Moscow Residents Urged to Use Metro Amid Traffic Limits

Temporary restrictions on vehicle traffic have been introduced in Moscow, according to the capital's transportation department on Saturday.

Consensus

Temporary traffic restrictions were in effect in central Moscow on October 22.
Residents and visitors were advised to avoid driving in the city center.
The metro was recommended as an alternative for travel through the city center.
Traffic congestion was reported on several major roads, including TTK and Sадовом кольце.
The restrictions were due to high traffic volume and were temporary.

Traffic congestion was rated at six out of ten, with average flow speed at 23 km/h. — vm
Specific road closures were reported on Tverskaya Street toward the center, on the Big Kamenny Bridge, and on several other streets including Znamenka and Putilkovsky Pereulok. — vm
Traffic was most free on MКАD near Lypkinskoye Shosse, TTK near Nizhegorodskaya viaduct, and Kashirskoye Shosse. — vm
In Yaroslavl, traffic was blocked on the exit from the city toward Moscow at the intersection of Moscow Prospekt and Yugo-Zapadnaya Okruzhnaya. — vm
The restrictions were expected only in the first half of the day. — interfax
The message was issued through the Max messenger channel. — interfax