Why Moscow Is Insanely Well Designed

[@mari_sart]

Fun fact: people living in Moscow usually name the nearest metro station when you ask about their adress)

[@SdertySense]

Thanks, Sheldon!)

[@charlessnippy7467]

True

[@thenikita2422]

True

[@МаксимКрисько-у8ф]

I've been living the whole live in St. Petersburg and Moscow and I have never thought that somewhere people answer another way

[@BLET_55artem55]

Nice joke, but it is kinda true. The prices of them houses are sky-high!

[@DIOS-M]

When it comes to the population of Moscow, as a rule, incorrect figures are given. The fact is that in Russia, the population count in a city is based on the number of people who are registered in that city. In fact, the population of Moscow is much larger, more than 20 million people.

[@bobirkhonismailov8904]

I read once that it might be even 30 mln. With visitors.

[@DIOS-M]

@@bobirkhonismailov8904 I deliberately underestimated the figures, I did not take into account tourists and people who come for a short period of time. The real figure is approximately 27 million people.

[@mtm_777]

А в СПб думаю в туристический сезон тоже более 10млн будет, а так ~7-8 млн то наберётся с Мурино/Кудрово и тд. и иммигрантами

[@DIOS-M]

@@mtm_777 У вас сезон летом?

[@mtm_777]

@@DIOS-M для узбеков/таджиков/армян и других граждан - сезон круглый год) но не такой наплыв как в Мск, спасиб и на том)

[@ThatGuy-n7w]

I literally dont ever need a car in Moscow. I can get everywhere by public transport. Free wifi is everywhere, free charging ports...

[@ivch9027]

And the station are like 2 kms apart, so in the worst case you’ll have to walk only 1 km to wherever you want.

[@SolLignum]

There're still some awkward spots here and there, for example it takes me around 20 minutes to get to work by car, but 40+ minutes to get there by transport. But seeing a bigger picture i won't complain, honestly.

[@SevPrime]

But but CNN tells me that Russia is full with mud and half destroyed buildings with people having to light fire using primitive methods

[@mr_ozio]

and cheap mobile internet

[@victormanciu4714]

But no free speech

[@ChennaiRealtor]

I spent a week in Moscow and didn't need to use any type of transport other than the metro. A fantastic experience.

[@Cubakah234Bujirire]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@alexdeshift6733]

U lived in really good location of Moscow.

[@madnessage]

@@alexdeshift6733 а как бы иностранец вообще нашел не очень хорошее место?) Это "местные" могут найти подальше и подешевле. Но все равно это решается комбинацией с автобусом, по той же тройке.

[@IlikeSnowLoll]

Brooo you should've tried electro-scooters

[@leosv0]

The Moscow metro serves people living in poor conditions, in small and unpleasant apartments with very dense buildings. And such a system will not suit any city in North America. In the USA, people live in beautiful suburbs, big houses and big apartments, much less densely. Don't be fooled by Kremlin propaganda.

[@boevoikrikun]

Fun fact. The word "koltsevaya linia" translates to english as "ring line". So the orbital lanes name for us russians are: - Ring line - Big Ring line - Moscow Central Ring (officially called Moscow Central Circle)

[@wherespirt]

I think better call it "circle" line(because circle is geometric shape, but ring is material thing in form of circle). Even, few years ago in english announcements in metro it had been called "circle line"(but now "koltsevaya", why - idk)

[@boevoikrikun]

@@wherespirt You are right. This is a matter of what's more right or convenient, I was talking about literal translation. "Circle" is literally translated to russian as "krug", which is a different word.

[@volgoden]

Another fun fact: former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who promoted the ring traffic system, was sometimes called the “Lord of the Rings.”

[@nickonicifor5638]

I was in Moscow in 2014. January, -22 C, they are heating metro stations.

[@volgoden]

@@nickonicifor5638 I don't think there are doing so. The key thing is that metro lays deep underground where all daily and yearly fluctuations of temperature are greatly damped to some comfortable value. This constant temperature is supported by surrounding megatons of ground which serves as powerful thermal energy damper and accumulator.

[@am3177]

You forgot consider three lines of aeroexpress from central Moscow to airports and also electric ferries.

[@tonymontana1702]

Aeroexpress trains are not a part of Moscow transportation system. Although they are playing a role of passenger trains on D1, they are not a type of public transportation around the city per se. They are just expensive trains to get to the airport, that's all. Those ships are not really efficient. They are more like a tourist attraction, because Moscow officials presented it as a "first in the world year-round electric ship". So, they are not showing the efficiency of public transportation of Moscow.

[@namesurname-1488]

​@@tonymontana1702they are part of it, you can travel there by regular tickets

[@VelvetSage]

@@namesurname-1488 no they are not, you need to buy a separate ticket

[@namesurname-1488]

@@VelvetSage only if you travel to the airport

[@Max_Jacoby]

​@@VelvetSageyou can use Troika card on ferries, it's the same card you use in metro. I use it myself, it's a firsthand information.

[@potapich2]

i freakin love Moscow metro, you can pin-point your arrival time within 2-3 minute margin at all times

[@Elfcheg]

And if you walk fast on line changes, you can even be faster than estimate!

[@leterdieu]

​@@Elfcheg that's so true. I walk twice as fast as the crowd (if possible) and it saves me a couple of minutes on the line switching every day

[@s.i.n4985]

yes, but there is one thing, size of Moscow. for example for me, to get to my training, i need to go from home before 2 hours

[@vikkymi6386]

​@@s.i.n4985 Why? Are there 3 fitness centers within 1 km of my house in Moscow? Why choose a fitness center that is far from home?

[@DiggityDi]

​@@vikkymi6386 Probably very specific training, like stadiums for bikes and not your usual fitness

[@EgeGrt]

I had 2 weeks in Moscow. I can say that I am in love with the transportation system. I never needed any taxi or car. You can simply go to random metro station and go wherever you want. Greetings from Türkiye And, the girl who helped me at Okhotny Ryad Station. I will never forget your beautiful eyes and your cute accent

[@GlassMeteorite]

As a Moscow citizen I was in love in Istanbul public transport system) Routes with The Bosporus view are extremely gorgeous

[@EgeGrt]

@GlassMeteorite I agree. We have so nice views. Especially Kabataş-Bağcılar tram line offers amazing views throughout the historical island and on Galata Bridge. But, every metro station in Moscow Metro is so unique, and I won't forget any of them. I had amazing memories with people I love. Especially Коммунарка and Воробьёвы горы 🥰

[@val3val354]

@@EgeGrt Даже интересно стало, попробую найти видос этой линии )

[@VasiliyTolstoy]

@@GlassMeteorite it is more difficult to change metro lines in Istanbul -- and as they belong to different companies, you need to understand first at which point you pay and how much you pay and how exactly to get to that other line. For me it is always a quest. In some cases you go up to the surface, then walk down the street like 100 m and then down again. :) So, Istanbul metro system is great but has its, well, peculiarities.

[@ap80shg]

What a creep hahaha!

[@AbstractNekotrap]

As a student I can say, that some categories of people can pay even less money, about 500 rubles or 5 dollars per month. That saves a lot of money, because every day I'm going to the other side of the city to get to my university

[@fusafungin]

When I was a student I paid 600 rubles per month for the metro and additionally 200 rubles for the land transportation, which sums it up at 800 rubles or $9 in total.

[@pythonium3611]

@@fusafungin and even this is considered expensive

[@gg-ij1ux]

Мой проездной только на метро на 90 дней стоит вроде бы 1450, поэтому в месяу я плачу меньше 500р, за ежедневные 2 поездки до вуза и обратно

[@tisonsiu]

're u HSE uni student?

[@AbstractNekotrap]

@@tisonsiuno, I'm MIREA student

[@popindosin228]

I live in Moscow for 23 years now. And sometimes, I got a feeling by communicating with residents, that at least 50% of them doesn't even know how to get from A to B by roads. They simply use metro all the time, it gets them everywhere they ever want. It's a shame tho, Moscow is as beautiful on the surface as beneath it.

[@СергейСмирнов-ф9к5л]

Why do you need to know how to get from A to B by roads? Online maps are easy to use

[@mastersafari5349]

@@СергейСмирнов-ф9к5л Exactly, street navigating is a skill of old people. Modern gadgets make it redundant.

[@lirus3639]

Are you from Ukraine?

