Don't waste time sitting in a traffic jam - use the online map of traffic jams in Moscow and the Moscow region for free! Right now, a map with Moscow traffic jams will help you monitor the city’s traffic situation. Condition and speed of traffic flow on the Moscow MKAD online on the inside and outside. The speed of a traffic jam on Yaroslavskoye and Kievskoye highways. Having seen in advance where the current traffic jams are on the city’s roads, you can plot a route avoiding the congestion. On the map: the degree of road congestion in points and color; speed of traffic flow in traffic jams in kilometers per hour; accident sites (accidents) and traffic jams; places of repair work; images from Moscow traffic cameras. An online map with traffic jams on Moscow roads will help you with all this.
Traffic jams
Nowadays traffic jams in Moscow are horrendous. On Yandex maps online you can often see red roads due to Moscow traffic jams, not only within the roads. But also to monitor the increased traffic congestion in the Moscow region, almost throughout the entire Moscow region. By looking in advance at a map of the city's road conditions, you can save travel time and fuel. Most often, and perhaps even today, traffic jams form in directions from Moscow along highways to Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod and St. Petersburg. We recommend finding out in advance whether there are traffic jams to Kaluga, Tver, Tula, Sergiev Posad, Zelenograd, Solnechnogorsk, Cheboksary, Rostov-on-Don, Vladimir, Ryazan, Klin, Ivanovo, Kolomna, Lakinsk and Dmitrov.
The busiest destinations now
Leningradka, popularly known as Leningradka, is famous for its particular workload. Traffic to Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports is often difficult. Traffic is often difficult on the ring road, along Entuziastov Street, and Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Traffic congestion occurs on almost all highways: Yaroslavskoye, Kievskoye, Leningradskoye, Novoryazanskoye, Kaluga, Warsaw, Dmitrovskoye, Kashirskoye, Shchelkovskoye, Zvenigorodskoye, Pyatnitsky. Traffic jams are also found in cities of the Moscow region, such as: Khimki, Lakinsk, Balashikha, Fryazino, Chekhov, Odintsovo, Shchelkovo, Noginsk and Podolsk.
See right now on the traffic jam map what the traffic situation is along your route. By looking at the map, you can find out what is happening on the roads in the city center, why there is a traffic jam on the road, and find out what is going on at the exit and entrance to Moscow. The map will show obstacles and their causes that may occur right along the way.
Traffic jams on the Moscow Ring Road: symptoms and course of treatment March 25th, 2013
Why is the Moscow Ring Road standing, despite its 10 traffic-lightless lanes? And what to do with it?
Surely almost every driver who has been stuck in a traffic jam for many hours on the Moscow Ring Road has asked himself these questions.
One of the reasons is sometimes called “too frequent departures and arrivals”
Let's see if this is true. Here is a map of congresses for 2011 from a study by Probok.net on traffic police posts at the entrances to Moscow. There are 49 entrances here. 
In a year and a half, 4 new ones have been opened: the second exit from Kurkino and a backup of the Dmitrovskoye Highway, plus 2 connections made through the efforts of Probok.net - travel under the Moscow Ring Road at 18 km and a bridge across the Moscow Ring Road at the 87th km. In total there were 53 of them. Dividing 109 km (the length of the Moscow Ring Road) by 53, we get an average of 1 entry/exit per 2.05 km. Which is quite within the framework of world practice for highways in agglomerations.
Of course, the distribution of exits is uneven: on average, there is 1 exit per 1.7 km in the western part and 1 for every 3.4 km in the eastern part of the Moscow Ring Road. But practice shows that when the distance between interchanges is 1-1.5 km, problems with crossing streams do not arise, and right-turn exits are permissible more often. So the “frequency” of exits and entries has nothing to do with it. On the contrary, in the eastern part of the city they are clearly lacking.
What are the causes of traffic jams on the Moscow Ring Road?
There are, as always, a lot of them. It is worth remembering the mass of shopping centers along the Moscow Ring Road, and the poor connectivity of roads in Moscow and the region along the Moscow Ring Road. Traffic violations and lack of emergency stop places. A large number of heavy trucks in general and their “slippage” in winter in particular.
