Dangerous Entering and Exiting the Moscow Tram

kind of dangerous to enter and exit the trams in Moscow in most locations. You get off the tram and you have to walk through one or two lanes of car traffic. To get on you must get through 2 lanes of traffic.
The youtube user Krizvasa once commented about the situation: "but tram stop without tram "island" where passengers get of through 2 car lanes are unimaginable for me from Prague." Its pretty dangerous to get on and off the tram in these areas....Cars are supposed to stop for you by law but not everybody follows the rules.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• tram
• dangerous
• streetcar
• crossing
• enter
• exit
• moscow
• russia
• трамвай
• россия
• москва
• 2009
• danger

[jscarletknightteamdr]

I agree trams are the answer if we are going to clean up the air and reduce vehicle emissions on all of our rodes.

[timosha21]

@jscarletknightteamdr

also if used correctly it can reduce traffic.

[RenDad]

dada..kak v Brno ,o))

[SKUNKBALLScom]

That's fascinating, looks like it could be very dangerous.. Dodging through all that traffic on foot just to sit in dirty seat with jizz stains and feces..

[laurigun1]

In Tallinn/Estonia about half of the stops are like this. But the cars alwais stop at the end of the tram and wait until all doors are closed and people have moved away. And pedestrians also have to wait on the sidewalk until tram doors are opened. Its the law of traffic.

[Ken69a]

We have the same in Melbourne, Australia.

The are supposed to stop and give way.

But not always.

Some of the cars just speed though.

[krizvasa]

I think our Prague city council is starting to realize that painting bike lanes is cheap way how to fulfill about 5% of people who want bike in city (In Netherlands it can be even 50%). But they are painting bike lanes only when it is easy and isn´t needed to delete cal lane :-( Good news from NY are great. I´m really happy some US cities are trying to change something. I know lot from youtube user StreetfilmsVlog.

[timosha21]

@krizvasa

I have not seen one bike lane at all in Moscow. Good news though. Lanes are being reduced in Times Square (NYC) and now the area has been converted to a pedestrian area.

[krizvasa]

Tram island needn´t be as wide as 1 lane so you will have enough space to paint bike lane or extend sidewalk for example (even plant trees or build benches, or restaurant front gardens in summer) I wish to have nice cities for people not for cars! Fewer lanes have also positive effect on reducing car traffic. But don´t forget to allow tram track for buses when it is possible...

[jscarletknightteamdr]

Ok do what, they don't think a platform is a safer way to load and unload these poor pax. Very scary. What is the average age of the trams in Moscow.

[MrNikita]

Вот почему до сих пор на подобных остановках не предусматривают элементарные меры безопасности? Например желтую полосу перед остановкой трамвая, светодиодный предупреждающий о высадке/посадке сигнал сзади трамвая...итд..