[@timalright]

Its cuz they are poor obv

[@V4ker]

@@lirus3639 who are you referring to?

[@theotherandrew5540]

And if you have a Troika card, you can use the same card on a bus, metro and ferry, for just about 50p per journey of any distance within the city. The suburban trains are also frequent, and there’s a bike hire system. It’s easy, so easy to get around Moscow by public.

[@MrSeagull26]

By the way, you can also top up Troika directly from your phone using NFC at any time

[@jwhite5008]

@@MrSeagull26 Nowadays you can use your phone on the metro, I think all of the stations were upgraded with the new gates. You can also use any debit or credit card, even most Moscow buses allow that now. The fare on metro + suburban rail is ~half $, metro + rail + any number of bus transfers in 90 min = about $1 per entire trip within the city

[@xnzx203]

They also introduced payments using facial recognition in the subway. this works already now, and in almost all stations you can pay with "face id".

[@TheLaXandro]

@@xnzx203and nobody uses it because it works like shit. And because it's blatantly a justification to put cameras on the gates. I've seen people putting stickers over them, though to mwtro workers' credit they don't last long as I've never seen them twice in a row.

[@IndxOne]

@@MrSeagull26Nah, this function is shit. The idea is very good, but it works badly. I once tried to use it and then just couldn’t use my card. And also, what’s the point of this, when you can just use Mir Pay and pay with your phone using NFC and get the same price.

[@2002dialupconnection_]

watching as an employee of a transit system in Florida and i can't help but cry, bravo Moscow and the Russians for such a beautiful smart efficient network.

[@vikasel5460]

Спасибо времени СССР, когда это было разработано и построено. Сейчас просто улучшается и расширяется

[@xalekcey]

@@vikasel5460 Это одно и тоже... Это одна и та же страна.

[@beginendend3094]

@@vikasel5460 Это не правда. Почти все, о чем в видео говорилось - это новодел, придуманный в нулевые и десятые годы. Советские решения - это как раз выдать каждому по машине, и еще создать по 10 маршрутов автобусов, которые полностью идентичны, но отличаются последней остановкой (вспомните станцию юго-западную до 2014-15 годов, и как простое добавление пары станций и разгрузка автобусного траффика решила проблему с пробками на киевском шоссе и в прилегающих районах)

[@johngray0]

Our public infrastructure in inner cities used to be beautiful. Not to mention have functioning bathrooms. This was lost at a specific time for a specific reason. Think amongst your selves the root cause of why we can't have nice public things--and why Moscow doesn't have our burden. I'll give you a hint: In many European cities there are lots of bikes. But not really a lot of bike locks, and even then none are the heavy chain locks needed here. Why is this? If you understand the simple issue of a bike lock, you've unlocked the broader issue of US infrastructure.

[@AL-lh2ht]

yea when you invest into only in a few city in your entire country you sure get some good infrastructure in that spec.

[@kotofeika3266]

Kudos for pronouncing all those difficult names of the lines! Just a sidenote: people living in Moscow almost never use those names, they just call them "red line", yellow line", or "salad (green) line" (not to be mistaken with simply "green line"). When a new line is planned, there's a big debate about which color to choose, because it's hard to find a color that wasn't already used and could be easily named by an everyman.

[@degrade_with_me]

Котофейка, так делают везде. Либо по номеру. Я из Нижнего Новгорода, у нас говорят "красная/синяя ветка" либо "1/2". Ни разу не слышал, чтобы кто-то называл её вот этим длинным сложным названием. При том, что я знаю, что мой русский дом (живу не в НН, поэтому пишу так) находится на конечной станции Автозаводско-Нижегородской линии. Но никто так не говорит. Поэтому я думаю, что так во всех городах.

[@ИгорьМерзляков-р7д]

@degrade_with_me Все люди называют их цветами, разве что мцд и кольца выпадают. Но объявляют в пересадках всегда по имени, и ты сидишь и думаешь, что там за таганско-краснопресненская или савеловско-дмитровская

[@juanchegsintierra]

​@@degrade_with_me ну не прямо везде. Например в Париже местные называют линии по номерам, не по цветам.

[@k0jz0r69]

@@degrade_with_me никогда не слышал, чтобы кольцевую называли коричневой. Также часто используются аббревиатуры - БКЛ, АПЛ, например.

[@nikkan3810]

@@k0jz0r69 Кольцевую не называют по цвету, потому что она кольцевая. Если бы ее не было, мы называли бы кольцевой МЦК. Аббревиатур никогда не слышал, если честно.

[@expojam1473]

Is actually take the 4.5 hour gap as a positive thing. Maintenance is very important esp with cleaning and repairs. NYC struggles with cleanliness and sees massive disruptions in service when maintenance needs to occur

[@BK_718]

Absolutely smh 🤦🏻‍♂️ weekend track work never ends

[@Sam--506]

Yeah hearing "fire on this station and line is closed" was weird

[@zeroespero]

Well the Moscow metro is one of the cleanest in the world. But if there's really required maintenance, then some stations could be closed, or for example on the radial line could be enabled clockwise only mode (but it was in holidays when the traffic is down)

[@firegirl24]

In the Moscow metro, trains run every 10-15 seconds, and in New York every 10-15 minutes, so a break is needed

[@save7597]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@firegirl24also that in New York metro the trains are expected to run run 24/7/365 days a year.

[@Mirmaker]

Fun detail: In peak times, around 7-9 AM, when the train leaves the station you can already see the headlights of the next train. On some lines the usual time between trains are closer to 50 seconds.

[@tomaaron6187]

In 2018 I spent an extra 5 days in Moscow after attending a geology conference. Much of this was experiencing Moscow on their Metro system and just taking in the ambiance. I have to thank the residents for always being so patient in directing me to my destinations. We Canadians and Russians have much more in common than living in big northern countries and hockey.

[@ZaherDaem]

Спасибо)

[@bldontmatter5319]

Yeah but you people aren't pro-country, and you don't want to win. Ты не нравится ПОБЕДА.

[@durshurrikun150]

There's one problem: you harbor and cultivate nazism in your land, Canadian, while the Russians are destroying it. You are also settler colonists, the russians are native. Oh and you are also anglosaxon barbarians. You have not a lot in common.

[@ruspaceship]

It is worth noting that the orbital design is not only in Moscow's public transport, but also in the roads and layout of the city.

[@Vladimir-ui3ij]

The orbital road project was not developed by engineers. This is the legacy of the layout of ancient Russian cities, not only Moscow. That's why traffic problems are so hard to solve.

[@alonewanderer4697]

true, but surface level traffic outside the center of the city is still very congested.

[@mitchyoung93]

And Air Defense.

[@АндрейГолубев-э6д]

@@Vladimir-ui3ij How was this not developed? It was already on the 1971 general plan. We already have three transport rings (Sadovoe, MKAD, TTK) and chords similar to the MCD have already been opened.

[@TheLaXandro]

@@Vladimir-ui3ij it was absolutely developed by engineers over centuries, Moscow is an onion that grows over time and gains more and more rings. Kremlin as the 0-ring, then Garden Ring, Boulveyard Ring, Third Ring, Moscow Circle Road (that largely contains modern Moscow), the rings keep growing around Moscow too with the Central Ring Road, A-108, P-132. When Stalin was in office, the area around third ring was still semi-rural, nowadays parts of it are considered "the center".

[@tanerkaplankiran]

As an expat I lived in Moscow for 15 years from 2005. The transformation of the city and speed of it was insane. Especially after 2010 with the election of new mayor Sobyanin whose still running the city with amazing efficiency. I took metro to my office and most of my business meetings. One thing I always remember and pointed to my friends visiting Russia was that, once a metro train left the platform, before its rear red lights dissapeared out of sight in the tunnel, you could see lights of the new train coming from the other end of the tunnel. I love Moscow, my favourite city in the whole world.

[@teimy42]

Как же похорошела Москва при Собянине))

[@KrambolKawardak]

Спасибо вам за этот отзыв, желаю вам здоровья и всего самого лучшего!

[@jujuleto]

@@teimy42мы должны его клонировать, и разослать по регионам, он адски эффективен как хозяйственник

[@Ragastr]

Ahahaha no, it was really good at the beginning, but now it’s bad. Destroyed trolleybus system, the tram network is not developing, There are too many overpasses being built, and very little infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians

[@Faceless166]

@@commonsense7841 is this sarcasm?

