The Moscow authorities reported that by increasing the maximum speed limit to 80 km/h within the city, it would be possible to significantly increase the capacity of highways. The routes on which it is now allowed to move faster than they are used to have become: Leningradsky Prospekt (on the section from Leningradskoye Shosse to the Third Transport Ring), on Zvenigorodskoye Highway (from Mnevniki Street to the Third Transport Ring), on Mnevniki Street and on Marshal Zhukov Avenue (from MKAD, excluding the North-West Tunnel and side passages, up to Mnevniki Street). The City Hall has already thought about a similar increase in the speed of road transport on Volgogradsky Prospekt, Profsoyuznaya Street, Schelkovskoye Highway and Entuziastov Highway.

According to the information provided by the Metropolitan Department of Transport, the increase in the maximum speed became possible after the reconstruction of these sections of the road. As a result, the general condition of the roadway has significantly improved, and the transport infrastructure of the capital has become more developed. Now the total number of roads in the capital, where the speed limit is 80 km/h, is seventeen. Most of the "racing" highways are outbound.

Independent automotive experts note that any speed limit on the roadway, and even more so - an increase, should be the result of careful work, which has a scientific basis, using both factual information about a particular section of the road, and analytical data obtained as a result of studying the current situation on a particular section of a particular road. That is, such work requires the most careful approach. At the same time, experts note that the convenience of using the highway and the travel time do not depend on the maximum speed, but rather on the condition of the roadway and the organization of traffic. As a rule, a driver who travels from one city to another is forced to lose average speed not because there are any restrictions, but because there are flaws in the organization of traffic: a narrow road, many sections with limited visibility, road repairs, incorrect signs, traffic lights, etc. In such conditions, allow at least 200 km / h - anyway, the average speed is unlikely to exceed 40-60 km / h.

However, not everywhere in Moscow are going to cultivate racing speed. So for the sake of the safety of cyclists, on some streets within the Boulevard Ring, new speed limits for motorists will be set - up to 30 kilometers per hour. Inside the Boulevard Ring there will be "calm traffic zones", in which the speed of cars will be significantly limited to create comfortable and safe conditions for cyclists. Also, such zones can be arranged around the center of contemporary art "Winzavod" in the area of ​​the Kursk railway station.

The initiative has already been supported by Igor Nalimov, president of the Interregional Public Organization "Velotransport Union", who noted that there is no place in the center of the capital to create separate bicycle lanes, so limiting the speed on those roads where cyclists can ride along with motorists is the right decision. GOSTs are being developed that regulate the allocation of lanes for cyclists on roads where there is no heavy traffic. A strip of no more than 1-1.5 m will be highlighted with white paint so that drivers understand that cyclists can also ride on the road.

As the site wrote earlier, the other day the Prime Minister of Russia, thanks to which the country has significantly increased the speed limit on highways and highways. As explained in the reference to the document, it is allowed to increase the speed up to 130 km/h on sections of certain sections of roads and for certain types of vehicles, if the road conditions provide safe movement at a higher speed (up to 130 km/h on roads marked with sign 5.1 "Motorway ”, and up to 110 km / h on roads marked with sign 5.3 “Road for cars”).

The reconstruction of Kashirskoye, Varshavskoye and Yaroslavskoye highways did not cause such disputes and discussions as the planned renovation of Leninsky Prospekt. The project for the overhaul of the road from Vnukovo to the Kremlin was discussed at different levels - some believed that Leninsky simply could not physically lose congestion, others argued that the reconstruction would not be able to aggravate the situation. When the project had already been approved, foreign experts intervened and criticized the perestroika plan. What Leninsky Prospekt will become in a few years and why the project can really fail - in the review of the site.

Who compromised

The project for the reconstruction of Leninsky Prospekt was originally part of the repair program for the main outbound highways of Moscow. Unlike the Kashirskoye and Varshavskoye Highways, where the reconstruction is already approaching its final stage, the road from Vnukovo to the center required a more carefully designed project. There are several reasons for this. So, local residents insisted that the historical appearance of the avenue should be preserved; architects did not see a way out of the situation without the construction of large-scale overpasses and interchanges; and the mayor's office insisted that the project cost the city as little as possible. A compromise solution was announced by acting. Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin.

“Today, despite complex disputes, a lot of proposals from residents, the most sparing reconstruction project has been developed. We went for a radical, serious increase in the cost of work in order to preserve the historical appearance of the avenue,” the mayor said at a meeting with deputies of the Southwestern Administrative District.

Where will the tunnels be built?

