18 июля 2019

About 200 thousand Muscovites and guests of the capital celebrated Moscow Transport Day

The main event of the holiday was the Tram Parade, visited by more than 100 thousand people. 19 tram cars proceeded along the main streets of the city to Chistoprudny Boulevard.

An exhibition of retro-transport was held at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy, and for kids there was the road safety animation zone.

On the prospect of Academician Sakharov, A performance of the traffic police "Kaskad" took place at the Academician Sakharov avenue. There was also an exhibition of urban transport, about 50 different buses and cars were presented – from traffic police cars to modern taxis.

A photo exhibition dedicated to the transport of different eras takes place in Zaryadie Park until the end of June.

In addition, more than 200 young specialists of Moscow Transport gathered at a large intellectual game, where they solved the tasks of developing the future transport system of Moscow.

The holiday ended with the Night Bike Festival. Before the start of the race, the world record was set – 2620 thousand people formed the world's largest bicycle-shaped figure. The achievement was recorded by the special guest of the Guinness Book of Records, who handed the certificate to Guinness World Records.

After that, the Night Bike Festival officially started. More than 15 thousand participants drove about 11 kilometers through the picturesque streets, embankments and boulevards of night Moscow.

“Celebrating Moscow Transport Day is already becoming a good tradition – not only 170 thousand employees of Moscow Transport, but also the citizens of Moscow are waiting for the holiday. We thank everyone who visited the festive venues today or took part in the Night Bike Festival, we hope that everyone had a good time, learned something new about the work of transport and will keep fond memories of this day,” – commented the Moscow Transport press office.

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