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Moscow Drowning In Traffic

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Transport Policy Listserv
26 July 2004 - 11:00am

The number of cars in Moscow has quadrupled since 1987.

"Marina Vasilyeva, deputy chief of media relations for the traffic safety office, said there could be 5 million cars on Moscow's roads by 2010... No other major city in Europe or the United States has seen its traffic grow so fast, Western experts say. As a result, Moscow's streets are often outrageously congested, noisy and polluted."

Full Story: Moscow is drowning in an ocean of traffic
Source: The Baltimore Sun, July 25, 2004
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The following list shows the top 10 metropolitan statistical areas, as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, where commuting by public transportation has grown the most. None of them are among the nation's top 10 most populous metro areas, and yet seven are within the top 20.
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