Tunnels and overpasses will become the main tool for combating traffic jams on Leninsky Prospekt. The first of the three tunnels will be built in the Gagarinsky district at the intersection with Universitetsky avenue and st. Dmitry Ulyanov. The length of this tunnel will be 556.5 meters, while the number of lanes in the section is not going to be expanded - as now, there will be three lanes in each direction. From the public transport lane, exits from Leninsky Prospekt to side passages and right turns to Universitetsky Prospekt and Dmitry Ulyanov streets are provided.

As planned, the problem of daily congestion in the area of ​​​​the intersection with Lomonosovsky Prospekt should also be solved by the tunnel. Its length will be 702 meters, and the number of lanes will be three in each direction. Turns to the right from Leninsky Prospekt are provided from side lanes and lanes of public land transport, and turns in the opposite direction are provided above the tunnel.

Finally, they want to build a third tunnel 710 meters long on the site of almost the main traffic jam at the entrance to Moscow - at the intersection with 26 Baku Commissars Street and Miklukho-Maklay Street. Turns to the right from Leninsky Prospekt are provided from dedicated ground public transport lanes, and U-turns on the avenue are provided from public transport lanes above the tunnel.

Two flyovers - minus two traffic lights

Where it is possible to do without the complex construction of tunnels, flyovers will stand. Namely, traffic will become traffic-free at the intersection with Kravchenko Street - Ak Street. Pilyugin and Udaltsov Street - Novatorov Street. They will provide for the organization of additional side passages along the overpass, and the number of lanes in each side passage will be from two to three. Turn right from Leninsky Prospekt onto Ak Street. Peligin, Navatorov, Kravchenko, Udaltsov will be possible from side passages.

Another overpass will be built at the intersection with Obruchev Street - Lobachevsky Street. There, turns in the opposite direction will be located in the underpass space, and right turns from Leninsky Prospekt to Lobachevsky Street and Obruchev Street will be organized from side passages and from the public ground transport lane.

Permitted speed

A sore point among Muscovites interested in the reconstruction of Leninsky is the speed limit. Contrary to expectations that the avenue will be included in the list of streets that will be allowed to drive at a speed of 80 km / h, the city hall decided not to raise the speed limit after reconstruction. As now, it will be possible to move along Leninsky Prospekt no faster than 60 km/h.

According to experts, the previous high-speed regime will not aggravate the environment and will not cause problems for local residents due to the fast moving stream. Denis Vlasov, an employee of the NIiPI General Plan, told the site correspondent that the impossibility of turning Leninsky Prospekt into a “freeway” will play into the hands of the residents of the avenue.

However, if the experiment to raise the speed limit to 80 km / h, which has already begun to operate on a number of streets, will prove itself from the best side, then it is possible that Leninsky will also go faster.

Cause of local dissatisfaction

According to residents of the houses located on Leninsky Prospekt, the reconstruction project will not only deprive it of its original appearance, but will also exacerbate environmental problems. However, the mayor's office has already managed to assure that after the restructuring next to the avenue, on the contrary, it will become easier to breathe. Igor Bakhirev, one of the authors of the project, the head of the Research and Design Association of Transport of the NIiPI of the General Plan of Moscow, told the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper that sections will appear on the renovated avenue where the concentration of harmful emissions will decrease by 10 times. “Most of all exhaust gases are emitted by a car during acceleration and braking. If it moves evenly, at a speed of 45-60 km/h, gases are released by an order of magnitude less,” Bakhirev said.

In addition, 506 trees and 1,507 shrubs are promised to be planted on Leninsky Prospekt. More than 25,000 square meters of new lawns will appear there. If we take into account that the noise level will not change, then, according to the author of the project, the residents will only benefit from the reconstruction.

Criticism of the project

The project to reconstruct Leninsky Prospekt has generated such controversy that the City Projects Foundation (created by municipal deputy Maxim Katz and blogger Ilya Varlamov) commissioned a study from foreign experts. The report was prepared by Vukan Vucik, a consultant with the Washington Transportation Agency, Jean-Claude Ziv, head of the department of logistics at the French Higher School of Arts and Crafts, and special adviser to the Minister of Transport of Norway, Thor Hotwait.

They agree that such a project would be well suited for a suburban highway with sparse housing, where personal transport is given priority, but in the metropolis it will be one problem. First of all, the inhabitants of the surrounding houses will suffer, who will suddenly find themselves on the sidelines of a busy "freeway". In addition, the reconstruction will lead to the fact that in narrow places (Gagarin Square, Kaluga Square) there will be permanent traffic jams. At the same time, public transport will not benefit at all - the dedicated lanes intersect too often with exits of secondary roads.

