SHOTLIST
July 7, 2007
1. Various of cars sitting in traffic jam
2. Traffic light showing green
4. Drivers standing by cars
5. Driver scratching head
6. Driver lying down in car talking on mobile phone
7. Motorcyclist drives through jam
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vox pop, Oleg, truck driver:
“You can’t get anywhere fast in Moscow. The weekends aren’t so bad but during the week everything’s backed-up. The third ring road is at a standstill, the Garden Ring road is at a standstill, and you can’t even get near to the city centre.”
9. Trolley-bus in traffic jam
10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vox pop, Igor, trolley-bus driver:
“The situation is really bad. It’s taken me 40 minutes to go two stops. Everyone’s suffering. The passengers are sitting waiting and need to get places. Look at the traffic jam, there’s only one person sat in all the cars. Something has to be done.”
11. Traffic policeman asks driver for drink
File – October 2006
12. Policeman at computer in control room
13. Close up of accident on CCTV camera
14. Policeman looks at screens
15. Various close-ups of maps on screen showing traffic jams in city centre
July 3, 2007
16. Close up of traffic jams on computer screen
17. Mikhail Ushakov, press officer for online portal Yandex, at computer
18. Close up of Ushakov’s hands
19. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Mikhail Ushakov, press officer for online portal Yandex:
“According to our figures each month the average Moscow driver spends more than 11 hours of his time sitting in traffic jams. That’s one and a half working days. Some may spend more time in jams, some less but that’s the average.”
July 4, 2007
20. Various of Andrei Avdeyev, salesman, filling car with petrol
21. Driving shot of traffic seen from car
23. Close up of Avdeyev’s of hands on steering wheel
24. Close up of Avdeyev changing gear
25. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vox pop, Andrei Avdeyev, salesman:
“In traffic jams the car becomes a sort of house on wheels. You can relax in it, have a bite to eat, listen to music, take care of your affairs, make some calls , things you can’t do on the metro or trolley-bus. And most of my friends have the same attitude.”
26. Wide of traffic through windscreen
27. Close up of speedometer
28. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vox pop, Andrei Avdeyev, salesman:
“One time we stood for 12 hours and in the end we turned round and went back. I stayed with a friend who lived nearby. In those years the jams were a lot worse than they are now. No question. But people have forgotten how bad they were.”
July 6, 2007
29. Pan from new road to traffic jam
30. Close up of frustrated driver
31. Pan of traffic jam
32. Cars driving off road
33. Broken down car in road
STORYLINE
Moscow is one of the worst cities in the world for drivers.
Twenty years ago there were only 300,000 cars in Moscow. Today there are over three million (m) and the number is rising fast.
According to a recent study, the average Moscow driver wastes more than a full working day each month sitting in traffic.
Another day, another traffic jam.
This is a typical Moscow evening rush hour.
The traffic light may be showing green but these drivers are going nowhere.
There are 650 traffic jams each day in the Russian capital. The cost in lost productivity and revenues for businesses is believed to run into billions (b) of dollars each year.
The frustration is beginning to show for some drivers, while others take a more relaxed view of the problem.
It seems the only way to beat this jam is to take to two-wheels instead.
Truck driver Oleg says he spends up to four hours each day stuck in traffic.
The number of new car owners in Moscow is only making the problem worse. Few are willing to forsake their cars for public transport.
For others, it’s going to be a long wait.
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Post time: Jun-18-2017