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Russian cities are undergoing critical
economic and social changes that affect the performance and
condition of their urban transport systems. While the
population of most large cities in Russia (over one million
residents) has remained relatively unchanged over the last
decade, the average income of the urban dwellers has sharply
increased. The number of private cars per capita has
increased rapidly, generating a demand for urban mobility
which is increasingly difficult to meet. This review of the
urban transport sector in the Russian Federation (the
Review, hereafter) aims to assess the current condition and
performance of urban transport systems in medium-to-large
size Russian cities and to identify key issues and
underlying causes. The review principally covers software of
urban transport in the secondary cities of Russia, including
institutional arrangements, legal and regulatory issues,
operation of public transport systems, traffic management,
and parking, and less extensively hardware aspects, such as
construction of road network.