“The critics say that everyone will come to the center and the center will stop. But they are silent about the fact that the main flow is absorbed on the Third Ring Road. In addition, well-wishers forget to mention that traffic to the region is also being reconstructed - we will launch the direction that is now standing, ”Andrei Mukhortikov, deputy head of the Probok.net expert center, commented on the expert opinion.

When Leninsky becomes different

Work on Leninsky Prospekt is planned to begin this year. According to Marat Khusnullin, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Urban Planning Policy and Construction, the first results of the reconstruction may be noticeable as early as 2014. It is planned to complete the reconstruction of the avenue in 2015. However, the construction of these facilities in the mayor's office may not be limited.

So, last week, the Moscow government approved a draft plan for the interchange at the intersection of the Moscow Ring Road with Leninsky Prospekt. The project provides for the construction of a side passage along Kievskoye Highway towards the city center to separate public transport and turn from the village of Dudkino from the main passage of Kievskoye Highway - Leninsky Prospekt; construction of a side passage and an overpass on the outer side of the Moscow Ring Road to transfer the area of ​​interweaving of traffic flows from the main course of the Moscow Ring Road, including the reconstruction of a left-turn exit to a side passage along Kievskoye Highway to the city center.

Thus, the new interchange is likely to be included in a single reconstruction project. This means that the timing of the entire project can be significantly shifted.

Safety on Moscow roads largely depends on the speed limit established by the traffic rules. Moving at the speed allowed by the State traffic inspectorate, the motorist will be able to react in time and prevent an accident. the site publishes speed limits for different types of Moscow roads.

Speed ​​limit in Moscow

In residential areas and in yard areas, the speed of the car should not exceed 20 kilometers per hour. On all other roads of the capital, you can move at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, with the exception of the Moscow Ring Road, Third Ring Road and some other highways.

At a speed of no more than 80 kilometers per hour, you can move along the Third Ring Road and sections of outbound highways with appropriate signs, which may change due to weather conditions and for other reasons.

Highways of the capital:

• Kutuzov Avenue;
• Mozhayskoe highway;
• Leningrad highway;
• Volokolamsk Highway (from Vrubel St. to the Moscow Canal);
• Warsaw highway (from Kashirskoe highway to Moscow Ring Road);
• Volgogradsky prospect (from Talalikhina street to Moscow Ring Road);
• Kashirskoe highway (from Varshavskoe highway to Borisovsky pr.);
• Rublevskoe highway;
• Rublevo-Uspenskoe highway;
• Kiev highway;
• Altufevskoe highway;
• Yaroslavl highway (from the Severyaninsky overpass to the Moscow Ring Road);
• Schelkovskoe Highway (from Sirenevoi Boulevard to 3rd Parkovaya Street).

On the Moscow Ring Road, the maximum speed limit is 100 kilometers per hour.

Speeding fines

The minimum fine is from 500 to 5000 rubles, and the maximum is deprivation of rights from 4 to 6 months.

• For exceeding the speed limit from 0 to 20 km/h – liability is not provided;
• Exceeding the speed limit by 20 km/h, but not more than 40 km/h, is punishable by a fine of 500 rubles;
• Speeding from 40 km / h, but not more than 60 km / h - from 1000 to 1500 rubles;
• Speeding from 60 km/h, but not more than 80 km/h - from 2000 to 2500 rubles or deprivation of rights from 4 to 6 months;
• Speeding from 80 km / h - 5000 rubles or deprivation of rights for 6 months.

Speed ​​limits in Troitsky and Novomoskovsky districts

The annexed territories included many suburban highways, for example, the Kiev and Kaluga highways, where the speed limit of 90 kilometers per hour was preserved. But in populated areas it is unacceptable to exceed the speed of 60 kilometers per hour.

Police officers record speeding with the help of a mobile radar. If the fact is affected by the device, then the traffic police inspector draws up a protocol on the spot and issues a receipt.

In addition, stationary radars are used. They are installed on special road structures in places of heavy traffic and on highways with dedicated lanes. These devices have the functions of photo and video recording of the car and car numbers. All information about offenders is sent either to the post of traffic police officers or to the traffic police.

If speeding or driving into a dedicated lane was fixed by stationary radars, then expect receipts by mail.

March 6th, 2013

A heated discussion unfolded in Runet around the question “to increase or not to increase the speed limit on Moscow highways” after the publication of the Probok.net post, and especially after the start of the survey on the website of the Department of Transport.