All this is true. But there is another group of reasons, and it will probably be the most important. This is poor organization of exits and interchanges on the Moscow Ring Road. Components of the problem:
1. Clover junctions cannot cope with the load and “self-lock”
First of all, this applies to interchanges with large outbound highways. Moreover, the wider the highway in the region and in Moscow, the more serious the problem. The problem is aggravated by the absence of acceleration and deceleration strips.
We will show how this happens using the example of the clover interchange of the Moscow Ring Road with the M4 Don and Lipetskaya Street. The diagram shows a traffic jam on the “clover petal” from the M4 from the area to the inner Moscow Ring Road. Those waiting in line to enter line up in several rows and practically block direct passage to Moscow. Those further stuck in the traffic jam begin to interfere with the exit from the MKAD to Moscow (they have to “infiltrate”, the traffic jam at the exit goes to the MKAD, on the MKAD drivers also stand in 3-4 lanes and further along the chain. 
Interestingly, this congestion occurs most of the time, even when the Moscow Ring Road is free. Its reason is the low capacity of left-turn clover petals (about 1000-1200 cars per hour). This is sufficient when the intersecting highway has 2 traffic-lightless or 3 traffic-light lanes in each direction. When the number of lanes reaches 4 in one direction, and the highway becomes without traffic lights, demand grows to 1500-2000 cars per hour. It is not surprising that there is almost always a traffic jam here.
2. “Slow” flows of exits and entrances are in no way separated from the “fast” main flow
Scientifically speaking, on the Moscow Ring Road there is no division of roadways into transit and collector. This in itself slows down the right lane even without congestion, and in combination with the mass of violators who want to get around the traffic jam, it also slows down 1-2 neighboring lanes.
We have already seen above how this problem arises. And here is an illustration of the consequences using the example of the Kashirskoye Highway interchange with Kolomensky Proezd. Because of this effect on Kashirskoye Highway In the evening arises traffic jam towards the center before the junction, and after it everything is free: 
Effective administrative means of combating this violation have not yet been invented.
3. Traffic lights on streets and highways located close to junctions with the Moscow Ring Road
In some cases, the traffic light is located almost at the junction itself. The most striking example of a mistake is the intersection of Ostashkovskoe Highway with Severodvinskaya Street and Studeny Proyezd, which has been collecting many kilometers along the outer side of the Moscow Ring Road for about 10 years, and now it has sometimes begun to collect along the inner side as well. By the way, on the outside the clover was “expanded” to 2 rows from the standard 1, and recently something similar was done on the inside of the Moscow Ring Road. But the traffic light and traffic police post brought all these efforts to naught.
I'm a big proponent of traffic lights as a great way to control traffic. So, for the safety and convenience of pedestrians, improving road traffic.
But when a traffic light blocks traffic on the Moscow Ring Road, creating problems for tens of thousands of people every day, it is obvious that something needs to be done, and done urgently.
Ostashkovskoye Highway is not the only place with a similar problem. We see the same thing at the entrance from the Moscow Ring Road to Strogino and many other places.
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What are the authorities planning to do?
The MKAD planning project, which is being prepared by the Moskomarkhitektura and the Research and Development Institute of the General Plan, provides means to combat all three reasons.
1. Almost all clover interchanges are being reconstructed with the addition of overpass directional ramps
Approximately how it is now done at the junctions with Novorizhskoye, Leningradskoye, Yaroslavskoye, Varshavskoye highways:
This is what the interchange between Yaroslavsky and MKAD looks like in 3D: 
Thanks to Airpano.ru for the beauty.
2. At all junctions, as well as at other exit points, “collector-distribution” side passages will appear
They will be physically separated from the main course of the Moscow Ring Road. As a rule, they will begin 100-300 meters before the junction, and end 100-300 meters after. This will allow:
- separate lane changes and crowding in the right lanes from direct high-speed traffic
- eliminate massive traffic violations by physically fencing off small-width side passages.
