There may be fewer signs and pointers on the capital's roads. Moscow authorities want to remove those that overload streets with information and only hinder drivers from navigating faster. To achieve this, the administration, together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is working on changes to GOSTs, as stated by Deputy Mayor of the capital Maxim Liksutov to Maxim Kadakov, editor-in-chief of "Za Rulem" magazine, at SPIEF — 2026.
Liksutov reminded that some outdated signs have already been removed. In particular, there are fewer unnecessary signs, banners, and stretch marks on the roads. According to him, such structures created information noise and complicated traffic in the city.
The Deputy Mayor is confident that this work will continue. The authorities are interested in ensuring that the number of signs complies with GOST requirements, and that the standards themselves take into account modern traffic conditions.
Some information from road signs could be displayed electronically in the future, Liksutov added.
To reduce visual noise, Moscow and other regions have also been using reduced-size road signs since 2017. They are installed along streets where cars move at low speeds.
In total, several tens of thousands of such signs have already appeared in Moscow. This year, TsODD plans to install about 20 thousand more.