In fact, such a statement of the question is not very correct. There is a feeling that both some government officials and many citizens mistakenly believe that in our city everywhere (except for the Third Ring Road and the Moscow Ring Road) it is allowed to drive 60 km / h. That all of Moscow is a continuous residential development. The speed limit is only adjustable in one direction.

The question is broader: why is high-speed zoning necessary in Moscow and what should it be like?
Briefly about the main:
- The speed limit of 80 km/h is now in effect on 14 main streets of Moscow. Mostly traffic lights.
- So, when we are talking about the introduction of a speed limit of 80 km/h for traffic-free Zvenigorodskoye Highway and Leningradsky Prospekt, we are not talking about revising the current approach to high-speed zoning. But only about its consistent application.
- Moscow is not limited to the Moscow Ring Road. The boundaries of residential development in the capital do not coincide with the administrative boundaries. This must be remembered when determining the speed limit for the "new Moscow", and this is 2/3 of the city.
- Safe speed on any roadway is not determined by ideology. And the technical category of the road (street).
- The purpose of high-speed zoning of the city is not at all to “let it go”. And to find a balance between the safety of road users and comfort.
- There are five reasons to make the maximum speed limit 80 km/h on the main roads of Moscow
- Many justify the low speed limit by the fact that “all our drivers drive +20 km/h, because there is no penalty for less." We need to fight this, and not adjust the speed limit to “concepts”.
- Many justify the low speed limit on highways by the fact that "there will be more injured and dead when the speed limit is increased - both among drivers and among pedestrians." But practice shows that a low speed limit does not guarantee safety, and most pedestrians in cities die on small streets.

Now more on each item.

1. The speed limit of 80 km/h is now in effect on 14 main streets of Moscow.
Well, or by 12, if Rublevo-Uspenskoye is considered one with Rublevsky, and Mozhayskoye with Kutuzovsky.
Here is a map of the current speed limit. And next to it is what Probok.net offers.

Streets where this mode is valid:
- 3rd transport ring (except for a few sections)
- Kutuzov Avenue
- Mozhayskoe highway
- Leningrad highway
- Volokolamsk Highway (from Vrubel St. to the Moscow Canal)
- Warsaw highway (from Kashirskoye shosse to MKAD)
- Volgogradsky prospect (from Talalikhina street to Moscow Ring Road)
- Kashirskoye Highway (from Varshavskoye Highway to Borisovsky Ave.)
- Rublevskoe highway
- Rublevo-Uspenskoe highway
- Kiev highway
- Altufevskoe highway
- Yaroslavl highway (from Severyaninsky checkpoint to MKAD)
- Schelkovskoye Highway (from Sirenevoy Boulevard to 3rd Parkovaya Street)

Such a speed limit was established by Decree of the Government of Moscow dated July 1, 1997 N 483 "On increasing the speed limit of vehicles on certain sections of highways in Moscow." According to the TTK, there was also a separate resolution - No. 1094-PP of December 2, 2008 "On the establishment of the permitted speed in certain sections of the third transport ring of the city of Moscow."

The logic behind the introduction of the "80" mode for the highways mentioned above was simple. These roads represent the backbone of the arterial network and have been designed to increase speed so that you can drive faster without sacrificing safety.

Both ordinances are in effect. Nobody has ever canceled them.

2. So, when we talk about the introduction of a speed limit of 80 km/h for Zvenigorodskoye Highway and Leningradsky Prospekt, we are not talking about revising the current approach to high-speed zoning. But only about its consistent application!

After all, most of the main streets with mode 80 mentioned above are traffic lights. And they have ground controlled pedestrian crossings. At least that was the case at the time of the introduction of the 80 regime! All the more strange are the traffic-lightless Leningradsky Prospekt and Zvenigorodskoye Highway, built according to technical category I, with a mode of 60.

3. Moscow is not limited to the Moscow Ring Road. And the boundaries of residential development in the capital do not coincide with the administrative boundaries. This must be remembered when determining the speed limit for the "new Moscow", and this is 2/3 of the city

Last year, the huge territory of the "new Moscow" with an area of ​​more than 1480 km2 (which is 1.4 times more than the "old" Moscow) was annexed to the city. At the same time, only 250 thousand people live in this territory, which is 40 times less than in "old Moscow". It is easy to understand that the density of residential development in the new territory is ten times lower than in the former borders of the capital.

