This was reported today Vice. the Mayor on issues of transport development and road construction, Nikolai Lyamov. Development of high-speed transport, including running in the capital, a light rail plan of priority measures to address the traffic problems of Moscow City, convenient for life, initiated by the Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin in the end of the 2010 year. In particular, the movement speed tram is planned between the towns of Lyubertsy and rail, as well as from near Balashikha downtown. According to the official, to run the modern trams in the capital, more than 400 kilometers of transposition is required of tramways. In addition, modern foreign tram is worth two to three million. euro. So this project is quite expensive. Light rail can reach speeds of up to 80 kilometers per hour, whereas traditional trams usually move at speeds of 30-40 kilometers per hour. Source: Ria Novosti