According to Yandex portal. Cork, 22 September, when was the next day without a car, traffic congestion in the capital were 2% more than normal, and in the evening traffic jams have reached 8 points. This year, the car free day was held in Moscow for the fourth time, and here are some interesting statistics accumulated in four years. It turns out that day, when we are called upon to choose environmentally friendly modes of transport, road traffic in our city are on average higher than in previous five days: in 2011; d. at 2% in 2010 and to 34% (the result was affected by heavy rain) in 2009 was-at 2% in 2008, a 1%.-. Apparently, drivers, sitting down on this day behind the wheel, and hoped that other members of the movement will be more disciplined and catch a tram, but in vain ... But environmentalists predicted that if all moscovites left their cars in the parking lots, the air is not horrible would be around 2.7 thous. tons of harmful substances. According to the Deputy. the head of the Department of natural resources and environment, Sergey Melnikov, the pollutant emissions from vehicles in Moscow in 2010 totaled more than 1 million tons, and the total in the city of more than 6 million vehicles, or about 20% of the total number of cars in RUSSIA.