Now something similar has been built at the “fresh” junction – the exit from Kurkino. True, here the advantages of side passages are difficult to assess - the interchange is relatively lightly loaded and simple, and was also made “with a reserve”: 
3. Traffic lights located close to exit points on streets and highways will be removed
It is for this reason that during the reconstruction of the Kashirskoye and Varshavskoye highways, in the first case, a reversal tunnel was built, in the second, a reversal overpass. Many people (including me) intuitively think that these objects are not the most necessary, because... There are no traffic jams due to these traffic lights now. But we must understand that this was done “with a reserve” for the future of 2-5 years (reconstruction of interchanges on the Moscow Ring Road and increase in traffic on the radial highway itself).
Here is what has already been done on Varshavsky and Kashirskoye near the Moscow Ring Road:
What about the implementation?
The closest ones in line for reconstruction are the interchanges in the southern sector of the Moscow Ring Road, as one of the most problematic. Terms – from 2 to 4 years. You can see how it will look in the diagrams below (clickable). The diagrams are purely preliminary, from the “draft planning project” from NIIiPI, as of August 2012. The final projects may (and most certainly will) differ!
Interchange of the Moscow Ring Road with Leninsky Prospekt and M3: 
Interchange of the Moscow Ring Road with Karamzin Passage (exit to Sevastopolsky): 
Interchange of the Moscow Ring Road with Lipetskaya Street and M4: 
Interchange between the Moscow Ring Road and Kashirskoe Highway: 
MKAD interchange with Volgogradskoe highway and M5: 
Will this be enough to completely rid the Moscow Ring Road of traffic jams?
I believe this will solve most of the problems of the Moscow Ring Road. But in order to finally get rid of traffic jams on the Moscow Ring Road, at least 4 more problems will need to be solved:
- Improve connectivity of the road network on the periphery of the city
- Figure out how and where to quickly and legally remove emergency vehicles from the roadway
- Eliminate the phenomenon of “roadside detour”
- Reconstruct the Small Concrete Ring (and build the Central Ring Road, since they decided to do so soon)
But more on that another time.
You will need
- - smartphone with Internet access;
- - mobile operator tariff with unlimited traffic;
- - navigation application for smartphone, indicating the traffic situation;
- - DVR.
Instructions
Select time of year and day of arrival
Summer roads in Moscow become more congested with the onset of the holiday season. And the most attractive days for travel are the New Year holidays and. If you have such an opportunity, then first of all give preference to holidays and weekends.
Choose the time of day to travel to Moscow
At any time of the year, you are guaranteed to get stuck in a traffic jam at the entrance to Moscow from 7:00 to 9:00. If it is not a holiday or weekend, the best time to enter is from 11 am. The reverse outflow of traffic begins around 18:00 and dissipates from 21:00. In summer, do not risk visiting Moscow on a Sunday evening. Starting from lunchtime, the roads are filled with summer residents who return home and sit in traffic jams until late at night. The same situation when leaving Moscow occurs every Friday and Saturday, only in the morning.
Select route
If you have the opportunity to choose between directions, then it is better to take the least congested road, avoiding the chance of getting caught in a traffic jam in Moscow already at the entrance:
- in the north - the updated Leningradskoye Highway;
- in the west - the reconstructed Novorizhskoye Highway;
- in the south - Warsaw Highway;
- in the east the workload is approximately the same.
Transport interchanges at the intersection with the Moscow Ring Road are operating within their capabilities. Don't be upset when you encounter a traffic jam on the Warsaw Highway late at night. And this is possible if the road is being repaired ahead or an accident has occurred.
Download the navigator with traffic jams
For smartphone owners, there are many applications for navigation along the country's roads. Some of them can connect to services that monitor the traffic situation. Any navigator for a smartphone with Internet access will tell you how to avoid getting caught. The most common and convenient applications:
- Yandex Navigator;
- Google Maps;
- Sygic: GPS Navigation & Maps;
- MapFactor: GPS Navigation;
- Maverick: GPS Navigation;
- CityGuide for iPhone;
In addition to vehicle accumulations, these applications will show the locations of traffic police ambushes, the location of speed cameras and road works along the route.
