period of 2020 is 212.9 thousand
Average daily number of cargo vehicles, thousand
300
250
200
150
100
50
0 27-Mar 2-Mar 7-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 22-Mar 1-Apr 6-Apr 11-Apr 16-Apr 21-Apr 26-Apr 1-May 6-May 11-May 16-May
§ On Wednesday (May 20), the number of cargo vehicles in Moscow was 14% (37 thousand) less than in early March, and 6% (13 thousand) more 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, May 20 and March 4, 2020
Number of vehicles, moving in the city, thousand
04.03.2020 20.05.2020
600 500 400 300 200 100 0
§ On Wednesday (May 20), the average number of vehicles moving in the city during the morning rush hour (8:00-10:00) decreased by 25% (144 thousand vehicles / hour), at the daytime (10:00-17:00) – by 22% (114 thousand vehicles/hour) and in the evening rush hour (17:00-20:00) – by 10% (45 thousand vehicles / hour).
The average daily number of vehicles moving between Moscow and the Moscow region on working days in March 2020 is 0.87 million vehicles
Average daily number of vehicles moving between Moscow and the Moscow region, million
1,4
1,2
1
0,8
0,6
0,4
0,2
0 27-Mar 2-Mar 7-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 22-Mar 1-Apr 6-Apr 11-Apr 16-Apr 21-Apr 26-Apr 1-May 6-May 11-May 16-May
§ On Wednesday (May 20), the number of vehicles moving between Moscow and the Moscow Region was 2% (15 thousand vehicles) less than in early March, and 7% (65 thousand) more 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 977 thousand passengers
Average daily passenger traffic on suburban trains, thousand passengers
2000
1500
1000
500
0 27-Mar 2-Mar 7-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 22-Mar 1-Apr 6-Apr 11-Apr 16-Apr 21-Apr 26-Apr 1-May 6-May 11-May 16-May
§ On Wednesday (May 20), passenger flow on suburban trains was 64% lower (1.14 million passengers) than in the beginning of March.
The average daily parking sessions on the working days of March 2020 is 128 thousand
Average daily parking sessions, thousand
Inside BR BR-GR GR-TRR TRR_MRR Outside MRR
120
90
60
30
0 27-Mar 2-Mar 7-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 22-Mar 1-Apr 6-Apr 11-Apr 16-Apr 21-Apr 26-Apr 1-May 6-May 11-May 16-May
*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 May 20 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 – 97% 1. Nizhegorodskaya MCC – 51% 2. Okhotny Ryad – 91% 2. Ugreshskaya MCC – 60% 3. Ploschad Revolutsii – 90% 3. Kosino – 60% 4. Kurskaya – 89% 4. Olkhovskaya – 61% 5. Alexandrovsky Sad – 88% 5. Lukhmanovskaya – 62%
Stage between Rizhskaya and Prospekt Mira metro stations:
March 25, 8:42:
May 20, 8:33
Stage between Proletarskaya and Taganskaya metro stations:
March 25, 8:43:
May 20, 8:25:
Appendix 2. Dynamics of congestion indicators according to TomTom data for the last 4 weeks
Congestion according to TomTom, %
50 40 30 20 10 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 27 - May 3 May 4-10 May 11-17 May 18-24
On Wednesday (May 20), according to TomTom, congestion in the morning rush hour (8:00- 10:00) decreased by 49%, in the evening (17:00-20:00) - by 48%, and daily average (6:00-23:59) - by 37%.
The number of congested locations according to TomTom data, units
360 270 180 90 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 27 - May 3 May 4-10 May 11-17 May 18-24
The total length of traffic jams according to TomTom data, km
300 240 180 120 60 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 27 - May 3 May 4-10 May 11-17 May 18-24
Appendix 3. Road network congestion photos
Volokolamsk highway
March 26, 18:30:
May 20, 18:30:
Prospekt Mira (Mira avenue)
March 25, 18:30:
May 20, 18:30: