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Department of Transportation Moscow began to develop the project for a paid entry into the city. Before the year is planned to form the concept and consider options Congestion on the Ring Road and Third Ring Road. On Thursday, 25 September, the newspaper "Vedomosti».

A source close to the department claims that officials plan to first in-depth analysis of international experience. They're going to find out why the steel to charge for entry, what are the social and economic results, which technologies were used and so on. Also have to understand what will be the behavior of drivers if they are ready to pay for entry to or prefer to transfer to public transport.

In 2015, a pilot project will begin: the congestion charge in the "Moscow City". Based on the lessons learned authorities prepare regulations - a system of payment penalties. If the analysis shows that the congestion charge improves the situation with traffic, it can start to charge in 2016.

President of the Moscow Transport Union Yuri Sveshnikov idea to pay for entry is considered a failure. According to him, in Moscow public transport uses the maximum proportion of the population - 88 per cent, this figure rises to a few mega-cities. The problem, he says, is in short supply roads.

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