Use car video recorder
As a precaution, especially for solo drivers, the use of a recorder is recommended. The traffic density on the capital's roads is high; the chance of getting into a traffic jam in Moscow always exists. And when people stand for a long time, not everyone’s nerves can stand it. Someone does not behave quite adequately, changes lanes and cuts off, in such a situation it is not far from an accident. In this case, it is better to have an extra witness.
On this page you can see a map of traffic jams on the roads in St. Petersburg, as well as traffic jams in Moscow online (traffic jams on the roads of Moscow and St. Petersburg right now). Online road maps of the cities of St. Petersburg and Moscow, free information from Yandex traffic jams, Automonitor Autoradio and Cityguide navigator for today, traffic jams on the Moscow Ring Road and the Ring Road, show information about traffic jams on highways, streets and main highways with photos. In some places it is difficult to drive along the Vyborg Highway and Kolomyazhsky Avenue. Sverdlovskaya and Arsenalnaya embankments are usually free.
According to the newsletter “Car traffic jams in St. Petersburg”, dedicated to traffic congestion in St. Petersburg, from the Yandex company, the main milestones and trends:
According to the Yandex.Traffic service, December 2009 is the most difficult month for motorists in the entire history of observations. December 2010 - and even more so.
According to Yandex.Traffic, every year the congestion of the streets of St. Petersburg increases by more than 2 points - from 3 points in February 2009 to 5.3 points in February 2010 and more. Some of the big growth is due to an unusually snowy winter.
The quietest period for motorists is the New Year holidays. There are fewer traffic jams.
Before the winter of 2010, Monday was the least busy day for several years. Then everything evened out and on all weekdays the number of traffic jams was almost equal.
Residents of St. Petersburg spend almost one and a half times less time in traffic jams than residents of Moscow. about the power of traffic jams. St. Petersburg is similar to Kyiv and Yekaterinburg, but St. Petersburg residents hit the roads later and return home later.
The biggest traffic jams occur on the eve of holidays and in bad weather. Separately, holidays and weather are not so terrible - for example, on April 30, when people left the city before the May holidays, the average traffic congestion was 4.8 points, and on November 10, when it was snowing, it was 5.3 points. In December, when snowfalls coincide with pre-holiday shopping, motorists have the hardest time - the city gets stuck in dense traffic jams. The main traffic jams occur during snowfall, before the May holidays, and during heavy rains. There are few traffic jams under the following conditions: New Year holidays, February 23, March 8, May holidays, June 12, July-August - holiday season, November 4. Traffic jams are distributed almost evenly across the regions:
South direction
districts Kirovsky, northern part of Krasnoselsky, Moskovsky, southern part of Nevsky, Petrodvortsovy and Frunzensky
Northern direction
Vyborgsky, Kalininsky, Kurortny and Primorsky districts
East direction
Krasnogvardeisky districts and the northern part of Nevsky
The most congested (traffic jams on the map above) are the following streets of St. Petersburg: Moskovsky Prospekt (in the center in the morning from Victory Park to the Moscow Gate), the Obvodny Canal embankment, Staronevsky Prospekt is always standing all day, in 30% of cases the Ring Road (ring road) is standing from Murmansk Highway to the Cable-stayed Bridge, in the summer everything is constantly at a standstill on Murmanka and near Ikea-Mega. There is often a traffic jam on Krasnoputilovskaya Street, Mitrofanyevskoe Highway to the center, a traffic jam on Vitebsky Prospect in the morning to the center from Kuznetsovskaya Street, then Blagodatnaya, and so on to Ligovsky Prospekt. In connection with the opening of the Gallery, Ligovsky Avenue is often located from Obvodny to Kuznechny Lane, and almost always in front of the square. Foundry often costs. In the evening after work, the Oktyabrskaya Embankment slows down towards the Volodarsky Bridge, then the Volodarsky Bridge itself, Narodnaya Street and Sortirovochnaya (popularly known simply as Sorting). Slava is moving, although when the Ring Road is standing, everyone goes through Kupchino and there is Slava Street. Often lately there is Bolshevikov Avenue near the Dybenko metro station towards Narodnaya Street. In the Ladozhskaya area everything is ungodly. The same picture is observed on Lesnoy Prospekt and Bolshoi Sampsonievsky. Savushka and Testers stand permanently.
