Afisha published ten steps towards solving the transport problem in the Russian capital, proposed by businessman Maxim Liksutov, with detailed expert comments. Thus, Mikhail Blinkin commented on Liksutov's proposal to create new routes and dedicated lanes for public transport. In his opinion, the implementation of this plan is difficult to implement, but possible. It will be necessary to revise the entire route system, update the fleet of buses and trolleybuses, main and internal routes should appear. Alexander Chekmarev appreciated the idea of introducing a single ticket for all types of transport: this will avoid crowds of people and save time. Sergey Tkachenko confirmed the need to introduce paid parking lots in the center of the capital. Fyodor Novikov commented on the proposal to legalize the taxi market, however, noting that due to the legalization of taxi drivers, there may be fewer taxi drivers, and the price of their services will increase.
Maxim Liksutov also proposes to develop a scheme of bicycle paths, and to equip all Moscow public transport with the GLONASS system. The effectiveness of the further development of the metro, as noted by Alexander Vysokovsky, largely depends on the routing. Also, in his opinion, it is necessary to build a "light metro".
The businessman proposes to launch the Moscow ring road. One of the most important steps should be the creation of an integral transport system in Moscow, which, as a result, could radically change the transport situation in the city: “20% more residents will use public transport, while on average it will take not more than an hour, but 45 minutes”- concludes Maxim Liksutov.
The Afisha correspondent talked with its head Anton Kulbachevsky about the position and role of the Department for Nature Management and Environmental Protection. They talked about the construction of the metro in Bitsa, the felling of trees on Tamanskaya Street, the participation of the department in solving the transport problem. They also discussed the park improvement program, in particular, the fate of the Izmailovsky Park. Anton Kulbachevsky reassured: "there are no plans for the development of Izmailovsky Park, in specially protected natural areas we are allowed to build non-capital objects in recreational areas: gazebos, benches, paths, ski tracks, rental points." However, according to the head of the department, the area of specially protected natural areas in Moscow is greatly inflated, “out of 17,000 hectares, only about 10,000 hectares are green areas, and the rest is a road network, these are buildings and structures of third-party users, communications” … It is necessary to revise the Moscow territories. For this purpose, a single working group on environmental problems is being created.
RBC daily reports on the plans of the Moscow mayor's office regarding the development of the territory of the ZiL industrial zone. According to the source, on the territory of 450 hectares in the Nagatinskaya floodplain, it is planned to reconstruct and build 4.5 million square meters. m of real estate. The planning project is promised to be approved by the end of 2012. Earlier, out of four concepts for the development of the ZiL territory, developed by the German company Uberbau GBR, the Dutch Mecanoo Architecten, the French Valode & Pistre and the Russian bureau "Project Meganom", the city authorities chose the proposal of a domestic participant. The project promises to be ambitious in scale and typological and infrastructural diversity. But since the investor has not yet been finally determined, and the financial model is still under development, the fate of ZiL remains in question.
"Fontanka.ru" tells about the results of the competition for the best project for the development of the historical quarters "Konyushennaya" and "Severnaya Kolomna - New Holland" in St. Petersburg. The winner was the project of "Studio 44" by Nikita Yavein, who, according to the jury, "most clearly defined the objectives of the competition, conducted a good analysis and developed a methodology, showing the" accurate technology "of working with the development of territories." Previously, the same Fontanka.ru considered in detail all the projects participating in the competition. The Village portal expressed its point of view on the same topic, adding comments from the jury to the article. For example, Alexander Sokurov unambiguously stated “I am for a project with more analytics and thoughtfulness, this is Studio 44”.
The concept of redevelopment of the All-Russian Exhibition Center (VVC) is discussed by RBC daily. Last year, the White House approved the proposal of the God Nisanov and Zarakh Iliev, which made it possible to reconstruct the pavilions of VDNKh and build about 600 thousand square meters. m of real estate. However, the Moscow government is not satisfied with these volumes due to the lack of transport infrastructure. In the opinion of the Moscow Government, a serious study of the transport scheme around the All-Russian Exhibition Center is required.
"Moscow Perspective" examines the position of the chief architect of Moscow, Sergei Kuznetsov, on the transition to new principles of designing residential areas. During a round table with leading design institutes in Moscow, Sergei Kuznetsov criticized industrial design and housing construction in the 1960s. Even Stalin's quarters, according to the chief architect, are much more modern. Later, he explained to reporters that the demolition of existing buildings is out of the question, but new residential quarters should be built in a new way in order to eliminate the existing imbalance and make the mass development more diverse.
Izvestia, Moskovsky Komsomolets and Moskovskiye Novosti are overseeing the implementation of the program for the transfer of architectural monuments for rent for a ruble in exchange for scientific restoration. MK warns that investors will have to spend 5 times more on the restoration than its originally announced cost. Moskovskiye Novosti tells about an auction for the right to rent historical monuments at a preferential rate of 1 ruble per square meter, which will be held in Moscow today. And Izvestia announces good news for investors who invested in the restoration of architectural monuments before the start of this program. They will receive the same preferential rental rates.
"Moscow Perspective" writes about the project of new pedestrian streets in Moscow, about which during the forum "Municipal Economy. Ways of Development "said the Deputy Mayor for Housing and Public Utilities and Improvement Petr Biryukov. According to him, 98 routes for pedestrian zones in different administrative districts of the capital have already been developed. 30 of them will be implemented in 2013.
The Moscow Architectural Institute was nevertheless struck out of the list of ineffective universities, to which it had been included earlier. Now there is a thorough analysis of all creative universities, during which such a decision was made, "Khromov told Izvestia." These are the first Moscow universities to be excluded from the list. In the future, specialists from several ministries will develop more objective criteria for assessing the quality of our education."
Alexander Lozhkin told the Sib.fm correspondent about the principles of urban planning policy and the fictitiousness of existing general plans. In particular, they talked about the updated general plan of Novosibirsk, the master plan of Perm and the ambitions of the authorities, which are not capable of realizing grandiose plans.
And the plans in Perm are really grandiose. Deputy Prime Minister of the regional government Nadezhda Kochurova and Minister of Construction and Architecture of the Perm Territory Dmitry Shapoval continue to negotiate with Peter Zumthor, according to whose project it is planned to build a building for the Perm State Art Gallery (UGHG). Writes about this "New Companion".
The Village portal is considering a new platform for creating a creative cluster in St. Petersburg. Now the Admiralty, the docks and the Summer Garden in Kronstadt have been selected as potential territories.
And "St. Petersburg Vedomosti" talks about the competition for the best architectural and artistic design of firewalls in St. Petersburg. The competition was announced in October this year, and initially it was assumed that its results would be announced on November 30. Now it turned out that the competition will continue next year. "Representatives of the KGA admitted that the purpose of the competition is more to create a database of proposals for the design of firewalls and other outdoor urban design, and not a competition to paint a specific blank wall," the article says.
