Moscow Travel Forum

is there a special technique i need to learn to cross busy roads?
are there plenty of pedestrian crossings?
or are there underground crossings?

my mum was once berated by a policeman who saw her jaywalking in moscow

just dont want her errant ways passed down to me!

In the large cities in Russia, there are certain streets that you have to use underground pedestrian crossings for--it's both illegal and physically impossible (or a death wish) to cross any other way. The main downtown street in Moscow, Tverskaya, has lots of these crossings, because it is something like 6-8 lanes wide and perennially choked with traffic. Look for signs with a picture of a little stylized staircase going down. Sometimes the metro entrance and the underground passageway are the same thing, but sometimes the steps just lead to an underground passage to the other side of the street.

thanks travel mad
and i just found the whole section here on virtual tourist about crossing roads in moscow!