At the same time, the territory of Moscow included a lot of suburban highways, which overnight became "intra-city" - Kyiv highway, Kaluga highway, sections of the Small and Big concrete rings, a lot of other roads passing mostly outside residential buildings. Previously, all of them had a speed limit of 90 km/h outside residential areas and 60 km/h in populated areas.

Now, following the logic of “in the city - only 60 km / h”, do you need to reduce the “default” speed to 60 km / h for all of them? Yes, for what reason? What has changed for the safety of the former roads of the Moscow region from their inclusion in Moscow?

Simple logic suggests that there is no need to reduce anything “wholesale”. And it is necessary to conduct an audit of new roads with an assessment of their category and safety. And until such a revision, continue to use the regime that was there in the new territories. Residential development - 60. No residential development - 90.

On the Kiev highway (to Vnukovo or to the Small Concrete Ring) it is possible to increase it to 110 km / h - this road corresponds to technical category I (highway), the design speed during construction is 120 km / h. This highway, if it differs from the neighboring Simferopol highway and M4 Don, is only for the better.

4. Safe speed on any roadway is not determined by ideology. And the technical category of the road (street).

From the point of view of ideology and theory, there may be no difference between the 8-lane traffic-free main Zvenigorodskoye highway, the 4-lane street of the district significance Moskvorechye and some 1-lane parked one-way Krivokolenny Lane.

And from the point of view of practice and traffic safety - there is, and a colossal one.

It is safe to move along the Zvenigorod highway at a speed of 80 km/h. After all, this highway was built for an estimated speed of 100 km / h, and all the necessary radii, slope angles, the absence of intersections at the same level, the absence of ground crossings, transitional speed lanes, etc. are provided here:

It is safe and comfortable to drive along Moskvorechye street 60:

And is it reasonable to drive along Krivokolenny Lane faster than 30-40 km / h. Because it is narrow, one-sided, parked on both sides and full of pedestrians.

It is not surprising that most drivers, and indeed sane people in general, perceive attempts to equalize these 3 streets as an attack on common sense (in the case of Zvenigorodka) and safety (in the case of Krivokolenny). If there is anything in common between the last two, it is only that the 60 km/h limit is unreasonable for both! For Zvenigorodsky, the speed must be increased, for Krivokolenny, on the contrary, it must be reduced.

Why is it necessary? To put it scientifically, in order to "bring the transport behavior of motorists in line with the technical category and purpose of the road." Where the speed can be higher and it is safe - it is necessary to increase it to 80. Where it is impossible - on the contrary, make it 50 or even 30. And control everything equally tightly. And, for example, in courtyard passages - even cruelly.

5. The goal of high-speed zoning of the city is not at all to “let it go”. And to find a balance between the safety of road users and comfort.

Probok.net proposes to take a rational approach to the issue, determining the maximum speed limit according to the technical category of the road and the actual safety conditions.

Moreover, in order to combat racers in the yards, I would even propose more severe penalties specifically for speeding in the yard area equipped with such a sign. For example, for exceeding the speed limit by 10 km/h in the courtyard - a fine of 500 rubles, for 20 km/h - 1500 rubles, for 30 km/h - deprivation of rights for 3 months, for 40 km/h - deprivation of rights for 6 months , at 60 km / h - deprivation of rights for 1 year. True, this is already federal, and not Moscow's competence.