[@FikAb]

Moscow public transportation is amazing. The best I have ever seen and used. Many cities should learn from it. It is very easy to understand it for a foreigner. St. Petersburgh and Kazan's pub transport are great as well

[@Сергій-м2л]

ну шо ти верзеш?

[@myrichstory]

Приезжай, посмотри​@@Сергій-м2л

[@niarlatotepbasset]

@@Сергій-м2л , okay, nafo soybot

[@henapbc9]

ахаххах​@@Сергій-м2л

[@sassymenses]

​@@Сергій-м2лправду он говорит, ты такое не любишь.

[@ДарьяКопейкина-ц8ч]

I've once heard a joke: "If subway in Moscow stopped working for a day, everyone would get lost immidiately". That's so true as no one really knows how to get around the city by streets

[@pigeondance]

THAT IS SO TRUE LMAO

[@Tiberium_Universe]

I don't know who said that, but it's stupid because everybody have smartphones with maps and GPS, and in our App for maps you can exclude metro and find the way how to get home without using it.

[@dukol07]

Bullshit. Haven't live in Moscow permanently for 10 years, still can draw you the map with a blind eye

[@champagneboymike]

i mean it depends. Tourists could actually even with the gps (i did xd). But moscow citizens will look at you with the meanest face saying "bro only retards are getting lost in moscow howd u get lost???"

[@angelachenyna4154]

Ну.... :-))) все же кто в Москве родился и вырос, не заблудились бы и без карт :) Метро, конечно, чертовски удобно, но дофига исхожено и пешком. В центре же все на самом деле довольно близко...

[@sherbinatormoments]

As a resident of Moscow and an employee of the Moscow metro, I confirm that the video reflects reality.

[@Даниилфролов-ю5ц]

Фига-се, машинист что-ли?

[@theirishbandit7301]

How can you watch this video? Isn’t the internet and basic american tech companies highly censored out there?? And if this is true you guys can openly use the internet then my last question is when will the next ‘people’s revolution’ be?? We’re patiently waiting but honestly anxiously.

[@sherbinatormoments]

@@theirishbandit7301 what revolution u mean? I am russian streamer, and can use american sources, Russia isn't cut from the world - this is propaganda of american and western media. We have everything, I don't feel sanctions at all

[@Даниилфролов-ю5ц]

@@theirishbandit7301 censored? Man, u dont know, arent u?

[@domenicosumma8045]

@@sherbinatormomentssir, you clearly are a fake, you can’t just pretend russia is a normal country /s

[@salvehn]

thank god, Zamoskrovetskaya line finally gets new "Moskva 2024" trains, such a relief for ears

[@holodilnick]

It also needs new rails. This line shakes the brains out of me.

[@Константин-м4л4л]

А зачем вы, русские, разговариваете на тему метро в Москве, при этом на английском языке ?)))

[@salvehn]

@@Константин-м4л4л да прост)

[@holodilnick]

@@Константин-м4л4л Mozhet, my zapadnye ekspaty.

[@Константин-м4л4л]

@@holodilnick хахахаха

[@SapphiR3_]

Theres a reason there is a series of Books and Video Games set arouns the Moscow Metro system.

[@new1ru]

There is, but this video totally missed it. The fact it these huge halled stations were also intended to be used as a shelter for cataclysms like a nuclear bombing. You can see hydo hydrolock doors hidden in the walls on some station entrances while traveling through them.

[@yurypozdnyakov5177]

​@@new1ru It is true mostly only for the very old stations in the center of the city. Since 1960s most of the stations built by "open-grond" "cheaper" (comparatively) way, so these stations could not be used as nuke shelters. "Centipede" type, in particular (there are 38 columns-legs in standart project)

[@Игорьсуздальский]

​@yurypozdnyakov5177 да, новые станции, меньше рассчитаны, но они и не в центре, не гермодвери есть

[@manlykvass]

@@yurypozdnyakov5177 как убежище функционировать могут, но класс защиты ниже, в эпицентре не выстоят, но уже километрах в 3 от него вполне. Учитывая, что жилые районы на окраинах - не приоритетные цели для боеголовок - вполне достаточно.

[@ivch9027]

@@yurypozdnyakov5177the new ones are also cheaper in terms of design from my pov. They step away from the classical design of the old stations, which really bring the nostalgic 19-20th century theme into the modern city that is Moscow. I also doubt they will be an attraction like old ones are in the future.

[@thelibetexperiment4053]

только услышав мнение иностранца, начинаешь ценить разные вещи в твоей стране

[@gabdsung9654]

При этом надо учесть, что в Москву вкладываются средства самой богатой по природным ресурсам страны. На Москву хватает, несмотря на то, что основные доходы прихватизируются.

[@madnessage]

@@gabdsung9654 без доказательств по прихватизации ты просто никто иной как провокатор и лжец. Ну и в ресурсах мало добавленной стоимости, самая богатая страна все же США - они экспортируют доллар. (и там никогда не воруют, не то что в РФ, ко ко ко)

[@gabdsung9654]

@@madnessage Самая богатая по природным ресурсам. Скажете, что доходы от продажи природных ресурсов не уходят в офшоры?

[@MeikZoo]

​@@gabdsung9654Неважно сколько у тебя ресурсов, важно сколько ты продаешь, количество влияет на то, сколько ты сможешь времени их продавать

[@gabdsung9654]

@@MeikZoo Это как-то меняет то, что расея - самая богатая по природным ресурса страна?

[@СашаСтепашкин]

The best thing About mcc and mcd is that unlike metro trains, they have toilets

[@АнтонВладимиров-ш4д]

Точно подмечено.😅 У меня уже условный рефлекс. Когда сажусь в эти поезда, первым делом иду делать пи-пи. Серьёзно!

[@sergeysyschikov8251]

​@@АнтонВладимиров-ш4дтак вот почему в 1х вагонах от вони зачастую ехать невозможно

[@macuxx0000]

@@sergeysyschikov8251смотря где. Если говорить об электричках - они редко и плохо обслуживаются, а за счет того, что ездят они из самых закоулок, тут уже играет фактор маргиналов и прочей нечисти, которые не умеют пользоваться всем аккуратно. В мцк даже вплотную к туалету нет абсолютно никакого запаха, причем что туалет стоит почти в каждом вагоне. И это все потому, что он обслуживается чаще и лучше, к тому же люди более осторожно им пользуются

[@АнтонВладимиров-ш4д]

@@sergeysyschikov8251 И узнаете долб..ба по словам его. А вообще, конкретики маловато в твоём замечании. Почему именно воняет? Из-за меня? из-за таких как я? Из-за того,что таких как я много? Или это скрытая претензия к РЖД касательно качества санузлов в новых поездах?

[@mille5913]

@@АнтонВладимиров-ш4дкакой ужас. А донести своё добро не судьба?

[@michaelkartel]

Thanks for that representative video 🙏🏼 it was insanely interesting to find real facts about our transportation system from the foreigner’s point of view. Many thanks, this video sould be more viral so I comment in case of that. One more fact: during the rush hour its almost a 30 seconds gap between trains in metro.

[@СергейСазонов-э5у]

As Moscow resident, i must say, that cirle lines do a great work. I live at south-west corner of city, the end of red line, and worked at Aviamotornaya at south-east. With introduction of Big Cirle Line my journey to work became shorter by 30 minutes. An additional spare hour per day! And it greatly improved situation in city center and radial lines.

[@muhammad4779]

is moscow safe and cool place to live?

[@NeCkItThEoNe]

@@muhammad4779 why wouldn't it be safe? Here in Russia you can't simply just buy a gun if you want. You need a license that is fucking hard to get. And CCW permit is practically impossible to get for a common folk. People who actually carry guns are either police or military. As for "cool" - imo moscow is somewhat "grey" city. Been there 5 times and barely had any enjoyment. People are selfish, noone would care if you'd hurt yourself or somehow lose consciousness. Noone gives a shit about one another. I rather stay in Vladivostok :p

[@muhammad4779]

@@NeCkItThEoNe I'd rather you not give suggestions as a tourist

[@coffenot]

​@@muhammad4779да, все ок

[@que5646]

​@@muhammad4779Hello, I am a native resident of Moscow. I would say that Moscow is a completely safe place to live. The only thing worth considering if you move is the area to live. You should not settle in new areas, although they are attractive in price, but due to their newness there is no normal infrastructure there yet and it will be difficult for you. If you move into one of the older areas (one where the houses are at least 30-40 years old), you will get optimal living conditions with five-minute access to the metro, kindergartens, schools, clinics, hospitals, shopping centers, etc. I have been to many cities in Europe and I can say that in terms of life, Moscow is the most convenient city.

