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practice of passively waiting for Muscovites’ complaints or
reports from law enforcement officials before taking action.

The system not only targets traffic flow problems, but also
addresses the usage of parking spaces.

In addition, there were supporting measures, including

the re-organisation of public transport routes, encouraging
bicycle travel, etc., together with big data analyses to
improve the road conditions.

140 For example, the government upgraded the bus fleet
and train carriages to attract more people to take public
transport. By the end of 2017, 90% of the buses had been
in service for less than five years and almost 40% of the

metro trains were brand new. The smart transportation
system collected passengers' boarding and alighting
patterns so as to introduce new bus routes to reduce the
need for interchanges. One new route has benefited more

than 900,000 commuters in the city.

At the same time, the increase of cycling tracks provides
more choice to the Muscovites. Compared to 2015, the