6. There are five reasons to make the speed limit 80 km/h on highways
Reason 1. One of the key indicators (KPI) of the efficiency of the transport system is the speed of movement in the city. Measured in kilometers per hour. You don't need to be a mathematician to draw an obvious conclusion: by increasing the speed limit to 80 km/h on highways, we thereby increase the average speed of movement in the city. By increasing the speed of movement during off-peak times. By reducing it to 60 km/h, on the contrary, we reduce the average speed, worsening this KPI.
Reason 2. Often we hear: "But the maximum capacity is reached at 50-60 km/h, so let's overcome traffic jams by reducing the permitted speed." This is not true. Road traffic is a self-regulating system. Here's how it works:
- If you allow 80 km/h and set tight enforcement, the traffic will go 80 km/h on a free highway with a relatively low capacity.
- As soon as the number of cars increases, the dynamic envelope starts to decrease, the speed also decreases by itself. And the maximum throughput is really reached at 40-60 km/h (depending on the road).
- If the speed is further reduced below 40 km/h, the throughput is first gradually, then more and more sharply reduced.
All this happens independently, without restrictions from above! Thus, if we slow down to 60 km/h, we will simply create a reserve of excess capacity during the hours when it is not needed, but will not change the capacity in any way during the hours when everyone is still slowing down. This means that the speed limit on highways to 60 km / h is at least useless in terms of throughput.
Reason 3. Transit (intercircular) flows should go along the main streets, and not on the local ones. By creating high-speed zoning, increasing the speed on wide main streets and reducing it in the center, controlling it more strictly in courtyard areas, we encourage transit traffic to use highways. And not narrow regional streets and not courtyard passages. Someone will probably say "yes, transit traffic should go through off-street freeways!" Should. But so far they are not. But there is traffic.
Reason 4. Security. Yes, oddly enough, and security too. On the same Zvenigorodka, we observe braking under the cameras and rebuilding in front of them from row to row. If you make 80 km/h there, the number of such maneuvers will decrease. You can, of course, say "let's set up cameras on all lanes and every 100 meters." But it is hardly technically and financially possible and reasonable.
Reason 5. Psychological comfort. Driving on a traffic-free highway like Zvenigorodka at a speed of 60 km/h does not stimulate calming traffic and drivers. On the contrary, it irritates. Comfortable speed is also determined by the technical category of the road. And driving along Zvenigorodka at a speed of 60 km / h is psychologically perceived as a mockery of common sense.

6. Many justify the low speed limit by the fact that “all our drivers drive +20 km/h, because there is no penalty for less." We need to fight this, and not adjust the speed limit to “concepts”.

There are 2 approaches to speed mode.

In Europe: establish a regime that is objectively optimal in terms of safety. And for exceeding, starting from + 10-15 km / h, punish strictly and create the inevitability of punishment, including the widespread use of cameras, especially in emergency areas. This approach involves the work of the traffic police. Citizens are getting used to respect traffic rules as a special case of the law.

We have: set the speed limit as low as possible, "they will still violate." And to punish selectively and mainly already for violations of 40 km / h. This approach involves selective justice on the part of the traffic police. What develops citizens' disrespect for traffic rules and the law in general, devalues ​​them.

As a result, we have an inadequately low speed limit in many places, because it is prescribed “with a margin” for violations, and mass violations occur ... because the speed limit is inadequately low!

We need to break this vicious cycle somehow. And switch to a European civilized approach, without reserves for mentality. Perhaps we need to return to the issue of raising the fine for exceeding by 10-20 km / h to 300 rubles, and a smoother gradation for 20-40 (for example, 500 rubles for 20-30, 1000 rubles for 30-40 km / h). So that everyone, “sinking the pedal”, feels how a possible fine is growing.

But, of course, increasing fines is reasonable only in conjunction with an audit of the speed limit and setting a realistic speed limit for safety! And not as usual - the fines will happily raise, and the speed on many roads, as it was inadequately low, will remain so.

7. Many justify the low speed limit on highways by the fact that "there will be more injured and dead when the speed limit is increased - both among drivers and among pedestrians." But practice shows that a low speed limit does not guarantee safety, and most pedestrians in cities die on small streets.

Of course, traffic is obviously a source of increased danger. Just like the subway. And there is only one way to exclude deaths on the road - by stopping traffic altogether. Also, how to exclude the death of people in the subway (up to 100 people a year) can only be closed. Obviously, neither is possible. So, you need to find a reasonable compromise on security. Which is determined by the technical category of the road.

As statistics show, 1/4 of all accidents with pedestrians occur at surface pedestrian crossings, and 80% of them are at unregulated ones. There will be no unregulated on the main streets of Moscow at all, and on many there will be no ground ones either. This means that security is increased at this point.

Further, 50% of accidents with pedestrians occur due to the fault of pedestrians due to crossing in the wrong place. On the main streets (and thank God!) the possibility of crossing in the wrong place decreases (fenders are installed, the flow density increases, etc.). This means that security is also increased at this point.

Most of the main streets will consist of a central transit part and a side collector (for turns). Such, for example, are the Kashirskoye and Warsaw highways. And on such highways, of course, it is reasonable to assign 80 km / h only in the central part. And on the side - 60 km / h, because. there maneuvers, parking and pedestrians. On the central part of such highways, there will either be no pedestrians at all due to the lack of a sidewalk (for example, Leningradsky Prospekt), or there will be only those that stand at OT stops.

Moreover, public lanes from sidewalks and stops on reconstructed highways, even where there are no side passages, will be separated by a dedicated OT lane. In fact, it will serve as an additional security barrier. Those. will fulfill the role that an asphalt roadside performs on country roads: you can’t leave, but if an emergency happens, it gives room for maneuver.