[@nockjnr]

This metro system is insanely incredible. I miss that city.

[@pasha21363]

4:46 correction: there are 16 night bus routes they travel from 12AM to 5 AM

[@Iriiskii]

​@FlipiFlax Я лично на многих из них в 3 утра уезжал

[@pasha21363]

@FlipiFlaxне все 1 маршрут на Маршруте Б там до часа ночи другой маршрут Б круглосуточный все остальные до 5 часов утра

[@moscovorto]

​@FlipiFlaxМетро до часу ночи, а есть ночные и круглосуточные (Б и м40) маршруты

[@danucnotyourbusiness1843]

Обычные маршруты ходят до часу - половине второго, но есть ночные маршруты. Они не такие удобные, т.к. маршруты в основном проложены от одной станции метро к другой, но они ездят ночью и до 5-6 утра.@FlipiFlax

[@un_people]

​@FlipiFlaxщас бы живя в мск спорить с тобой 😂😂😂

[@AlexGrom]

The circle design is actually how most cities were found in early days, because circle is the easiest to defend. Then it expanded and again expanded, and we have a city that was built on that basis, circles. Good for metro, good for defense, but horrible for cars. As I recall, most US cities are designed in blocks, heck, even St. Petersburg was designed like that. This is optimal for cars, but makes the city large and inconvenient for pedestrians

[@kolyashinkarev7366]

St.Petersburg was designed blocky because Peter 1 wanted it to look like europe

[@true_xander]

Block design isn't really good for cars, check out modern urban logistics research papers. There is plenty of good videos on YT on the topic, if you wish to explore. It turns out that the more optimal roads layout for cars is a large grid-like structure in which the local segments has few entrances and minimum to zero trespassing routes - when carefully planned with consideration of local population and points of attraction, this layout could eliminate traffic almost to zero.

[@LaViejaConsolada]

The classic Greek culture and the Roman Empire infraestructure and urban planning were far away from circular. They liked orthogonal things, big central avenues.

[@kolyashinkarev7366]

@@LaViejaConsolada well, in medieval Russia they did circles

[@CreeperNew]

@@kolyashinkarev7366 No, not for that reason. In Europe, cities were also built in circles. The plan of St. Petersburg has completely objective reasons, St. Petersburg was literally built on a swamp. Most of this area was and is swampy, which greatly affects the construction. That's why the whole design is so geometrically straight. In addition, some of the streets were originally planned as canals.

[@PastaQwQ]

All of Moscow is waiting for the metro to connect Moscow to St. Petersburg

[@KoT_MaTp0cKuH]

Так уже есть скоростной маршрут. Из Москвы в Питер можно за 3 часа доехать (примерно 700 км пути). От 7 долларов за сидячее место

[@PastaQwQ]

@@KoT_MaTp0cKuH всё равно если было питерское и московское метро соединились было хорошо

[@snb333]

Ждём метро Москва-Владивосток

[@KoT_MaTp0cKuH]

@lex_barker Россия - Россия получается??

[@tamarasurnina_renovation]

@@PastaQwQ Да, тогда Беглову не придется ни одной станции больше в Питере строить! Цель будет сразу перевыполнена😁

[@Daniel-bl3kx]

i never forget when for first time i use subway in Moscow , lost hotel and station , traveling about 4 hours around city till find an Russian dude know English and he help me back to hotel safe in 12pm

[@ДоминикаАнгелова-л3у]

Every second person in Moscow knows English pretty well

[@Verdimur]

I'm from Russia myself, but even I was interested in listening and learning a few new things. Thank you very much for your work!

[@pangranacik7011]

Every European city is "Insanely Well Designed" compared to American ones...

[@konstantin3374]

Euopean cities evolved naturally and grew with additional layers over the course of centuries, so we have shops / offices / public services / entertainment places evenly distributed among housing districts.

[@PrograError]

@@konstantin3374not very much for the former bloc cities... other than older than WWII cities, most are soviet new towns...

[@konstantin3374]

@@PrograError soviets designed new towns with pedestrian traffic and availability in mind, they knew very well that personal transportation is gonna be luxury for socialist citizen

[@captainfreedom3649]

not true. European cities were designed for horses and carriages, not millions of cars, trucks and busses. Confusing and narrow streets are not well designed compared to the nice grid layout in American planned cities

[@konstantin3374]

@@captainfreedom3649 nice grid layout of not being able to reach workplace or shops from your suburban home without personal vehicle.

[@childrenboy1340]

Бляха , ребята , тут в комментариях одни русскоязычные , которые пишут на английском , иронично

[@ilnur_s]

Так канал на английском с англоязычной аудиторией, в чем проблема? Или собственное невежество в глаз ударило?

[@carnap355]

русскоязычные смотрят потому что их хвалят

[@ZloYLeXa]

@@carnap355 ну приятно ведь

[@astroo1991]

Сам себя не похвалишь, никто не похвалит

[@ЕгорЖуйков-щ8ц]

Просто нам интересно что о нас говорят и как видят, и хочется чтобы отзыв был удобен для иностранцев

[@Blackcat-jt9in]

Beautiful country, beautiful people! Respect Russia!

[@gabdsung9654]

Прекрасный народ, голосующий за Путина, за войну.

[@ЕленаКольцова-з6и]

​@@gabdsung9654за Путина , за свободу

[@gabdsung9654]

@@ЕленаКольцова-з6и Жёны мобилизованных недавно на коленях стояли перед МО. Это свобода такая?

[@ЕленаКольцова-з6и]

@@gabdsung9654 на телемарафоне бачил ?

[@gabdsung9654]

@@ЕленаКольцова-з6и Вроде, общеизвестная информация. Не на путинТВ

[@raenico5285]

Arguably the best metro in the world. Considering how big the city is, the fact that you can get from point to point so easy was very impressive when I visited. I heard it is consistently getting expanded too

[@danilavanila6842]

14 new stations should be completed in 2024

[@mtm_777]

@@danilavanila6842честно вам достаточно пока, когда к нам в СПб уже очередь на горнопроходческую машину подойдёт...квоту не дают Беглову нашему, не можем и 2 станции в год строить блин, Северная столица называется 😢

[@vaska1999]

Unarguably. 😊

[@ИльяЮрьевич-е5п]

In Russia, we constantly joke that Sobyanin will soon expand the metro all the way to China, or somewhere else. You can even find a meme showing a map of the Moscow Metro, where stations are located all around the world

[@TheLaXandro]

@@ИльяЮрьевич-е5п and yet, the yellow line is still in two pieces lmao.

[@Гундос_Фан]

I live in Belarus and in morning rush hours intervals are about 1 minute or slightly more. Very convenient

[@MrPlito95]

Important point to note: the original design and the core idea of Moscow's transport system its a Soviet design. Its centered arround people's need, and its meant to connect neighborhoods and therefore the people, and not just workers to their workplaces, like western metro systems.

[@dickystrike6966]

You are getting it wrong. The core point is to get ppl moved from thier residence to the factory. Meanwhile Moscow is de-industrialized after the collapse of the USSR station names keep the history. Avtozavodskaya, Electrozavodskaya and Aviamotornaya are for car plant, electric production facility and airplane engine production center respectfully. Btw Aviamotornaya faced the deadliest incident in Metro history in the 80th.

[@willkuerlich]

Western system are all about making most profit

[@kuklama0706]

Lol no the core of it is middle ages design built around the core where the govt resides.

[@Mihail83]

It's not really "for people's needs." The system was conceived according to how the life of a Soviet person was seen. In reality, it is a huge problem that every day most of the residents migrate to work and back in the evening. There is not enough opportunity to work in your area, and this is just a feature of city planning.

[@Arkturbettel]

The problem is, the Soviets built it only in Moscow, where they must put on a show for capitalistic bastards, other cities are having enormous problems with traffic. So the concept is quite shitty. In Europe there are no big cities, everyone has a car and no problem at all. Moscow is not amazing, it's mostly crowded and stinky, the air quality is very bad.

