Rostov Residents Report Hour-Long Journeys After Snow-Induced Transport Collapse

After heavy snowfall on February 2, a severe transport situation developed in Rostov-on-Don. Despite weather forecasts, the city was unprepared for the elements. Traffic jams reached the maximum, 10-point level and did not subside for six hours. Readers of the publication told how they got to their homes that evening.

Many chose to walk.

My husband was getting home, walking on foot, like many other people. There is no transport. He was picked up along the way, he became the last passenger in the car. Thanks to all the caring motorists who pick up frozen people on the road! That«s what real Russians are like!

Public transport also faced huge problems. Passengers of minibuses No. 73 and No. 41 at the intersection of Communist Street and Le Man Street, after a long wait, were forced to continue on foot. One resident was riding on route No. 3 from 20th Line, where the driver lost control on the snowy road and had a collision.

Drivers in their comments blamed traffic violators for the jams.

I was driving on route 33 today. From Voroshilovsky to the suburban railway station, almost an hour… The main reason is that people are trying to cut in. They drive out to the intersection and wait for their traffic light, hindering other road users… Everyone thinks they are the cleverest,

Particular indignation among Rostov residents was caused by the almost complete absence of cleaning equipment on the streets.

10-point traffic jams are an objective indicator of the work of utility workers and the management of the mayor«s team. In the evening on the way home (center — residential area) I did not see a single unit of cleaning equipment. This morning I noticed that Sadovaya (!!!) is cleaned disgustingly,

Complaints about unplowed roads were heard everywhere.

I work on Sovetskaya, with windows facing the roadway, all day not a single snowplow passed! Once some little tractor went by on the line and disappeared,

Journey times for many were measured in hours:

• From Sholokhov to «Astor» — 2 hours, after which they had to walk to the Central Market.
• From Khalturinsky to Sivers on Krasnoarmeyskaya — exactly two hours, part of which was taken up by a jam due to a flock of sheep on the Sivers Bridge.
• From Nefedov to Profsoyuznaya — 3 hours.
• From the city center to Kamenka — more than 5 hours, having left at 16:10.

Some truck drivers caused bewilderment.

And the drivers of trucks, around the city… Maybe just stay at the base or at a gas station and wait until it all passes?

There were also conflict situations on the roads. One driver told about a harsh reaction to violators:

Where the «Volna» pool is, one in a white Mercedes today drove on my green, I spat right into her cabin, surprise for her. The second in a white jeep where IUBIP, also jumps on red, received a package with a hammer in the side… A difficult weather situation does not give the right to violate traffic rules.

The situation was complicated in residential areas as well.

Yeah, trash, I barely made it home. In horror, how to get out of the courtyards tomorrow. Uphill climb, everyone is skidding. Cars just don«t go, wheels spin and that»s it. Microdistrict Aviagorodok,

A trip on public transport also turned into an ordeal.

My husband took two hours to get from work on Dovator to home on Portovaya. The roads are not cleaned, the bus is not heated! They raised the transport fare, but heating in winter is not necessary, not included in the ticket price?!

Some suburban residents did not manage to get home at all.

I after work could not get home to Chaltar, spending the night in the city. I«m afraid when I get there, I need to go back,

Summing up the experienced day, Rostov residents questioned the readiness of city services.

For a whole day they talk about readiness, but snow fell and nothing is ready,