After all, cars don't drive on sidewalks. Departure on the sidewalk is an emergency. Of course, theoretically, the probability of hitting the pavement at 80 km/h is greater than at 60 km/h. And practically?

But in practice - the speed limit of 60 on Minsk Street did not prevent the drunken villain last year from flying to a bus stop and knocking down several people to death. And the speed limit is 60 on the street. Podolsky cadets were not prevented recently by another one (this time not drunk) from flying onto the sidewalk and knocking down 3 people, one to death.

I could not find statistics on the number of accidents involving pedestrians on the sidewalks. But we managed to find a lot of other things about accidents with pedestrians. For example, some traffic police statistics for 2009 and a safety study for 2011. Here are a couple more facts from there:
- 3/4 of all traffic accidents with pedestrians occur on district and local streets, intra-block passages, as well as on the main streets of district significance.
- Surprisingly, the severity of accidents on district streets is 7.8, on the main streets of citywide significance is only 7.2. Although, it would seem, on the main streets, even with the regime of 60 violators of the speed limit, there are more.

If you look at a selection of news on resonant traffic accidents in Moscow with a departure onto the sidewalk, there are practically no accidents with a departure onto the sidewalk on the main streets (with a regime of 80 now). Why dont know. I can only assume: apparently, the category of the road and its width provide greater traffic safety at 80 on highways than 60 on local streets. It is also possible that there are fewer pedestrians on the main streets, and they are more attentive.

Offhand, I remembered only the case at the intersection of Kashirskoye Highway and Proletarsky Prospekt, where a drunken bastard did not fit into the turn and knocked down several students. However, this particular place has always been dangerous for pedestrians, and there have already been fatal accidents at the crossing. Significantly, the reaction of students and teachers of MEPhI was the requirement to build an underground pedestrian crossing. And not even through Proletarsky Prospekt: ​​the evil irony of fate is that the crossing where the students died lived out the last months before the start of work on the construction of an underground one there as part of the reconstruction of Kashirskoye Highway ... And across Moskvorechye Street, 4 lanes (2 in each side).

(Speaking in brackets, I would look at a person who, in a lively conversation, would try to prove to the MEPhI staff that it was impossible to build an underground passage under Proletarsky at all, that this ground crossing should be preserved ... However, students are intelligent people. Maybe there would have been no injuries ...)

Why is it all?
Moreover, the issues of high-speed mode should be solved in a complex way.

Now, frankly speaking, one gets the impression that under the slogan of “not increasing” the speed limit, they are going to do something completely different - to reduce the speed limit on 14 highways to 60 km / h, canceling the above decisions. Including return the speed of 60 to the TTK. In general, to reconsider the approach to high-speed zoning without discussion on the entire spectrum of issues related to this.

It is not right. Such decisions should be taken after serious public discussion and serious research, studying world practice.

PS. At this point, on the website of the Department of Transportation:
To the question “Do you consider it necessary to increase the speed limit for movement on the main highways?” 4659 (62%) answered positively, negative - only 2821 (37%).
To the question "Do you consider it necessary to increase the speed limit when driving along the Leningradskoye and Zvenigorodskoye highways?" up to 80 km/h it was proposed to increase 4494 (59%), up to 65-75 - another 3%. Only 2537 (33%) have a negative attitude towards the idea.

If someone thinks that only 60 km / h can be driven on Moscow roads, then it's time to find out that the speed limit of 80 km / h is set on 13 (!) Moscow highways. The only problem is that no one knows exactly where. And if earlier this was not a problem, now, when thousands of letters of happiness have rained down, I want clearly established rules for the game with speed on the roads.

Before the change of the mayor of Moscow, there was an unspoken rule in the city, a kind of "agreement" between the government and society: drivers pretend to follow traffic rules, the government pretends to follow this. Everyone didn't care about each other. However, now the situation has changed dramatically, the city has deployed almost the largest system of photographic recording of traffic violations in the world! Unexpectedly for himself, a simple Moscow driver began to receive decent fines in the mail for speeding. Violating, of course, is not good and everyone knows this, but before, no one paid attention to this, but now everything is different. Motorists would like to learn new orders before facing their punitive side.

Map of Moscow highways, where it is allowed to drive 80 km/h (opens in a new window in high resolution).

The speed limit on the Moscow Ring Road is a separate issue, we will discuss it tomorrow.

