Moscow taxi did not allow traffic jams on the allocated lanes

Moscow taxi drivers will not be able to use the allocated stripes for public transport. This was stated by the head of the Department of Transport and Road Transport infrastructure Maxim Liksutov, reports Interfax .

“Only buses will travel in the city in the city, there will be no exception to a taxi,” he said. According to Liskutov, today 13 thousand permits for taxi transportation have been issued in Moscow.

It should be noted that in Europe, taxi have the right to go around traffic jams in the allocated lanes. In early November, Moscow taxi drivers also turned to the authorities of the capital for such a permit.

However, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin opposed. According to him, license for taxi drivers are free, which means it would be wrong to allow a taxi to go to the allocated lanes. " As Sobyanin noted, it is not difficult to get this license, therefore, "everyone who has never got these coupons will receive and travel in a dedicated lane."