Traffic Management in Moscow Challenges and Successes
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN MOSCOW CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES VADIM YURYEV Head of Moscow Traffic Management Center Moscow Transport ROAD TRAFFIC IN MOSCOW Major World Cities Rated As Per Traffic Density KAZAN 2014 71 MOSCOW 2014 27 MOSCOW 1988 110 TOKYO/YOKOHAMA 63 SINGAPORE 72 MADRID 96 LONDON 98 PARIS 141 LOS ANGELES 153 SAN FRANCISCO/OAKLAHOMA 3 176 NEW YORK 203 When there are 4.6 million 2 more than vehicles registered In Moscow 27m in Moscow* of road space is 2 thous. used by one car accidents, 3.5 million In London it is 98m2 10/10 level drive around the city daily 1 FUNCTIONALITY Servicing Annual Tuning and Managing Implementing Managing Making Analyzing Moscow road processing of processing heavy-load and developing traffic driver traffic infrastructure public requests of the photo vehicles ITS announcements conditions and video capture Managing Traffic - Managing traffic together with State Road Safety Inspection - Prioritizing public transport goals - Servicing and operating infrastructure - Developing and approving design documentation (Complex Traffic Management Scheme, Traffic Management Project) - Providing state services for issue of heavy-load vehicle entry passes photo: Агентство «Москва» 2 INTELLECTUAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM INTELLECTUAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM Photo and Video Captureof ITS A complex state-of-the- Adaptiveand streamlined Traffic Accidents art system for monitoring traffic lights management and managing road traffic and public transport 1 698 intersections 902 + 500 34 fixed cameras mobile until the systems Real-Time Traffic Operator Surface Transit year end Announcements control of more 375 cars than 10 000 buses, 110mobile with ParkRight systems News Ticker trolleybuses and trams Mosgortrans bus systems on Moscow-24 TV Monitoring traffic channel TV systems conditions 3 300 Dynamic transport 2 048 cameras detectors 157 information signs model Detailed traffic assessmentand forecast Integrated Traffic Management Plan Up-to-date traffic plan taking into account all the Road System parameters and limitations 3 REAL-TIME DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENTS REAL-TIME DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENTS Analytics System for Moscow 24 TV Data of Moscow traffic hub dynamic transport model transmitted from Autumn 2015 Preventing traffic issues in congested city areas: Information Signs Announcements of average time to on the City Roads reach a particular site on the main road Announcements of traffic jam 10 grades Traffic jam diagrams Single Transport Portal Data of Moscow traffic hub dynamic transport model transmitted from Autumn 2015 1 Information updates every min 1-2 minutes Moscow.fm Life radio broadcasts by Situation Center operators on duty 4 CONSTRUCTION OF COORDINATED TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN MOSCOW 149 88 78 85 constructed in constructed in constructed in to be constructed 2014 2015 2015 this year 73% 2,313 40,000 470 1 hour coordinated coordinated traffic requests 30 minutes traffic lights traffic lights lights per week is the average with intellectual time of controls repairing traffic lights 5 PHOTO AND VIDEO CAPTURE PHOTO AND VIDEO CAPTURE Within 6 months of 2016, Wrong lane turn - 22 sites on the Third Ring Road 20-40 km/h overspeeding and Moscow Ring Road (MKAD) Roadside - 83 items - has decreased by 15% MKAD Back plate capture - 54 in Moscow Оverspeeding by 20-40 km/h Оverspeeding by 40-60 km/h Wrong lane turn Third Ring Road — Warshaw highway 60000 4000000 150000 3 622 890 45000 132 028 ����� -15% ����-9% 30000 120 740 3 071 736 15000 0 0 0 2015 2016 2015 2016 Dec Jun Feb Mar Apr May Jun 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 6 INTEGRATED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN Complex Traffic Management Scheme (KSODD) is united design documentation for comprehensive approach to managing events on the city roads changing traffic management, optimizing parking spaces by installing new road signs, re-tuning coordinated traffic lights, implementing road crossings and sidewalks, implementing parking pockets, transferring public transport stops, 448 streets within the 730 streets within the area 45 outbound routes + Third Garden Ring (182.5 km) from the Garden Ring to the Road Ring and MKAD Third Road Ring (442 km) (375 km) 7 CHANGE IN PARKING PROCEDURE Traffic Accident statistics*: 2014 -103, Issue: 2015 - 68 Decrease of 34 % • parking perpendicular to the road, • 2.9 m free road space after parking Donskaya Street (pursuant to GOST 52289-2004 it must be at least 5.9 m) Сhange in parking procedure allowed to increase the free space up to 6 m — positive influence on road safety. * CCTV 8 INTEGRATED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN NO PARKING ON SIDEWALKS Issue: • parking on the sidewalks, • parked cars blocking the way for pedestrians and public transport B. Yakimanka Street After the introduction of KSODD, sidewalk parking was prohibited, freeing the sidewalks for the pedestrians, improving conditions for Surface Transit and minimizing traffic accident risk, * CCTV 9 INTRODUCING ONE-WAY ROADS Issue: Traffic Accident statistics*: 2014 - 22 • S Two-way roads with 8.5-9 m 2015 - 10 carriageway width, Decrease of 55% • S Private vehicles parked on both sides of an alley, • S 3.5 m free for traffic in the alley, B. Kondratievskiy Alley • S Hindered opposed traffic Introduction of one-way roads helped arrange additional parking space; the minimum lane width for vehicles going in one direction is 3.5 m, enabling free transit of cars. * CCTV 10 NO PARKING ON SIDEWALKS Traffic Accident statistics*: NO STOP RULE 2014 - 74 2015 - 51 Decrease of 31% Issue: • Private cars parking along the sidewalks, • Cars partially parked on the sidewalks — blocking the way Radio Street for pedestrians, • Cars using tram lines — blocking the way for trams, • low level of traffic safety Introduction of this rule lead to free tram transit and less road accidents * CCTV 11 KEY ACCIDENT INDICATORS 2015* 2016* 61 km/h 64 km/h Variation SUMMARY MKAD +3 km/h (+5%) 1H 2016, as compared to the same period +2 km/h (+4%) of 2015, the average traffic speed on MKAD Outbound routes +1 km/h (+3%) and outbound routes has increased by 2 km/h. * data for January-June 2015 and 2016 Photo: glavstroyinvest.ru 12 KEY ACCIDENT INDICATORS Moscow road accident indicators The following results have been for 8 months of this year recorded for the half-year: show sustainable improvement dynamics 7 642 people 6 642 injured people injured 6 614 Decreasing indicators traffic 5 769 accidents nts traffic accidents nts 580 children 493 injured children -12,8% -19,2% -13,1% injured 433 people 350 traffic dead injured dead people accidents dead 10 children dead 2 children dead 2015 2016 13 EVIDENT PROGRESS 26% more residents contact Moscow Transport Service Good Order on the Streets Center in respect to the Traffic Management Project Number of 1 hour parking violations 30 minutes decreased by is the average time to repair According to the analysis by broken traffic lights 27% Lomonosov Moscow State in June 2016 University, Moscow came 3rd among the 10 world major 15% metropolises (climbing from 7th decrease in 20-40 km/h Average MKAD to 3rd place in 5 years) in the road overspeeding driving speed safety record in respect to traffic increased by environmental impact 237 coordinated traffic lights 5% constructed in 2014-2015 Driving in Moscow is More 78 and More Safe and Comfortable coordinated traffic lights constructed in 1H 2016 * www.msu.ru, Photo: m.ria.ru 14.