[@manuelmartin-andres7148]

I lived a total of 6 months in Moscow and I have to say that transportation system is amazing. On time and clean. And I used all the systems you talked: metro, car sharing (very easy and convenient). And the city is very beautiful❤

[@VVv-ix2gx]

I've been to Moscow last year and can say that it's beautiful! So many changes since my previous visit in 2005.

[@hahdanghongha7810]

since 2005 most post communism countries changed the faces of the cities to a completely different look.

[@das_broml]

Our elephant!!!🇷🇺🗣️🔥

[@Mocha_beda]

🐘🐘🐘

[@maximrukinov3101]

😂😂😂

[@qwertyqaz6890]

ahaha our elephantyara!!

[@hdkv]

гойда!

[@ВладимирРябов-о3ф]

GOOOAL

[@Petr_LA]

As a local, I can say one more awesome thing that no one is talking about. Museums and art galleries have huge collections and are absolutely free if you are under 25 (Everyone can issue a "Pushkin card" for free and pay for tickets from her account, which is replenished at the expense of the state once a year) The opportunity to see with your own eyes the treasures of Troy, paintings of the 15th century, real mummies, hundreds of dinosaur skeletons, a collection of the rarest minerals in the world for free is amazing Or, for example, one of the world's largest zoos, which costs $ 5 for adults and is free for children in which you can sometimes be allowed to feed a flamingo or a giraffe.

[@ls-br9sr]

Last summer an adult ticket to the zoo was 10$ :( So it is now

[@_1mpr3ssive_4]

Sudents also could get there for free! Only if you're on full-time education though

[@belinsky7579]

Ошибаетесь, до 23 лет. Мне сразу как 23 исполнилось, 5к перестали приходить.

[@RIP212]

Yeah, they've bought a lot of stuff into collections. Some (mostly Kievian Rus artifacts and a bit before its era, and a lot of local Ukrainian art) they stole during Soviet era from Kyiv and whatnot, which was a dick move as they never returned them (even tho they said it was temporary). When Ukraine asked to return them after getting independence, surely, requests were declined. But, either way they would be just 2-3% of the whole collection, nowhere near 80% being stolen from Egypt and whatnot by UK museums :D Would be nice if they'll return it all after the war tho...

[@vlad_47]

@@RIP212 Kiev is a Russian city.

[@PatrickWilliamsI]

Thanks. This is far removed from the "Russia bad" refrain from the media.

[@Ryan-cb1ei]

Sure, but that’s totally different from how a country’s government operates 😂 Also, keep in mind that Moscow is by far the nicest city in Russia and almost none other city comes close to comparing. Still beautiful but that’s kind of the point, they throw most of their resources there.

[@o_s-24]

I used to live in Moscow. I was there when the MCC opened, it was extremely useful. I really liked the public transport there. But driving, especially on the ring roads is HELL. I think Moscow's public transport is underappreciated on youtube, but I still can't forgive them for what they did to the trolleybuses. Also, you missed the new electric ferries, but those aren't that important

[@damn_thats_art]

Trolleybus wires looked really bad and were difficult to maintain. Buses are way more efficient and electric ones are basically the new gen trolleybuses

[@ЕленаМордашева-н2т]

@@damn_thats_art well, i'm not sure, electric ones are better than trolleybus. I remember hearing a lot from urbanists, when our government eliminated the troll system: they said, electric buses have batteries that you can't recycle and have to throw away when it's off, while trolleybuses charge with their runners. And we miss trolleybuses!

[@KateeAngel]

Yeah the situation with trolley bus in Moscow is a tragedy. We in Saint Petersburg should treasure and protect our trolley buses!

[@KateeAngel]

​@@damn_thats_art no, batteries are heavy and take a long time to charge. It is better to have a bus which can switch between electric bus mode and trolley bus mode

[@kensukefan47]

​@@damn_thats_art >looked really bad Собянин, is that you?

[@elina1421]

so happy to see some russian representation that doesn't demonize us. thank you so much 🙂

[@dotdot5906]

Moscow ain't russia

[@manastorm9575]

​@@dotdot5906, Moscow is capital of Russia

[@dotdot5906]

@@manastorm9575 it is a popular opinion in _russia_ that Moscow is a separate entity that exists by sucking the soul out of the rest of the country

[@dotdot5906]

@@manastorm9575 it is a pretty big opinion in russia that Moscow is not representative of what the rest of the country is

[@dotdot5906]

@@manastorm9575 many actually consider it a parasite that only has so much quality due to sucking the soul out of the rest of the country

[@englishmaninrussia]

Now living in Moscow I can confirm this is so true. It's so much easier than London, Paris, New York etc not to mention beautiful, clean and spacious!

[@WorldMineRip]

Как-же похорошела Москва при Собъйанине

[@ghanklahind9557]

при плиточнике

[@ЛизаХ-л2г]

​@@ghanklahind9557это не плитка, а гранитная брусчатка, как в Лондоне, Вене, Берлине и Париже, только лучше!

[@hanowar]

@@ЛизаХ-л2г видимо брусчатка настолько хороша что её нужно перекладывать каждый год

[@ЛизаХ-л2г]

@@hanowar брусчатка отличная, гранитная! Лучше, чем в Лондоне, Париже и Берлине!

[@hh2n]

You forgot about river trams, that are also electrical and works round the year and also part of troika rides

[@ВиталийКотиков-т5э]

Yet, it's uncertain whether they'll be a full-fledged public transport like metro or will remain a gimmick like Moscow monorail.

[@vladrus5253]

@@ВиталийКотиков-т5э they are a bit more useful that monorail, but are still useless. i live near north of moscow river and work on the south part of it, but can't commute by river trams. they are stationed mostly in southern part of moscow and routes are short. it's mostly an attraction of sorts.

[@TheLaXandro]

@@ВиталийКотиков-т5э it's a way to monetize regularly scheduled icebreakers on the river, so they serve a practical purpose. They are also comfy places to hang out and/or work undisturbed, they have tables, free wifi and a coffee vending machine.

[@danvolodar]

You can't really commute with these. My workplace is just across the Moscow river from my home, but getting over it with a river tram still takes longer than taking a subway+MCC ride because the river trams only run once an hour. It's nice to take one once in a while to enjoy the scenery (and it's cheap, costing but a single ride on the Troika), but completely unfeasible as a reliable means of public transit.

[@BlackBladeGroM]

They are an experiment currently. The first route has been promoted as a sightseeing attraction to the point that you couldn't get a ride without standing in a line for half an hour. Seems like the concept and the specific implementation (electric boats, floating stations etc.) passed the stress test so there will be a larger rollout in the following years. Moscow is built on a relatively large river and not using it for public transport since the Soviet river tram system was retired is a shame.

[@Evgeniia_Tih]

И вот я живу в Москве, я все это знаю, я пользуюсь всем общественным транспортом города, и не могу понять, почему я слушаю и смотрю этот ролик)

[@nastasyazelnaya2226]

Ахахахаах дааа

[@vikasel5460]

Испытываете гордость 😅

[@champagneboymike]

@@vikasel5460 скорее интересно посмотреть в сравнении. дело даже не в гордости, я житель ростова смотрю это чтобы посмотреть сравнение с метро других стран.

[@AnatolyLeonov]

Тому що росіянин. А як відомо зомбі вони тупі

[@tukituki7680]

😊

[@avgpiece]

7:33 "Lodz" is a small city of 680k inhabitants in poland. The fact that the traffic congestion is among the biggest cities in Europe is ridiculous. Its so bad people brag about how special it is.

[@zulthyr1852]

How is it that bad somehow??

[@DIOS-M]

Recently, traffic jams in Moscow were also huge. I remember driving about 100 meters in 2 hours.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

​​@@DIOS-M they don't see real traffic in asia 😂. Car don't more in 2 hours

[@DIOS-M]

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa In Asia? What country are you talking about?

[@Pickleduck.]

insanely well designed my ass. Go to maps and you see multple giant rings of roads around moscow. They have huge trafic problems

[@tzep69]

New York cannot even dream about this kind of public transportation organization. It was very surprising to me when I visited NYC-dirty metro with weird people everywhere. We, Russians, thankfully are very spoiled by magnificence and cleanliness of Moscows subway

[@sasser.32]

You can't compare the masterpiece that is the Moscow metro with the rat's nest of New York. What surprises me the most is that a city as large and important as New York, where the municipality must receive a large amount of money for public spending, doesn't reflect this.