The Yandex.Traffic service has identified several dozen “bottlenecks” in the Moscow road system with the greatest difference in speeds before and after the bottleneck. The most unpleasant bottleneck during the morning rush hour is the intersection of Volgogradsky Prospekt and Lyublinskaya Street. During the evening rush hour, drivers lose the most time in traffic jams on Leningradskoye Shosse in front of the Moscow Ring Road.
Here are the main traffic jams in the capital:
IMPORTANT BOTTLE POINTS DURING MORNING RUSH HOURS (7:00 to 10:00):
EXIT FROM LETCHIKA BABUSHKIN STREET TO PROSPECT MIRA
YAROSLAVSKOYE HIGHWAY - FROM THE MKAD EXIT TO THE EXIT OF VESHNYE VOD STREET
HIGHWAY ENTHUSIASTOV - NEAR THE METRO "SHOSSE ENTHUSIASTOV" AND AT THE INTERRORSECTION WITH BUDENNY PROSPECT
NIZHEGORODSKAYA STREET - UNDER THE RAILWAY BRIDGE, THE INTERSECTION OF VOLGOGRADSKY AVENUE AND LYUBLINSKAYA STREET (NEAR THE TEXTILSHCHIKI METRO METRO)
ANDROPOV AVENUE - BEFORE NAGATINSKY BRIDGE, AFTER METRO "KOLOMENSKAYA"
KASHIRSKOE HIGHWAY - AFTER TURNING TO ANDROPOV AVENUE, NEAR THE KASHIRSKAYA METRO
WARSAW HIGHWAY - AFTER MERGER WITH KASHIRSKY HIGHWAY
SEVASTOPOL AVENUE - NEAR HOUSE No. 5, AFTER THE BRIDGE OVER THE RAILWAY TRACKS
CROSSROADS OF LENINSKY AVENUE AND STROITELEY STREET
VERNADSKY AVENUE - INTERSECTION WITH LOMONOSOVSKY AVENUE, NEAR THE UNIVERSITY METRO
VOLOKOLAMSKOYE HIGHWAY - AFTER THE TUNNEL UNDER THE MOSCOW CANAL
LENINGRADSKOYE HIGHWAY - EXIT FROM THE INNER SIDE OF THE MKAD
LENINGRADSKY HIGHWAY NEAR METRO "VOIKOVSKAYA"
THE BEGINNING OF BUTYRSKAYA STREET NEAR THE DMITROVSKAYA METRO STREET
IMPORTANT BOTTLE POINTS DURING EVENING RUSH HOURS (from 18:00 to 21:00) PROSPECT MIRA - AFTER THE INTERCLOSURE AT VDNKH METRO HOURS
GOLOVINSKAYA EMBANKMENT - AT THE HOSPITAL BRIDGE
NIZHNOGORODSKAYA STREET - AFTER THE INTERSECTION WITH THE TTK
ANDROPOV AVENUE - INTERNECTION WITH TROFIMOVA STREET (IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TTK)
VOLGOGRAD AVENUE - FROM TTR TO LYUBLINSKAYA STREET (TEXTILSHCHIKI METRO)
WARSAW HIGHWAY - BEFORE THE FORK WITH KASHIRSKY HIGHWAY
CROSSROADS OF WARSAW HIGHWAY AND ROSSOSHANSKAYA STREET (NEAR THE METRO STREET "AKADEMIKA YANGELYA STREET")
LENINSKY AVENUE - IN FRONT OF MKAD
CROSSROADS OF LENINSKY AVENUE AND UDALTSOV STREET
CROSSROADS OF MICHURINSKY AVENUE AND LOBACHEVSKOGO STREET
KUTUZOVSKY AVENUE NEAR THE SLAVYANSKY BOULEVARD METRO
INNER SIDE of the Third Transport Ring - AFTER THE OVERSTAND OVER SHMITOVSKY PASSAGE
1st TVERSKAYA-YAMSKAYA STREET - IN FRONT OF BELORUSSKY STATION SQUARE
TTK - AFTER SAVYOLOVSKAYA OVERSTAND (NIZHNYAYA MASLOVKA STREET)
LENINGRAD HIGHWAY - BEFORE THE EXIT TO THE MKAD
Traffic in Moscow periodically resembles a general standstill or confrontation rather than the usual movement of transport. Not for nothing, in this metropolis it has long been the case that getting to work or another place can take a couple of hours, and this is considered a completely acceptable norm.
