Moscow Transport Day is an annual citywide celebration in Moscow . Celebrated on the second Saturday of July [1] . The first celebration took place on July 8, 2017 with numerous recreational activities in the center of Moscow [2] .
| Moscow Transport Day | |
|---|---|
| Installed | March 1, 2017 |
| Is celebrated | in Moscow , the second Saturday of July |
| date | July 8 (2017) |
| Associated with | by transport |
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History
For the first time, the idea of celebrating Moscow Transport Day was expressed by representatives of large city public organizations , after which Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin proposed to the Moscow City Duma to amend the law “On the holidays of the city of Moscow”. The holiday was approved on March 1, 2017. The date was timed to coincide with the 145th anniversary of the launch of Konka , the first public transport in Moscow on July 7, 1872 [3] . According to the executive director of the Association for the Promotion of the Transport Industry "Transport Association of the Moscow Agglomeration" Norayra Bludyan, a similar date could affect the interest of Muscovites in the transport system of the city [4] .
Celebration
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| Moscow Transport Day | |
Retrocolumn at Moscow Transport Day, July 8, 2017 [five] | |
Moscow Deputy Mayor for Transport Maxim Liksutov at Moscow Transport Day, July 8, 2017 [6] | |
2017
For the first time, Moscow Transport Day was celebrated in Moscow on July 8, 2017. The main venue for the event was Frunze Embankment , where a concert was held by participants of the Moscow Metro musical project “Music in the Metro”. Samples of modern trolleybuses , buses , electric buses and taxis and retrotechnics were installed on the waterfront [7] . Among them were presented to the public a bus of the 1930s ZIS-8 , known by Vladimir Menshov ’s melodrama “ Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears ”, MTB-82D trolleybus mentioned by Bulat Okudzhava in “Song about a Midnight Trolleybus”, a collection of cars from the Traffic Police Museum. Actors in historical costumes worked near the exhibits [8] . The retrotransport column passed from Denis Davydov Street to Frunze Embankment [5] .
In the Sokolniki park there was an interactive exposition “The ABC of Safety” with a quiz for children on knowledge of traffic rules , a working race track and Metrosha robot [9] . There were also mini-tournaments for racing on radio-controlled models of cars [7] .
At the same time, a bicycle festival was held in Gorky Park with freeride lessons and a roller-skating freestyle school, and a zone with Soviet slot machines also worked [10] .
An exhibition of restored metro cars was held at the Partizanskaya metro station , and excursions were held at the Izmailovo electric depot with visits to the closed Pervomaiskaya metro station [11] . Tours to bus depots , tram depots and the Traffic Management Center were also organized [9] .
The holiday was visited by General Director of the State Unitary Enterprise Mosgortrans Evgeny Mikhailov. Moscow Deputy Mayor for Transport Maxim Liksutov laid flowers at the monument to motorists - heroes of World War II on Leninsky Prospekt [12] [6] .
Demonstration performances of the Cascade aerobatic automobile group of the Moscow traffic police department, motofreestyle , mototrial and stunt racing athletes were held at VDNH . In special workshops, souvenir coins with the holiday logo were minted [9] .
The holiday ended with a salute and a night bike parade. In total, about 100 thousand people took part in the celebrations on the occasion of Moscow Transport Day [12] .
Notes
- ↑ Moscow City Duma approved the Day of Moscow Transport . Moscow 24 (March 1, 2017). Date of treatment November 2, 2017.
- ↑ Moscow Transport Day was held for the first time in the capital . Izvestia (July 8, 2017). Date of treatment November 2, 2017.
- ↑ Moscow Transport Day will be celebrated for the first time on July 8 . Interfax (July 4, 2017). Date of treatment November 2, 2017.
- ↑ Wheel Day . Russian newspaper (March 1, 2017). Date of treatment November 7, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Anastasia of Oldenburg. Moscow Transport Day is celebrated in the capital. Live Broadcast . Izvestia (July 8, 2017). Date of treatment November 7, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 City Transport Day is celebrated in Moscow . Moscow 24 (July 8, 2017). Date of treatment November 7, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Ulyana Bondarenko. In the capital's parks July 8 will mark the Day of Moscow Transport . The Village (June 28, 2017). Date of treatment November 7, 2017.
- ↑ On the Day of Moscow Transport, a retro-exhibition of buses and trolleybuses Will be held in the capital . Evening Moscow (July 8, 2017). Date of treatment November 7, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Moscow hosted the Day of Moscow Transport . Your Newspaper (July 10, 2017). Date of treatment November 7, 2017.
- ↑ July 8 will be the Day of Moscow Transport . The official website of the Mayor of Moscow (July 8, 2017). Date of treatment November 8, 2017.
- ↑ Moscow Transport Day will be held on July 8 . RIA Novosti (July 8, 2017). Date of treatment November 7, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Bus parade and retro cars: in the capital, Moscow Transport Day was celebrated . TASS (July 8, 2017). Date of treatment November 7, 2017.
Links
- Photo gallery of Moscow Transport Day on the Izvestia website