[@jakehix8132]

Maybe they had a point conscripting their poor/homeless to die in a war against brothers while alienating themselves.. never worry about overcrowding a major city lol fun fact: significant urban redevelopment and displacement did occur as part of this extensive project. Imagine the lives lost for pretty geometry (you have to imagine, their state media can't report on it.)

[@johngray0]

I live in lower Manhattan. We "gift" you the bottom 10% underclass (We have over 1 million sitting in permanent public housing. Breeding, consuming, not doing a damned thing beyond watching TV and breeding criminals), Moscow would find it's public infrastructure running on fumes. Forget beautiful stations, you wouldn't be able to have restrooms. Long interconnects and entrances would have to be shut down as they are conduits of crime. NYC needs those 5 min intervals cause of the need to pad schedules: 80% of the delays are human related: Fights, police investigations, drugged out passengers on trains or even lying on tracks happen multiple times a day, so it's impossible to fill the system like Moscow does. Moscow get certain demographics of people, you will look, behave, and smell like NYC.

[@AL-lh2ht]

yea ironically every city in russia besies Moscow is a third world shittthhhole.

[@AnatolyLeonov]

You are definitely spoiled. By being greedy for other country land

[@ВасяПупкин-х9з9п]

Another amazing thing about Moscow is that city is also spacy and green. Buildings stand afar from each other, leaving large amount of territory for plants. Moscow out of the old city center is also a one wonderful park!

[@jwhite5008]

It depends where you live, but definitely better than NYC

[@nikolaisedov2295]

Wouldn't say it's very green as someone living in Finland. It's not too bad but I think there's only enough nature at the major forests/parks

[@egorikovv]

As a Moscow citizen I am proud of our transport infrastructure. Unfortunately, most of us don’t even appreciate such pleasure((( they thing it’s a basic thing existed everywhere

[@boumer7]

Good job with making this video Don't hear very often something good about my city from westerns

[@Ted52]

That's usually related to the people within Moscow, not the city itself. One particular bald man has not won much love over here.

[@Da...]

​​@@Ted52 As a Muscovite I don't know anyone here who likes him or his bald head 😂

[@andrewgrandfield7214]

@boumer7 Tucker Carlson liked it. :)

[@michaelkartel]

⁠@@Da...I am a Moscovian as well and I know a bunch of people who does like him:) P.S. Muscovite is a mineral lol

[@eye_close]

​@Ted52 and the whole world despise your senile grandpa with alzheimer in the white house😂

[@JohnBlo76]

I'm from Moscow, and I should note that the Troika card (a travel pass for all types of transport) costs only 19,500 rubles ($207) for a year. In addition, this annual pass allows you to rent city rental bicycles for free, and can also be replaced if lost (you must register in advance in the mobile application).

[@nightchieftain]

"Only"

[@MoneyDawgHavingShit360]

@@nightchieftainyea only in Chicago it’s 135$ a month, that’s $1620 a year

[@imyarek]

@@nightchieftain well, yeah, that means you will pay 50 cents per day for unlimited transport - not only metro but also buses and trams inside the city. It's dirt cheap, if you commute by public transport to work.

[@paulylorino4463]

Wow… Moscow never ceases to amaze me

[@chevycaprice87]

BMW driving on the sidewalk to avoid the traffic jam 9:37 Some things are the same around the world...

[@alexmashkin863]

Yeah, somehow it's always BMW or Subaru

[@kremzeekatk8301]

BMW seems to be a versatile moron hallmark without state and language borders.

[@herpderp7114]

The only people who drive BMWs are people who wear their baseball cap sideways after all

[@jorgvillger3591]

BMW nuff said

[@grey_box]

He just in hurry to his boyfriend

[@ВалерияСеменова-д6б]

Btw in Moscow there is also a huge amount of electric scooters, which anyone can can rent like cars. The parking stations of the scooters are close to the metro stations and other places like shopping malls... So after using metro you can just switch to the scooter and reach any destination you need very quickly) and it’s extremely cheap!

[@holodilnick]

Нихрена себе «икстримли чип», самокаты чуть ли не по цене каршеринга.

[@bizzarshina]

​@@holodilnick7 рублей за минуту не настолько уж и близко к каршерингу))

[@holodilnick]

​@@bizzarshinaСкорее около 10 рублей в минуту плюс 50 за старт. Жалко щас скриншот не сделать, зимой чё-то нету самокатов.

[@Ivan_Arakcheev]

​@@holodilnickтак, если подписку оформляет, то страт бесплатный, а ещё и цена в минуту падает. Поэтому, если их используете редко, то да, стоит дорого, но, когда каждый день ими пользуешься, выходит дёшево.

[@michaelus815]

​@@holodilnickв цену входит закупка новых самокатов, обслуживание старых, зарплаты работникам и многое другое. Цены берут не с потолка. И если не брать самокат покататься просто так, то это и правда недорого

[@NewAlbionTV]

This video is really an understatement of how good Moscow public transport really is. Not only it is very reliable, clean and incredibly beautiful, it is also safe and very comfortable. This is in sharp contrast to what's going on in NYC where you literally risk your life every time you go there. Those trains in Moscow underground run very frequently and without fail. In London you often end up waiting for 10 min or longer for a train and even then it may not stop leaving you for another long wait.

[@ThePoliticalEconomist-gl3fb]

wow moscow. how clean their subway is is insane. cleanest in the world in my book

[@konstantin3374]

There are no trash cans inside the stations, only at entrances/exits and littering is an administrative offense. With quick response police offices + patrols at every station and cameras everywhere it's almost impossible to get away. And there is also a literal army of cleaning personnel.

[@lusvus5445]

Tokyo metro can compete easy. Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou. They all way batter then NY, Sydney, etc

[@ThePoliticalEconomist-gl3fb]

what the fine for it ?@@konstantin3374

[@ThePoliticalEconomist-gl3fb]

theres no homelssness in the subway's to correct is thatbbecause of the poilice not allowing it @@konstantin3374

[@mrobocop1666]

В России только Москва так процветает и имеет отличный транспорт, а мы, колонии Москвабада, в целом, нет, а в Азии и Европе во множестве городов. Не поймите превратно, я патриот страны, но это грабительское и колониальное отношение московской олигархии к остальной стране просто поражает. Только москвичам хлеба и зрелищ, хороший достаток и кучу возможностей хобби и развития, ведь революции делаются в столице, сытые и изнеженные её не сделают. А раздражение и нищету большинства жителей никто не заметит с этого московского праздника жизни - напоминаю, в большинстве регионов медианная зарплата около 30 тысяч, то есть половина получает даже меньше этой мизерной суммы. Россия нищая страна😢, а Москва не Россия С другой стороны, положительное в этом то, что московские сытые либералы никогда не захватят власть в стране, ибо они не понимают страну, а страна не понимает их

[@popkinbobkin]

Wow, great video! Was really surprised to see something nice about Moscow at a time like this. It's a shame it won't get the views it deserves.

[@hdkv]

One other thing that is also amazing in Moscow public transportation aystem is their dedication to help disabled people to uae it. You can aak an assistance on each metro station and metro workers will help you to navigate, board the train, etc. Also, for me (legally blind) Moscow is the only city in Russia I can travel around without using a taxi.

[@89Anger]

Great research done. As Moscow citizen i confirm your point and amazed by the deep analysis you did.

[@minkinayu]

Few notes from the citizen of Moscow: 1) Speaking about Electrobuses, Moscow used to have the largest trolleybus system in Europe until 2010-s. Now it's gone (despite the campaigns) and majorly replaced with regular buses, while electric ones are only a third, so in the end it became worse for the ecology. 2) MCD lines are refurbished suburban train lines with new trains, upgraded platforms and integrated ticket system, though it's not the case for some stations and trains, especially on recently opened line (D4 has the worst trains for now). D5 is the special case as it is initially planned to open as two separated parts with plans of building underground tunnel connecting them in the future. Old suburban train lines were not in good condition though. 3) Many transfers between new metro stations are too long (longer than it's needed to stretch passenger flow) and in some cases there's only ground transfer which is not comfortable. 4) While trams themselves are updated, that's not the case for the infrastructure. Maintenance happens very late and there have been no new tram routes in decades...

[@albertbokor6643]

i assume the battery busses are mostly used as peak hours supplement?

