The Wall Street Journal saw in Moscow, reducing the number of traffic jams - it says the economic downturn

A crisis has its advantages: the legendary Moscow cork slightly writes InoPressa.ru with reference to The Wall Street Journal.

The decline in trade and an avalanche of resignations resulted in a sharp decrease in the intensity of commercial and passenger traffic in Moscow, writes the newspaper. According to Vladislav Borodin, director of "Yandex-stoppers," before the evening rush hour was from 16:00 pm to 22:00 pm (on the main thoroughfares), and now begins closer to 18:00 and ends at the latest, in 20:00.

Moskovskie plugs are subject to a common pattern: after a steady growth over the past five years, traffic in England, France, Belgium, India and the UAE in the autumn of last year, along with declining economic performance, said the publication.

Meanwhile, according to the agency Avtostat "if the number of cars per capita Moscow only took sixth place in Russia, according to cork - the first one. Analysts believe that the fault lay Concentric to Moscow, chaotic development, and the inability of the city to reorganize the movement in the new environment.

Most dramatically reduced the movement of trucks, the newspaper with the words of analysts. Russian outdated highway system has a center in Moscow, but because most of the freight traffic in the western part of Russia should be on the streets of the capital - said the publication. Passengers in buses and mini buses, as well as in the subway, too, became less: fewer unemployed come from home or leaving town. For some firms the situation on the roads is beneficial: the driver before United Parcel Service Inc. was able to deliver parcels to addresses in the 50-60 day, and now - at 70.