Muscovites are leaving the coronavirus in the suburbs

Data on traffic jams from Moscow to the region show that Muscovites decided to spend a non -working week at the dachas. On the highways there were serious congestion, comparable in level with May holidays, Kommersant writes . Muscovites went to summer cottages, and some, despite the persuasion of the authorities, go to visit and shops.

Yandex published data on the influence of coronavirus and the recommendations of the authorities to work from the house on road traffic in Moscow. If in the first half of last week (March 16–22), strong traffic jams were recorded due to mass trips of citizens for products, now, from March 23 to 26, a sharp increase in traffic on regional roads is recorded. In Moscow itself, on March 26, traffic jams of 6 points were recorded. By the evening (18.00) on March 27, the level of congestion on the roads can reach 7 points, the Moscow Road Organization (Central Department Store) is predicted.

This is due to the fact that the Muscovites took an extraordinary weekend as an opportunity to leave for the country, especially since Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin in his blog invited the townspeople to leave the city in the country due to “warm weather”. He also asked to take his elderly relatives out of the city, for whose health coronavirus is an increased danger.

In Moscow itself, due to a decrease in traffic on streets that are not related to exit highways in the region, a decrease by almost a quarter (27%) of the number of accidents is recorded.

The authorities of the Moscow region talk about the opposite: due to the influx of traffic violations leaving for the Muscovites leaving for the Muscovites, it increased by 27%, to the level of mid-July-early August-the most emergency period of the year.

The regional Ministry of Transport “Kommersant” said that many residents who left Moscow to the region do not comply with the recommendations for self -isolation: they continue to visit, shops, objects of service, and it is precisely the increase in the number of violations of the traffic rules.