[@minkinayu]

​@@albertbokor6643no, usually they make whole routes being serviced exclusively by electrobuses. The other sad fact is that Moscow electrobuses have to charge while resting, so they spend 1/3rd of their time not servicing passengers. It's still a mystery why city authorities didn't choose trolleybuses with batteries.

[@JebediahSchlattus]

​@@minkinayuin Bulgaria they replaced most of the Trolleybuses with diesels from Germany. When i went there in early 2010s they had almost only Trolleybuses. In the recent years more diesels that still had german stickers on the inside came up. I guess because Trolleybuses are not really practical when it comes to maintenance and especially when there is construction work being done around the area of the bus stop. Omnibuses are just more flexible in general, even if the electric ones need to charge. And trolleybuses are basically just smaller trams, so they don't make sense for moscow to keep up, when in their eyes trams need to be diminished aswell.

[@Любадрель-у9з]

Все минусы транспорта Москвы в одном комментарии... Я бы ещё добавил, что на МЦД слишком часто происходят отмены и задержки поездов. Раньше, когда у нас ходили обычные электрички, это случалось крайне редко. + в дальнем Подмосковье сохранились дневные трехчасовые окна, из за чего в первую электричкау после этого окна уже не влезают пассажиры. Видимо в Цппк считают, что в дальнем Подмосковье никто не живёт. А у нас тут вообще то на МЦД 4 за Железнодорожным есть еще Купанвна, Электросталь, Ногинск, Павловский Посад, Орехово Зуево, Электрогорск, Электроугли с общим населением 550к, и большая часть жителей этих городов работает в Москве.

[@Da...]

​@@Любадрель-у9з Я бы ещё добавил маршрутки. В центре от них давно избавились, но ближе к МКАДу они до сих пор есть и пользуются огромной популярностью среди жителей Подмосковья

[@210Artemka]

8:20 car sharing service in Russia let you rent cars not hourly, but for minutes. Some of them have option for "fixed rate" rides that work like Uber: you pay fixed price to go from point A to B. Costs almost the same as taxi though...

[@YTHandlesWereAMistake]

The obvious benefit is being able to, say, come to a marketplace, leave the vehicle in parking you dont have to pay for, come back out in a few hours, and use the same vehicle *if you put it into reserved stationary mode or nobody took it* or same-ish one nearby and be able to ride back home with whatever you bought, even if its something quite big. SUV taxis cost more, and minivans even more than that, whereas nearly all rented cars around are SUVs afaik

[@GunslingerAlGilead]

@@YTHandlesWereAMistakeI have a car but when I need to go to my friend to have some beers I take a car sharing and taxi on the way back. Very convenient lol

[@4ertiloid964]

as a person who has lived in Moscow since birth, I can say that I can get anywhere in the city in less than an hour. until I found out that it is not so convenient in other countries, I thought it went without saying, but it turns out that I was very lucky to be born in Moscow.

[@goshagachechiladze4931]

Well, not 1 hour i would say, to get from Hovrino to Buninskaya alleya by metro u will waste 1 hour 15 min and i suppose u can find more complicated situations with longer travel times. But i would still say that between anywhere in the world and moscow in terms of means of effective transportation, i still chose moscow.

[@sidis6870]

​@@goshagachechiladze4931 Я из г.Самара и чтоб добраться с одного конца города на другой(примерно 17 км) мне понадобится час и это без пробок.с пробками 2часа.Метро у нас маленькое.

[@modestoney1577]

I can too, but I can also enjoy free press and democratic elections. Turns out I was very lucky not being born in Moscow.

[@ZvonovPsy]

@@modestoney1577 please tell me, what country you live in? Norway?

[@tvoi_otveth2101]

​@@modestoney1577If your free press says u have democratic elections and we don't, then I have a bad news, u have neither

[@mba_leo]

Here in the US people are made to believe that Russians use ice sliders for transportation and they are totally isolated from the rest of the world. Very informative video, thanks.

[@Marco-jt8hp]

I lived in Moscow for a few years and I loved it, the transport is the best I’ve ever seen and I’ve lived in a lot of places. The city is also very walkable and beautiful, as well as the rest of the country.

[@AntonPavlovich2000]

I live in Saint-P, it's way worse here in terms of public transport. But the Moscow officials say they want to expand their MCD up to our city for convenience. That would be quite a feat, hope they'll do.

[@bsod111]

хорошо, что в питере хоть троллейбус не убили

[@PyromaN93]

​@@bsod111еще долго не убьют. Троллейбусы и трамваи в СПб то единственный адекватный способ пересадки с ветки на ветку между соседними линиями на окраинах. Еольыа нет и не будет еще лет 30 наверное

[@Clockworkg1rl]

Moscow metro has no borders, lol

[@j.k.1239]

Saint Petersburg is a more beautiful city though.

[@MSK.L]

​@@Clockworkg1rl Yes! At some point in the future we might well happen to find ourselves traveling down the red line and discover that the final station is Unter-den-lindenskaya

[@riesennn]

As a russian, i really like our underground, really comfortable and safe.

[@gotchauuu]

Metro is great. Design of every Moscow station is just a masterpiece, even for minimalistic ones. For non-local it's unrealistic how can you cross all the city and pay a cheap price. I wish to have metro stuff like this everywhere, but it's just a dream. Just imagine to travel for hours from some small cities to big and back in comfortable trains with wi-fi, cheap price for a ticket and etc.

[@petemaximoff]

Well... There are a few pretty awful ones (Voikovskaya comes to mind), but overall yes, Moscow's subway stations are pretty dope.

[@DevTyoR]

Algorithm don’t like that pffff 😂

[@Hitagara]

7:36 Moscow is the first biggest city in Europe. Istanbul is only half in Europe.

[@alexudr6634]

so true, It's even difficult to call Istanbul Europe. Yeah, they have some european architecture but people there are closer to Middle East than to Europe.

[@nataliekhanyola5669]

@@alexudr6634 but many Russians are closer to Eurasian/Asia than European.

[@nataliekhanyola5669]

Istanbul is the largest city in Europe.

[@Hitagara]

@@nataliekhanyola5669 Absurd. You seem to understand little about Russia. Almost 80% of Russians live in the European part and the entire history of Russia is the European history of relationships.

[@черепахаестклубничку]

​@@nataliekhanyola5669in what sence? They culturaly and genetically europeans

[@lukamih]

So strange but refreshing to hear a South African accent in this type of KZbin video. Keep it up!

[@irememberfund]

I’ve been born in Moscow 50+ years. In my childhood I remembered exact doors of the train closest to crossing stairs. Now I cannot remember all the stations and cannot build a proper route without mobile app. There are stations I would never visit in my life…

[@TatianaMorozko-e1h]

По Москве без навигатора я не езжу. Если бы мне лет 15 назад сказали об этом, я бы покрутила у виска😁 Реалии жизни таковы…

[@on8t]

watching this while taking a ride to college on Moscow Central Line

[@kirillostrovskiy7915]

Moscow is on the river. There are electric river boats as a part of public transport system as well. Big and very interesting topic.

[@Havana-8]

Not really, they are more like a tourist thing here.

[@OhManGa]

@@Havana-8 yup... slow and expensive but still electric aaand run all year round, even when the river is frozen....

[@starheart04]

Citizens barely use it...

[@Havana-8]

@@OhManGa The river is never frozen, for some reason. Never ever seen it so, even at those -30° this year.

[@sods505]

@@Havana-8 bcause its no more than 50% water, everything else is just chemicals

[@Hoksaaja]

You have to remember that Moscow is a European city and urban planning in Europe is smarter than in the United States.

[@Zantigableiaust]

Naah, Russia is mostly in Asia and now they say that they are Asian, search it yourself if you don't believe me.. europe is falling down, and in the brink of extinction 😂..

[@dmitrya9383]

Радиально-кольцевое планирование было разумным в средние века, для эффективности обороны города, а для транспорта это сущий ад, как замечено в ролике, долгое время чтобы попасть на соседнею окраину, где по прямой не больше пяти километров, приходилось ехать через центр города, в то время как планировка в виде решетки позволяет в любую сторону добраться, преодолев одинаковое расстояние, причем с возможность выбрать параллельные улицы, что при радиально-кольцевой планировке невозможно. Отсюда и перманентные пробки на радиальных магистралях.

[@RokotPriboya]

​@@dmitrya9383да, римская решётка это топ по планировке. В США как раз так.

