According to forecasts by analysts who process data on traffic jams in Moscow, by this autumn it will be simply impossible to drive through the capital—the city will grind to a halt in one gigantic traffic jam. Experts analyzed the traffic situation for 2007 and made very bleak forecasts for the second half of 2008, Za Rulem reports. Unfortunately, despite all the actions taken by the city authorities, the number of traffic jams in Moscow keeps growing. If from spring 2006 to spring 2007 the city saw an average of 650 traffic jams a day, then by summer 2007 that figure had already risen to 670 a day. And in autumn 2007, when most people had returned from their vacations, the number had reached 850 jams per day. http://auto.mail.ru/text.html?id=26236&rubric=120 The key phrase here is: ***Unfortunately, despite all the actions taken by the city authorities What actions exactly? I haven’t heard of any actions by the Moscow authorities to fight traffic jams. Apparently, the ongoing construction of office buildings in the Central Administrative Okrug (central district of Moscow) is some kind of breakthrough in the fight against congestion. Or the return of Sevastopol.
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