Traffic jams are the main characteristic of the city, which both permanent residents and guests of the capital talk about.
And indeed, from eight, or even seven, in the morning until late at night (about two o’clock), Moscow stands still. Traffic in Moscow is limited not only because of the large concentration of cars trying to drive in the right direction. For example, traffic jams on the ring road (Garden Ring) are often caused by road repairs, narrow streets with limited access from the multi-lane highway, improper parking and numerous accidents.
It is no secret that in the metropolis the driving style is far from polite and often legal, and the “cheap national taxi” only aggravates the situation along with the numerous minibus drivers who are trying to get through in the right direction regardless of any rules. Commercial urban transport also “sees nothing,” especially when parking for unloading in the city center, and tram lines are crowded with fast riders, so the clanging carriages can only ring demandingly or run over uninvited guests. By the way, now drivers of urban transport have the right to perform similar actions based on certain situations. But despite all these factors, the majority of traffic jams in Moscow are still caused by accidents, although not terrible, but taking time to wait for the traffic police and the arrival of insurance commissioners.
Cars in the metropolis are different, in most cases there is enough power under the hood for a quick start, overtaking and jerking, so on the outer and inner Moscow Ring Road (especially from the exit ramps), accidents are the norm. Drivers change lanes from lane to lane, which creates congestion; left turns from the extreme (high-speed) right lane are especially popular. Often in the most
In remote corners of our Motherland you can hear legends about Moscow traffic jams. Having driven through rush hour once, a driver from the outback can already claim a gold medal for endurance, courage and fearlessness. Parking interceptions do not really solve the problems of the center, however, traffic on the Moscow Ring Road is also busy and stagnant, so a detour along this transport route often does not give the desired result, despite the increased mileage and increased gasoline consumption.
Every Moscow resident who moves around the city on wheels begins his journey long before getting into the car. Modern Internet systems Yandex traffic jams accurately help you choose the route with the least losses. In addition, in Yandex traffic jams there is not only information for now, but also forecasts for several hours in advance. The same system is also used by popular radio stations that play in car interiors, where drivers themselves often call and report the situation on the roads. A similar service is also provided on Yandex traffic jams, where you can read comments from standing motorists online. Such information can now turn out to be invaluable, saving not only citizens’ time, but also their gasoline, money and nerves.
Yandex traffic jams can be used outside the home for a long time, as the company has released more than one updated application for mobile computers, laptops, smartphones and tablets. So, if you don’t have enough time to look at the current situation on the roads, you can easily do this while warming up the car. Yandex also allows you to successfully assess traffic jams on the ring road, the outer side of the Moscow Ring Road and traffic on the inner side of the Moscow Ring Road, where traffic jams are typical in the morning, regardless of the logic of movement in antiphase. Bottleneck exits and entrances, new junctions do not in any way contribute to fast movement along all high-speed lanes, where the travel mode is not limited by traffic lights and is shown as 100 km/h.
The presence of cameras - recorders, which are installed throughout the city, can also be determined by the route, thanks to the Yandex maps and Yandex traffic jam systems (the second insert on the interactive map). It is also necessary to take into account the traffic on the Moscow Ring Road before the weekend; often starting from Thursday, this bypass route is the most crowded, since when getting to work by metro, summer residents still risk going by car on the weekend, taking with them all the necessary belongings from home. And on Saturday and Sunday in the summer, the path to a traditional barbecue in the nearest suburbs will be completely blocked by those wishing to relax. As a conclusion, we can recommend planning your trip in advance, focusing on the traffic situation using interactive information maps (Yandex, Google), then traffic in Moscow and on the Moscow Ring Road will be smooth and fast.