[@Redtobox]

​@@dmitrya9383как бы ты не ехал все равно поедешь через угол Все равно что через центр. При радиальной этого можно избежать

[@dmitrya9383]

@@Redtobox "как бы ты не ехал все равно поедешь через угол Все равно что через центр. При радиальной этого можно избежать" Через "угол" но с массой вариантов, где этот "угол" сделать минуя пробки во множестве мест, и то если едешь в центр. А в соседний район никаких углов, максимум один на 90 градусов. Избегая при радиальной планировке "углов", при меньшем расстоянии до центра, пробок не избежишь, и это только что касается поездки именно в центр. Еще раз повторю, что при движении в "соседнюю" окраину, если так можно сказать, маршрут напротив увеличивается, и порой, оптимальный - практически тоже единственный, без параллельной альтернативы, который собирает те же пробки. В Москве стоят все радиальные магистрали, МКАД, ТТК, Садовое. Уже начались затруднения на хордах - МСД, Которые и втиснули только благодаря ЖД. Сама планировка практически не позволяет сделать магистральные соединения соседних районов.

[@8eck]

Insane delivery services, which can bring you any home-made like food of any kind to your home in about 5-10 minutes. Usually they have a local hub from which those products are delivered. E-shops have so called local delivery offices, where you can order any products and they will be usually delivered next day or can be delivered in 1-3 hours. Internet is so cheap and fast. A huge taxi industry, they are arriving very fast and cost very cheap. I must admit, it's amazing!

[@josuerizo1]

I live in los Angeles and they close the Metro from 2am to 4am for maintenance, so from 2 to 5 is not to bad since that metro system is use more constantly through the day/months/years

[@OhManGa]

I live in Moscow and in 10 years here I've used metro at 5am only ONCE. I don't mind it being closed for a few hours if it's that clean and stably working

[@splifstar85]

He didn’t mention the best fact about Moscow metro system.. Not only they have free WiFi but the your phone connection (including internet) still works even in the deepest stations and on train rides between the stations (I don’t know how many Gs, I have an iPhone so it just says LTE)

[@esportsbakery187x]

One of the important part of transport system in Moscow at spring-summer-autumn are scooters which are available everywhere. You can simply rent an electrical scooter using mobile phone and move anywhere around. The price is ultra cheap

[@tayga_dager]

Петушеринг

[@Ryan-cb1ei]

That’s like every city in the world though, and most of the time these ride sharing scooters and bikes come with their own host of issues though.

[@karlwalther]

Москва строилась, как крепость XV века. Поэтому она "орбитальная". Новый Йорк строился, как деревня XVIII века. Поэтому он клетчатый. Всё просто.

[@ElenaBG-q5n]

Москва последние годы чудо, как хороша! Привет из Питера❤

[@Dzagy]

это не мешает прорыть кольцевую линию, что в бостоне, что в нью йорке полно линий что дублируют друг друга

[@Dmitriy_Pivko]

Dear autor, as a russian citizen i would say that you have a very good prononciation of station names of metro.

[@eugenejakovlev3918]

Because ussr had centralised planning and socialism and planned whole cities from scratch. It's not just metro, it's factories, schools, hospitals, workers clubs and libraries, cultural buildings and parks.

[@ОлежаКинашаев]

А Чернобыль то как спланировали великие советские инженеры, а дома какие в Краматорске строили, а Байкал то как чуть не засрали заводом на Слюдянке, благо развалилось всё

[@eugenejakovlev3918]

@@ОлежаКинашаев Вот и наслаждайтесь разбитым корытом:)

[@34-xl5qi]

@@ОлежаКинашаев Да вот осталось у вас на украине декомунизацию провести, остановить АЭС ГЭС ТЭЦ совковые. А то вы скромно только памятники сносите. Мы вам поможем. Снесем все проклятое советское наследие. Советское образование вы уже убили и снова превратились в немытых хуторян. С остальным мы вам поможем, по братски!

[@zed007]

@@ОлежаКинашаев Не отвлекайся. Жуй жёлудь.

[@Madi_Ernar]

@@ОлежаКинашаев лучше спланировали чем в США, у которых больше катастроф по каждой категории.

[@Serval_AntiHype]

Hi! We also have electric scooters in the capital that we can rent. And yes, we have a really serious problem with traffic jams on the roads. And yet, even in the dead of night, cars make a lot of noise. Thank you for the video about Moscow! (Russia💖💖)

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Use electric car. 😂But the battery immediately committed suicide when exposed to -40°c Russian temperatures 😂

[@Serval_AntiHype]

Hah, yeah🤭 Therefore, we have electric scooters only in spring and summer

[@батсв]

уже в середине апреля в 3 мкр. Московском дебилы закеглили мужика,самокаты-зло.

[@ЛайтСайд]

​@@carkawalakhatulistiwanot sure if -40 is possible in moscow

[@Za_HaLLIux]

Moscow is the best city on Earth:3 Just facts, guys ❤🇷🇺

[@CenturionKenshin]

When metro/tube was built they were digging under streets and houses and in some cases they had to put a lot of support structures underground for a lot of buildings in the center, there are amazing photos about it as well as some houses were moved from their places - it was huge and very serious project.

[@pisisisikaki]

Да, метро Минска это вообще песня! Они целые кварталы переносили и строили ветки. Слава метростроителям

[@Awasalia-x2k]

i'd also like to add that when you are going to the stations where you've never been before it can get mad confusing, but there are SOOOO MANY sighs just everywhere so it really feels like someone takes your hard and leads you to where you need

[@Carl-Gauss]

Sometimes when I’m in a certain mood I board the last train car (it usually has no more than 10 people in it) on the Circle (aka Koltsevaya) line and just chill for about an hour enjoying the Metro sounds.

[@YTHandlesWereAMistake]

Try going to light-blue line via the central crossing with dark blue, grey and red lines, sit in the first or last cart. Its the line that's partially outside, and you can always choose the place to sit in because it ends right there in the middle of the city, reverses the train and comes back to Kuntsevskaya st. If you ever need to speed up on the way back, change to the dark blue one and ride to the ring / center, as they're nearly parallel.

[@555i-c6e]

as a nyc resident, I just can’t imagine that people can enjoy using metro. For me, metro is a fuking nightmare. envy yall(((

[@YTHandlesWereAMistake]

@@555i-c6e personally, I don't think I've seen people actually enjoying using it But it is interesting to go exploring the architecture or if you want to kill some time while feeling.. busy? That said, that's not actual proper usage of it. Though when it comes to usage, it's the best public transport system we've got here, so we prefer using it to, say, buses or on-the-ground trams

[@82XTAL]

Today, between 25 and 30 million people actually live in Moscow.

[@funnywind6443]

Нет! Это невозможно.

[@82XTAL]

@@funnywind6443 nothing is impossible!

[@MrSloika]

25 million people live in the NYC metro area. 1/5 of the entire US population lives in the Northeast corridor (Boston to DC)

[@DimaNBRO]

И еще я

[@robinmangala3536]

Exaggerating much huh

[@zlosov5817]

The funniest thing (outside from the ear whirling pronunciations) is that they decided to use some 3rd party map instead of the officially recognized one. The Map you'll see at ground 0 is way more narrow, clean and well spaced, the official map also highlights where the river is, famous landmarks like the red square, and transfers to other forms of transport like all the major train stations and Aeroexpress that leads straight to all the Airport in the city

[@MrWfrr]

это карта с вики. совсем они уже со своими свободами рухнули.

[@MitsurugiR]

Hearing you try to pronounce the lines is the best part of the video lol

[@xAzoNx]

Moscow is the best city in the World. Comfortable, safe, kind.

[@АНДРЕЙ3500]

Ну насчёт доброго я бы ещё поспорил, а так всё верно!

[@faithkeeper_37]

Dude, respect to you just for pronouncing the names of the metro lines

[@abhishektodmal1914]

This video is incredibly well-designed! :) Thank you so much for having made it - learnt a lot! Keep up the incredible work, and I wish you all the very best!

[@arsenasvarov1400]

In my life ive seen only three cities that truly NEVER sleep: Moscow, NYC and Istanbul

[@WH0oo...]

Good design doesn't overcome poor government.

[@lilyrose4191]

Fascinating! This is awesome. Commented. Liked. Subscribed. 🙂

[@mohamedhashesh9578]

the amount of effort and engineering that went into this is insane ... and also i have used this rented cars before it is amazing