In many countries of Europe and Asia, the bicycle is seriously considered as an alternative form of urban transport. It is environmentally friendly, good for the health of passengers and can significantly reduce the load on highways.
For Moscow, the development of cycling is especially important because of the numerous traffic jams that seriously complicate life in the capital. The city authorities have adopted a plan for the development of infrastructure until 2016, which includes the construction of a developed network of bike paths that will connect the city's districts. The network will include about 100 roads, several thousand bike parks and rental points. Moreover, the experience of European cities is taken as a model, when a rented bike can be returned at any parking lot.
By the City Day, the municipality promises to open 2 bike paths with a length of about 25 km. One of these routes will connect the recreation areas: Park of Arts, Gorky Park, Botanical Garden, Victory Park and the park in Fili. The second cycle path will connect the two buildings of the Peoples' Friendship University along Miklukho-Maklaya Street.
Since the main users of cycling are children and young people, it is primarily planned to build paths and equip bicycle parking near educational institutions. Then access roads and parking lots will be equipped near metro stations, shops, cinemas, stadiums, government agencies. To unload ground transport, the following model of movement of Muscovites has been proposed: a cyclist drives up to a metro station, parks a bicycle in the parking lot and continues on in an electric train.
There are plans to create a full-fledged cycling infrastructure in one of the administrative districts as an experimental model. If the result is successful, the experience will be extended to the entire city. It is quite possible that in the conditions of Moscow, cycling will be more profitable than by car. The average speed of a cyclist in the city is 17 km / h, and a car, in traffic jams, is 13 km / h. Even without taking into account the gas mileage when moving in second gear, the bike clearly wins the comparison.
