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Chapter Two - Right Timing

number of cycling trips in the city doubled to 2.3 million in
2017.

As a result, travel via public transport each year has grown
from 1.9 billion in 2010 to 2.8 billion in 2017. Moscow
was once ranked No.1 in terms of congestion in 2010, this

dropped to 13th in 2016. Although the number of private
cars increased by one million during that time, the average
speed of travelling increased by 13%. At the same time,
there was a time save of 65% when searching for a parking

space. No wonder people in Moscow were proud of these 141
achievements.

In addition, a mobile phone application has been set

up to help people plan their journeys, find parking
spaces, process payments, and rent bicycles. This
popular application has 3.5 million downloads so far.
The government has also developed online and mobile

versions for more than 220 public services, up to 75%
of the public has used these applications. These mobile
applications together with the privately-developed ones,
have gained wide acceptance and popularity in Moscow.