Ministry of economy of the Russian Federation supported the idea to reduce the price of Parking at the time of the epidemic. Such a proposal to the government earlier asked the state Duma deputies. The issue will be discussed at the meeting of the working group of the state Council of the Russian Federation on anti-COVID-19. The Moscow mayor’s office reminded that previously made free Parking in the city for physicians and volunteers, but “is ready to consider specific and substantiated proposals, and not just populist slogans.” In other cities, to cancel the fee also not in a hurry.The economy Ministry said the head of the Duma Committee on labor, social policy and veterans ‘ Affairs Yaroslav Nilova, who had earlier appealed to the government of the Russian Federation with a request to cancel the paid Parking or reduce the rates at the time of the epidemic of the coronavirus. Personal car is one of the safest from the point of view of risk of infection modes of transport, argued Mr. Nilov, and paid Parking provoke citizens to use public transport, which creates an additional risk of spreading the virus.The White house transferred the appeal Yaroslav Nilov in the Ministry of economy, Ministry of transport and Ministry of interior. “The Ministry of economic development supports as a temporary measure, a reduction in the amount of payment for use of Parking and considers it possible to submit this issue for consideration by the working group of the state Council of the Russian Federation on combating the spread of novel coronavirus infection,”— said the Deputy head of the Ministry’s Mikhail Rasstrigin. The group, recall, created on 15 March on behalf of Vladimir Putin, it includes first Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova and Dmitry Chernyshenko, the number of Federal Ministers.”Full cancellation fees for the use of Parking lots seem to be under the regime of isolation is not justified”,— said Mr. Rasstrigin. Local authorities are able to reduce or abolish Parking fees, “including on the basis of the epidemiological situation”, answered a parliamentary inquiry Deputy Minister of transport Alexey Semenov, the first Deputy interior Minister Alexander Gorovoy.Translation of Parking in a free mode at the time of the pandemic discussed in March. Letters to the mayor directed the Deputy speaker of the state Duma Pyotr Tolstoy and the first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on state construction Vyacheslav Lysakov. Moscow chamber of Commerce asked the city hall to allow 20 minutes free Parking for taxis. The presidential Council of the Russian Federation on human rights offered to introduce paid Parking to all heads of constituent entities. In April, after contacting the governors Prime Minister Mikhail mishustina and speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, free Parking for doctors and volunteers appeared in Moscow. The authorities of St.-Petersburg while only planning to introduce such a benefit.”We are ready rassmatriwaAMB and other specific and substantiated proposals, and not just populist slogans,— said “Kommersant” in the press service of the Department of transport.— But we can’t afford to engage in places where they are needed by local residents, especially while they are in quarantine.” The authorities of St. Petersburg will prepare the calculations of tariff changes only after orders from the Federal center, said “Kommersant” in city Committee on transport infrastructure development. “The process of setting tariffs provides for declaratory order. So far, the applications of the operator (management of the Parking space.— “B”) is not received,”— said in the city Committee on tariffs. In the city hall of Kazan, “Kommersant” reported, “has gone on certain concessions”: working hours of paid Parking was reduced by three hours, on Saturdays you can Park your car for free (previously only on Sundays and public holidays). “Paid Parking in zones of mass rest of citizens reduce the attractiveness of the territory,— declared in Department of transport of administration of Nizhni Novgorod.— A number of alternative free Parking spaces in the business centers of the city sufficient to accommodate the arriving personnel transport”.Despite the position of the Ministry of economy, the probability of revision of Parking rates (at least in Moscow) is extremely low, says the coordinator of the movement “Blue buckets” Peter Shkumatov, as the working group of the state Council on coronavirus, which will discuss the issue, headed by the mayor Sergei Sobyanin. “While the officials will discuss on this topic, the pandemic will decline, and grounds for cancellation the Board will not,” he says.Ivan Buranov; Yana Voitsekhovskaya, St. Petersburg, Russia; Kirill Antonov, Kazan; Alexander City, Nizhniy Novgorod
