ИСТИНА

The space model of the accessibility by transport within the largest labour market in Russia is distorted by the inherited defects in transport system of Moscow region. They are manifested not only in massive road congestions within the rush hours, but also in the low capacity of the system of public transport, its technological mismatching of current peak loads. These defects represent legacy of different periods: the system of public transport remained substantially unchanged from late Soviet times, while motor roads system suffers from the long-time uncoordinated (between Moscow and Moscow oblast’) development in 1990's and early 2000’s. These factors resulted in significant distortions of the typical commuting space patterns observed in largest conurbations - concentric (zone, characteristic for motor commuting) and discrete (caused by the development of non-stopping public transport services). The most significant consequence of the travel time problem is relatively small size of the commuter belt formed in Moscow area: more than 2/3 commuter flows are generated in the zone of neighbouring suburbs. The complicacy of real spatial pattern is enforced by non-uniformity of population density within the Moscow area: thus, for instance, population in the eastern and western sectors of the Moscow area within comparable areas can differ several times. All this is superimposed on the unequal transit capacity in different sections of Moscow boundaries. Due to the travel time factor prevailing in residence locations evaluations the asymmetrically distorted space of realty market is formed. This way the case of suburban realty markets indirectly indicate the real accessibility of Moscow by transport.