Many will be surprised to see that you can drive 80 throughout Leningradka, although there are practically no signs indicating this. The situation in Yaroslavka is even more absurd: from the Moscow Ring Road to the Severyaninsky overpass, you can go 80, although there are no barriers, and further to the center, where the barriers appear, you can move no faster than 60 and the cameras send out fines. It's funny to look at the "stump" of the Shchelkovo highway, only 1.3 km long, where you can also go 80. You won't have time to notice it.

The history of the issue is extremely interesting, since July 7, 1997, in accordance with the decree of the Government of Moscow, the speed was increased to 80 km / h on 12 sections of Moscow highways. The document began with the following words: "Recently, a large amount of work has been done in Moscow to improve road conditions on the main city highways and equip them with modern technical means of regulation, which allows vehicles to move at higher speeds." Later, in 2008, 80 km / h was also installed on most of the Third Ring, in 2013 Zvenigorodka was naturally added to this list.

However, due to the lack of appropriate signs, information posters, or even logic in permitted speeds, a respectable Moscow driver often cannot understand which section at which speed he can drive. As a result, motorists receive a large number of fines not for intentional violation, but for not being properly informed. Since the city has decided to strictly administer the speed limit, it (the city) must (!) clearly and clearly establish the rules, convey them to everyone. The confusion is huge. In fact, only on the Moscow Ring Road it is clear that 100 is allowed (but for now we will specifically highlight it for today's discussion).

A separate sad story is the Third Transport Ring. What is the allowed speed on Treshka is generally a mystery. Like 80, but at the exit from the tunnels under Leninsky and Kutuzovsky a surprise awaits you ...

Just think about it, you are driving along the Luzhniki, 80 km/h is allowed, then you drive into the tunnel, and there are already 60. It seems that you yourself should guess that the intersection with Leninsky Prospekt is above you, and the speed limit sign ceases to operate, but intuitively this is incomprehensible. And at the exit of the tunnel you will be met by joyful traffic cops who will gladly explain to you what the lack of developed intuition threatens.

All this confusion is only due to the fact that no one had the opportunity to bring elementary order to this issue. Do not be afraid to set an adequate speed limit and inform drivers about it. They introduced 80 km / h at Zvenigorodka and Leningradka, and there were no more accidents, although there were so many screams. And the famous accusations: "are you ready to take responsibility for the corpses?". Accidents have not been canceled, but the fact that drivers stopped receiving fines at Zvenigorodka for a stupid and unreasonable speed limit, nothing bad happened, moreover, order appeared. And I also remember when we started the experiment with a right turn on a red one, we were told that they would run over pedestrians and Russian drivers would be killed, they say, we are not ready for this. However, during the experiment, not a single (!) Accident related to the experiment occurred. Critics are no longer heard, but when everything was started, they always climbed arm in arm.

It is much easier to follow adequate rules and move at a permitted and comfortable speed than to try to wag between the cameras, pressing either the gas or the brake, sticking up numbers, etc. Yes, car accidents happen, for example, recently Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan Gadzhi Makhachev, who was driving, crashed to death on Kutuzovsky Prospekt. But he "flew" under 150 km / h. It has nothing to do with the allowed speed at all, at least do 40, and some people will continue to rush as they please.
Do not think that Probok.net wants Moscow to go its own way, increasing speed when it decreases in other cities of the world. We are in favor of a reasonable speed gradation on the roads: on ordinary streets - 50 or even 30 km / h, and on highways - 80 or more kilometers per hour. I analyzed this question in detail. The entire civilized world lives by this principle. And we should do the same as in Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Paris, London, Frankfurt am Main, Vilnius and other cities (click on the city to open a photo confirming all of the above). The speed limit matters even in Moscow traffic jams, because the main fines come at night, when there are no traffic jams. And where is it more comfortable to ride with speed adequate conditions on the road (the presence of dividing fences, a large lane width, the absence of unregulated crossings).

It's time to establish clear and understandable rules: to revise speed limits somewhere in favor of an increase, somewhere vice versa. For example, after reconstruction, 80 km / h can obviously be allowed on the entire Kashirka. It is necessary to hang appropriate signs and information boards on highways. The existing confusion leads to the discrediting of the city's transport policy and the growing dissatisfaction of drivers. Probok.net will soon prepare a number of specific proposals for each of the Moscow highways, we will start the discussion tomorrow with the Moscow Ring Road.

UPD: Important clarification. The speed limit is set not by road signs (they only designate it), but by a regulatory document, in our case, the Decree of the Government of Moscow. Therefore, even if all speed limit signs were removed from Leningradka, this does not cancel the speed limit of 80 km / h established there.

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